Tirumantiram - TANTRA TWO - Verses 431 to 450 of 548

Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

TANTRA TWO - Verses 431 to 450 of 548

 

12 OBSCURATION

 

431: He is Within You Yet You Know Him Not

 

He is the One within; He is the Light within;

He moves not a wee bit from within

He and your heart are thus together,

Though, the heart His Form knows not.

 

 

432: The Lord Gave This Life

 

The Lord who gave life so sweet

Imprisoned me in pasas miseries;

A skeletal frame He fashioned,

With flesh and skin He clothed it;

Lighting then the spark of life

To annihilation He hastened me.

 

 

433: Even the Three Gods do not Know the Mystery of Life

 

With Hara, Hari and Brahma assembling

The Primal Lord fashioned this body,

The subtle organs of sense built-in;

Why the Holy One did it,

The three know not the mystery.

 

 

434: Adore and Attain

 

The Lord is the light of our eyes

He loves us

He is the Primal One

--Male, Female and Neuter is He;

Tongues praising and hearts melting,

They seek not the path

That leads to the Celestial Lake.

 

 

435: He Dispels the Darkness Within

 

The Primal Lord blesses all

Denizens of earth below and heaven above;

From the black chamber of the Soul

He dispells darkness;

And within radiates the pure rays of His dazzling light.

 

 

436: Dispel Darkness and Give Thine Light

 

Lord! Your Form fills all the worlds

Yet You are invisible;

How my eyes long to see You!

My senses clamour aloud

In desire contending;

Save me, my Lord;

And bless me with Your grace inscrutable.

 

 

437: The Hidden One Will Reveal Himself

 

I held my Lord in me concealed,

I adored Him in my heart's depths,

Lo! He revealed Himself unto me

And blessed me--here below,

Well may you adore Him

Revealing the rapture abounding and love endearing

That too pleases Him far.

 

 

438: One Became Five

 

The Sadasiva that stood as one

Animated Maheswara;

And then Hara, Hari, and Brahma

Thus did the One become the familial five.

 

 

439: He is the Pure One

 

He is the Pure One

The Siddha in whom Pasa lies prostrate;

Be firmly seated on land here below

And Seek Him in ways falicitous--

That you may vision the Land Beyond;

Not doing this,

You are like one

Who is seated on the banks of Ganga,

Yet remains unwashed and impure.

 

 

440: The Eye Sees Not Itself

 

One clay, many the receptacles

One God, pervades species all;

The eye sees things several

Yet itself it sees not;

Thus it is, we see not the God in us.

 

 

13 ARULAL

 

441: Life and Death are Acts of God

 

He is the Wind that Blows in Directions Eight

He is the wavy ocean that girdles the earth,

He is fire, earth and sky;

Know this:

He is the One that binds and unbinds

The body that holds life precious.

 

 

442: Lord is the Substance and Architect

 

Who seeks the luminous Nada atop

And of its sweetness savour

Know of death--no more;

The Lord is the seed of all

Of Sun, Moon and Fire

Of the Universe Vast

That Architect that builds all as well.

 

 

443: Potter Fashions as His Fancy Takes

 

The potter mounts the clay on the wheel

The potter fashions as he conceives

Even as the Potter our Lord Nandi is;

He sways the world, this way and that

The way His Fancy takes.

 

 

444: He Dwells in My Thoughts

 

He is Lord Supreme;

He has bull for His mount;

Mighty demons for army;

Boundless is His munificience

He gifts the world for us;

His goodness alone is goodness;

He is of matted locks;

He dwells in my thoughts.

 

 

445: In Love, He Created

 

In fondness for us He created the seven worlds,

In fondness for us He created the several aeons

In fondness for us He created the five elements;

In fondness for us He created this body and breath.

 

 

446: God Created All, Himself the Param Uncreated

 

Of yore He created worlds seven

Of yore He created celetials countless

Of yore He created species numberless

He who of yore created all

Himself stood as Primal Param uncreated.

 

 

447: He Who Created, Sustained As Well

 

The Primal One created the elements five;

The Primal One created the endless aeons past;

The Primal One created the countless heavenly beings,

The Primal One created and sustained as well.

 

 

448: The Pervasive Siva is Here as Well

 

The infinite spaces of the Seven worlds

He filled in oneness, expanding limitless

Yet is He not easy of reach;

Siva Himself into myriad Jivas pervaded

In this worlds as well, He our Lord.

 

 

449: He is the Object of All Knowledge

 

He is the light within

He is the body without

The precious object, beloved of immortals above,

The Holy Form, adored of saintly beings below,

He is the pupil of your eyes;

He the Object of all Knowledge.

 

 

450: The Lord Pervades All in Partiality to None

 

His is the Cosmic Form that none know

He is the infinite space that fills the universe;

He is the space in the tiny pot too;

Inseparable as water in milk

He pervades all in union close;

Impartial indeed His Goodness;

Unwearied His bliss--I knew.