Tirumantiram - TANTRA Four Verses 1031 - 1044 of 1418

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Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA Four  Verses  1031 - 1044 of 1418

 

 

1031: But He is Endless

 

For the Endless One, none the Space there is;

For the Endless One, none there to take measure;

For the Endless One, none the words adequate to describe;

Know the Endless One, O! you! "Ya" (Jiva)!

 

 

1032: Sacrificial Fire Outside Kindles Kundalini Fire Inside

 

Decagonal, octagonal, hexagonal and square

Thus are sacrificial pits shaped,

In them blazes fire

As unto a crimson lotus;

Center your thoughts,

The Fire within (Kundalini) pervades the body entire

As unto Siva-Sakti its tongues lapped.

 

 

1033: Form of Siva-Sakti in Sacrificial Fire

 

There, Siva with His consort Parvati appears,

Four the spreading hands,

Five the legs,

Ten the faces,

Ten the eyes

Two the flowery feet

Forty the shining crowns, and

Twenty-five the ears goodly.

 

 

1034: Kundalini Fire Blazes with Sacrificial Fire

 

Five His Faces

Five times Five the Tattvas He measures,

There is Sacrificial Fire Pit open,

That is of sides five;

And so it behooves,

For subtle Kundalini Fire to reach

The Lord that is in Divine Fire--Five-fold (Panchagni)

That verily is to attain Mukti.

 

 

1035: Seek Him Through Inner Fire

 

He is Mukti; He is Light goodly,

In the thoughts of fully learned

He is the Light fulsome;

They who seek Him, desires severed,

Through Light within

Reach the goal

And remain blemishless, ever after.

 

 

1036: Unite in Him Through Kundalini Fire

 

In that Fire Pit within

The Five Kalas of Siva aet;

The ten directions cardinal are there;

The Five elements too are there;

Those who warmed themsleves at Fire of Kundalini

Have verily united in God.

 

 

1037: Celestials Reached Lord Through Jnana Sacrifices

 

The sea-girt worlds several,

The Lord redeemed;

That One Being Great, do you seek;

The Celestials in Jnana sacrifice excelled

Verily merged in Him,

That is Truth Unalloyed.

 

 

1038: Siva's Form in Sacrificial Fire

 

Feet two, hands two,

The nose shaped as letter "Ma"

The face as red lotus bloom,

The third eye in Forehead

Thus is Lord,

From Sacrificial Fire Pit arises;

Seek that Holy One within your head.

 

 

1039: As Sacrificial Fire Blazed High

 

Within the Fire the Holy One arose cherubic;

In middle He youthful blossomed;

As the Sacrificial Fire blazed thus,

The sphere of forehead (Ajna Center) broadened and deepened,

And there He was,

His Sakti tender as a vine.

 

 

1040: Sacrificial Fire Pervaded Macrocosm; Kundalini Fire Pervaded Microcosm

 

The Sacrificial Fire Pit spread

Unto Kundalini Fire across Chakras Six

And in two-petalled center (Ajna) ended;

The sacred Fire engulfed worlds seven entire,

From top to bottom unintermittent,

Those who witnessed it,

Have indeed gained all riches great.

 

 

1041: Hold Sacrificial Fire As Guru

 

The Fire that blazeth as riches great

Hold it as Guru Great to reach your goal,

When that Jnana dawns,

The regal powers over world

In earnest seek Jiva.

 

 

1042: Tender Kundalini Fire and Live Long7The Fire that rises and spreads everywhere

 

They seek not in truth and know not;

Those who have tendered it within their body,

Live long, long,

For ten million aeons, as it were.

 

 

1043: Kundalini Fire is Parallel to Sacrificial Fire

 

As in the nine sacrificial pits that transcend Time,

The Yogi in his Nadis raises the fire in Centers nine;

Even as the Seed of Birth trembled in fear of it,

So did the universe vast,

At the mighty yogic achievement.

 

 

1044: Shapes of Nine Sacrificial Pits

 

Of four sides unto Sadhanas four, (Chariya, Kriya, Yoga and Jnana)

Of three sides unto shape of fire,

Of semicircular shape unto the bent bow,

Of circular shape like a bore,

Of six sides unto Adharas within,

Of eight sides like earth's cardinal directions,

Of heart shape unto leaf of Peepul tree,

Of five sides unto letters of Siva Mantra,

Of oval shaped unto the the golden bowl

Thus of yore are shaped,

The nine Sacrificial Fire Pits,

Where you seek Lord Supreme.