Tirumantiram - TANTRA Four Verses 1075 - 1100 of 1418

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Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA Four  Verses  1075 - 1100 of 1418

 

 

6 BHAIRAVI MANTRA

 

1075: Fourteen Mantras

 

Twelve are Kalas of Primal Bhairavi,

To the Twelveth letter "Ai" denoted,

Add "A"; and "M" letter denoting Maya;

Thus with letters Twelve and Two

From Om to Aim they fourteen are

That Her Mantras

To end of Kalas Sixteen lead.

 

 

1076: Bhairavi is Maha Sakti

 

The end of that letter Fourteenth is Bhairavi

As beginning, middle and end

In the lotus of thought

She rises as Maha Sakti

She is beginning and end of all.

 

 

1077: Meditate on Her and Become Light Radiant

 

The Three Gods are there contained;

They who meditate on Her

Will not go the way of fleshly Jivas, Tattva bound;

They radiant become, the blessed ones

Who on Tiripurai meditate.

 

 

1078: Meditate on Her for 27 Days in Kundalini Yoga

 

She is the Treasure of Blessed Nandi, the Pure One;

Meditate on Her for a month of days twenty seven;

And reach the centers of Fire, Sun and Moon within;

He who thus firm in meditation stands

Becomes Siva Himself.

 

 

1079: Worship Bhairavi and Be With Siva

 

With gait rivalling the cow-elephant

And one with Siva entwined is Tiripurai,

He who meditates constant on Her

Will with Siva Himself be,

The Lord that is Nandi,

The Hero Mighty;

With Him in Golden Mount of Kailas will he be;

All the World will there adore him.

 

 

1080: Worship Bhairavi for 27 Days; Her Trident Blesses

 

She is the Grace that Nandi knows

She expounds the Vedic Dharma in accord;

He who meditates on Her

For a lunar month of twenty seven days,

Will vision Bhairavi,

Her trident blessing him.

 

 

1081: Bhairavi's Form

 

She holds the trident and skull in Her hands

She holds the serpent-sloop and elephant-goad

She has hands four,

She stood one with Siva,

Whose Form neither Brahma nor Vishnu knows,

She of ethereal Form.

 

 

1082: Bhairavi Further Described

 

Of ethereal Form, vine-like,

Vengeful unto those who err,

She is wisdom and knowledge true

She is bedecked in jewels,

She is green as parrot,

Gem-like lustrous is Her Form,

Plaited with precious stones several is Her robe.

 

 

1083: Bhairavi Glows in Rapture

 

Her crown is studded with stones

Brilliant unto a million moon,

She wears Kundalas of radiant gems in her ears

Her glance is unto the gentle doe's

Her eyes are the Sun and Moon;

As of red gold She in rapture glows.

 

 

1084: How Bhairavi is Seated

 

In the center of the eight petalled lotus

Is Supreme Sakti, Arya, the Noble One seated;

Eight the Virgin Saktis

Four and Sixty the fair damsels, surround Her;

So encircling,

They visioned Her Glory.

 

 

1085: She Sustains All Worlds

 

Anklets, bangles, conch, and discus

She wears;

Se is pervasive Supreme,

In eight quarters of globe,

She is Goddess,

She is Parasakti,

She sustains the universe

And its eight cardinal points,

She is possessed of Wealth of Grace

She is seated on Lotus

She who our worship compells.

 

 

1086: She is in Mani Mantra Yoga

 

Smeared in unguents fragrant,

Bedecked with flowers beauteous,

Dressed in clothes new and comely

She is in Mani Mantra Yoga

That spells no word;

There shall you hear the sound of Her conch

For yojanas around;

Thus is Tiripurai, whom you seek.

 

 

1087: She is Supreme Cause

 

Unto many jewels that are of gold made,

Many are the Gods they concieve of;

But she is the Supreme Cause

Whom the three Gods,

Siva, Brahma and Vishnu adore.

 

 

1088: She is End of Vedas

 

She is the Cause Supreme,

She is in Japa, Mantra chanting

She is in Yoga, in Flower Lotus seated

There She controls Her breath

In Puraka, Kumbha, Resaka,

She is Narayani

She is the End of Vedas

That Nandi in compassion to world revealed.

 

 

1089: Mudra for Japa

 

In counting Mantra by way of Japa

Commence not with little finger

Going to third in traditional way;

That you now reverse,

And seek Her;

The Primal Lady of Tamil,

This Nandi revealed as Truth

Of Japa of Saktis Nine.

 

 

1090: Nandi Laid Down Laws of Japa

 

Of Nine Saktis said above

The One is at the Crown,

Counting them in order appropriate

Nandi laid down laws and rules of Japa way

He who of yore expounded

The ways of yoga-eight limbed.

 

 

1091: She is in Kundalini Yoga

 

She of tresses festooned with flowers,

She of eyes pouring compassion,

Protective stands within;

She the tender vine

She that dispells soul's darkness;

With thread-like column of smoke

From sacrificial fire of Kundalini She arose,

Reached the heights of astral sphere

And with ambrosia returned.

 

 

1092: Chant Hridaya Mantra and Sikha Mantra

 

Chant the Mantra,

That is of Her Heart (Hridaya Nama)

And say "Na Ma"

The offering of Prana

That courses through central Sushumna,

Reaches the heights of cranium top.

There, chant Sikha Mantra (Sikhaya Nama).

 

 

1093: Perform Nyasa, Kavacha and Mudra

 

Chant Kavacha Mantra exalted,

Invoke that,

For your body to receive protection;

And then perform Sula Mudra*

And chant Netra mantra,*

Thus worshipping,

Will ever rebirth harass you?

 

 

1094: Sula Mudra

 

Difficult to practice are these Mudras;

Press the little finger in direction reverse,

Hold the ring finger and fore-finger pressed together

And insert the thumb finger in between.

1095: Chant "Sam"

From the mantra "Si"

Take away "i"

Conjoin the Bindu letter "M"

The the mantra "Sam" do you chant

For Pranayama practice to promote.

 

 

1096: Devi is in Conch Mudra

 

Thus chant "Sam" to pervade Jiva's Prana,

And adopt Conch Mudra

That dispells (Ya's) Jiva's Maya;

The Supreme Devi there in center

Shall luminous appear.

 

 

1097: She in the Heart of Pure Ones

 

Bhairavi the Eternal, Neeli the blue-hued,

Nisachari that sojourns in dark,

Into the heart purified of Evils Three--lust, anger and ignorance

She enters

And of Herself Grace confers,

She the consort of Lord Primal,

Seek Her in this world

And She will bless you.

 

 

1098: Sakti is Supreme Energy

 

The Vedas,

The creation diverse, movable and immovable,

The elements five,

The quarters four of globe,

Are all but that Lady of Eyes Three;

The spreading darkness,

The spaces vast,

The life species several,

The Light that is Parapari--

All these are but the Primal Sakti;

As One Energy She pervades all.

 

 

1099: Triple Blessings of Bhairavi

 

She is the Primal Bhairavi,

She is the Virgin in Kundalini,

Those who rouse Her,

Will be body, soul and God in one;

Snapped will be the cycle of births here below;

A form, comely beyond words,

Will theirs be.

 

 

1100: She Reveals Siva

 

The Lady of lovely tresses

Of arched eye-brows,

Her eyes are unto blue water-lily

She is ambrosial Bliss-Beauty (Ananda Sundari)

She does reveal Supreme Siva to us.

 

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