Tirumantiram - TANTRA Four Verses 1003 - 1014 of 1418

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Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA Four  Verses  1003 - 1014 of 1418

 

3 ARCHANA

 

1003: Flowers for Archana (Worship with Flowers)

 

Lotus, Lily blue, Lily pink, Lily white,

Flower of areca palm, madhavi creeper, shoe-flower (Mandharam)

Thumbai, vakulam, surapunnai, jasmine,

Shenpagam, padiri, chrysanthum

With these do worship.

 

 

1004: Fragrant Ingredients for Worship

 

The ten unguents to form,

Musk, sandal paste, perfumed kumkum,

Camphor, eagle wood fragrant and the rest

Mix in water of rose and make a paste

Then put it on (Chakra) and worship.

 

 

1005: Offer Oblations

 

Offer oblations in love,

Light lamps golden,

Spread incense of fragrant wood

And lighted camphor in directions all,

Forget your worldly worries, and meditate,

You shall attain rapturous Mukti true.

 

 

1006: Results of Worship

 

Worshipping thus, there is nothing that you cannot attain,

Worshipping thus, you shall come by Indra's wealth

Worshipping thus, you shall attain miraculous Siddhi powers,

Worshipping thus, you shall attain Mukti.

 

 

1007: Constant Worship in Mansion of Mind

 

Even when other men's wives approach them,

They touch them not,

They have mastered passions all,

Their mind is preoccupied perpetually

With offer of oblation diverse,

They worship prostrating low,

Constant chanting Mantra

Thus in the Mansion of Mind they abide.

 

 

1008: Kriya is Not Sought by Bhaktas, Yogis and Jnanis

 

They who have been received by Lord in His Grace

Seek not Kriya Way;

They who desire not to accumulate Karma,

Seek not to perform Kriyas;

They who are Siva Yogins great

They too seek not Kriyas;

They who are in loving devotion surpassing stand

They too seek not Kriyas.

 

 

1009: Seek God the Jnana Way

 

They know not to reach Him by Jnana Divine;

They seek Him by ways of senses, in vain;

If within you, you constant seek Him in right way,

You shall indeed be in Nadanta.

 

 

1010: Jnana Dispels Heart's Darkness

 

Light and Darkness together are in heart;

So does it seek Grace and Ignorance at once;

The knowledge within of Jiva is bereft of Light;

Except those who have Divine Jnana attained,

The rest despair of dispelling Darkness.

 

 

1011: Jnana Alone Leads to Union in God

 

Yourself Himself becoming,

And Himself yourself becoming

And with two none,

And as one Siva Becoming;

(When thus it is),

Those who went the way of Kriya

If they take to Jnana,

They with Siva one become;

They who seek Kriya,

May but Devas be.

 

 

1012: Where Om and Other Letters Rise

 

"Om" rises from under navel

"Va" rises from throat stretched,

"Na" has its seat in forehead,

Bindu and Nada are still above placed.

 

 

1013: Be Rid of Na and Ma

 

Jiva has "Na" and "Ma" for its seats

Siva has "Si" and "Va" that leads you to Him

Be rid of "Na" and "Ma"

And seek Primal One;

He will be yours at once;

The State of Mauna leads to Siva Becoming

That to reach is Liberation True.

 

 

1014: Visions in the Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh and Twelth Centers

 

Yoga its consummation reaches

In Nectar's flow in Center Seventh;

In the Eighth is revealed the Jnana Light;

Then beyond in the Eleventh

In Paraparam the Supreme;

Then beyond, beyond is Void,

The Dvadasanda Space Infinite.