Tirumantiram - TANTRA Four Verses 1101 - 1124 of 1418

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Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA Four  Verses  1101 - 1124 of 1418

 

 

1101: How She Redeems

 

Having revealed Siva,

She spoke to me of blessings that follow,

She made my thoughts doubt-free

She infused joy in me,

She made the divine light shine in me,

And redeemed me too.

 

 

1102: She Assumes Manifold Forms

 

She assumes a million, million forms,

She sports the garland of Kalas sixteen,

She beamed forth the lights three--Fire, Sun and Moon

She the Goodly Lady

On the cool heights of head within stands.

 

 

1103: Adore Her and Be Liberated

 

She the Goodly Lady

The Supreme Mistress of tapas all,

She the Manonmani,

Who by Her Glance of Grace

Dispells Mayaic darkness,

Gently stand and adore Her;

Having adored Her

Births no more shall yours be.

 

 

1104: She Enters the Heart in Endearment

 

She of shoulders slender as bamboo,

She of tresses laden with fragrant blossoms,

She adorns crescent moon for a jewel,

She of matted locks pure,

She holds the trident

She the Beautiful,

She in endearment,

In my heart constant stood.

 

 

1105: She Cleanses the Heart

 

She is Virgin

In Muladhara seated,

She is Mistress peerless,

She is Lady Supreme,

She beckoned me apart

She separated my impurities

She loved my heart,

And there She entered.

 

 

1106: She Slumbers in the Heart

 

From among the Nadis three,

In central Sushumna,

In threadlike slenderness,

She as Virgin Kundalini stood;

She is summum bonum of virtues all;

On Her feet She wears golden anklet,

That in rythmic music sings;

Thus She entered my heart,

And there slumbers.

 

 

1107: She Made Me Slumber No More

 

As I was steeped in slumber divine,

She, Manonmani, came,

And by Her be-bangled arms drew me close,

And into my mouth transferred,

Her luminous spittle of Grace

And said, "No more shall you slumber, my son."

This, the miracle She performed.

 

 

1108: She Contained Desires

 

She taught me the miracle,

She quelled the terrors of my heart,

She fostered love divine in me,

In the Sushumna that bathes the Moon in full light

She contained my desires and said,

"Fear not."

 

 

1109: She Consoles in Soft Speech

 

Of sweet speech is She;

By rare tapas reached She can be;

Of maiden innocent speech is She;

Jewelled in precious stones is She;

Attired in fine dresses is She;

Those who seek Her Holy Feet

Saying "You are our Refuge,"

She the Goddess

In soft speech consoles.

 

 

1110: She is Awesome

 

She is the Supreme One, Jivas seek,

She is of tapas mighty,

She is of dark tresses,

She is the Causal being,

She is Narani,

She dissolves body, life and pasas at once,

She is the Awesome One;

She dwells in my heart.

 

 

1111: She is Kala Radiant

 

She the Virgin in my heart dwells;

In endearment eternal,

She sports in my heart;

And reaches my head;

And there she shines

With Her Kalas radiant.

 

 

1112: She Sought Siva in Mount Meru Within

 

He who wears the crescent moon on His head,

He who has the Third Eye in His Forehead,

In Him, She, the full-breasted Lady

In union abides,

Looking toward Him,

Who at the crest of Mount Meru within is;

The Flowery Vine, too, there stood.

 

 

1113: She United in Siva in Cranium Cavity

 

She dwells, the Lady Sweet, in my heart

She then entered the four-finger prana* of breath retained

And She joined Siva in union divine

And performed penance rare,

She, the Ancient One.

 

 

1114: She is Transcendental End

 

She is the Beginning,

She is the Beginningless,

She is the Cause

She is the Causeless

She is the Light

She is the Not-light

She is the Bliss that is Beauty Divine,

She is the Lady Supreme

She is Samadhi, the transcendental End

She is Manonmani, the Jewel of the Inmost Mind

She in my sentience entered,

And in my heart abided.

 

 

1115: She Dispelled Thoughts of Celestial Status

 

She abided there,

The bejewelled Lady in my heart,

She in endearment stood there,

Saying "Nama Siva"

She dispelled from me

All thoughts of rank and status

Brahma and the rest enjoy,

She destroyed in me

All speech from ignorance arises.

 

 

1116: She Grants Mukti to Tried Devotees

 

Prattling in ignorance,

They spent their lives away,

Alas! these poor men!

She, Primal One, grants Mukti

To all those

Who in constant devotion seek;

She has eyes three unto fish-shaped,

She has lips red

That warble words sweet,

Her face is compassion full,

That in Grace reveals before me.

 

 

1117: She Stands in Mind, Heart and Intellect

 

In my mind, in my heart, in my intellect

In all three She stood;

She stood in my head, beyond the uluva* center,

She stood within the Bounteous Lord,

She stood as Thought,

Behind Mamaya's concealed Light,

She the Virgin that all created.

*070i.e. in the Sahasrara

 

 

1118: The Virgin Bore the Five Gods

 

She the Virgin Eternal,

And Virgin She ceased to be not

When She made love,

And bore Children Five;

And among them is Siva too

Who Books of Truth composed!

Oh, this Maya!

Dark, dark indeed it is!

 

 

1119: Truth is Bliss

 

Dark is Sakti, Space is Lord,

Truth is Union in God,

Bliss it is for the Holy Ones,

Thus in doubt-free mind,

Adore Lord;

The Primal One,

Will sure bless you.

 

 

1120: She Blossoms in Prayerful Heart

 

She is the Beginning,

She is the Beginningless,

She is the Para Sakti,

She is Para Parai

That Lord's Form shares Half,

She is the bejewelled Lady Supreme,

She is the End of Samadhi,

Manonmani, the Jewel of Inmost Thought,

In my prayerful heart,

She blossomed exuberant.

 

 

1121: She is Kindred of Jiva

 

She is learning above all learning,

She is beginningless Vedas,

This they know not;

She is creation and its diversities,

She is Tattvas,

She is Primal One,

She is kindred of Jiva,

Thus She assured me.

 

 

1122: She Severs Karma

 

She is kindred of Jiva

She resides in the Jiva's spinal Sushumna,

She is Mistress of sweet speech,

She is Spouse of Lord

Whom all praise high,

She is comely one, dear to Siva

She whom I adore,

Severed my Karmas hard.

 

 

1123: She is Beginningless

 

She is light that shines

In those who severed their Karmas hard,

She is Truth of all those who reach Her,

She is Lady that took me into Her vassalage,

The Lord is Her Spouse

Yet Beginningless is She.

 

 

1124: She is of Kalas Twelve

 

She is the Beginning, She is the Beginningless

She is the Cause, She is the Uncaused

She taught Vedas to Vedic Sages.

She is abiding Light Divine,

She is the Self-Manifest Light

She that became Half of Siva's Form,

She, of Kalas twelve, Para Parai.