Tirumantiram - TANTRA Four Verses 1125 - 1140 of 1418

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Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA Four  Verses  1125 - 1140 of 1418

 

 

7 PURNA SAKTI

 

1125: I Measured All

 

I measured the limits of space,

Its beginning and end;

I measured the men and women

In spaces everywhere;

I measured the Primal Lord

Of spaces Vast;

I measured His Grace in devotion

And knew all.

 

 

1126: Meditate on Muladhara

 

They know this not;

That Sakti Primordial espoused Siva

And together Perfection are;

She bestows Her Grace

On Her devotees;

She, the Virgin Eternal;

Meditate on Her in Muladhara, where She is

Success indeed shall be

Your yogic feat in breath control.

 

 

1127: Indriya, Jiva, Siva and Sakti--All United

 

The massive elephants five (Indriyas)

The mahout with the goad (Jiva)

The Lord of many splendoured crown (Siva)

Who in the fragrant (Blossom) appears, (Sahasrara)

And the Lady who with Him is in rapturous union,

All in one love-union for ever merged.

 

 

1128: How United

 

In the rapture of that union

My Father enters in love subtle;

In Misery's broth of harassing Pasa,

My Mother Para Sakti

To the very marrow enters.

 

 

1129: Siva and Sakti are the Real Father and Mother

 

Cease talking of "my mother", "my father"

In possessive way of this world;

Your Mother and the timeless Father

Are there in union;

As your unerring guide for you Here-after;

Nandi verily stood,

As Mother and Father in one.

 

 

1130: Lady of Jnana Decides Life-Span

 

On the lovely lotus

That blossoms in cool waters

Is the Four-Headed God;

The years vouchsafed by Him here below

Are no more than a hundred;

The Lady of Jnana seated on blossom appeared;

She is the Mistress of Words, abiding in the tongue

Now it is Her command (how long you live).

 

 

1131: When Egoity Disappears

 

Untroubled by Anava ways,

Inward looking,

Steadying the wavering mind,

Centering it on high,

Thus when they realize praiseworthy Para

They and He for ever one become.

 

 

1132: She Illumines the Moon Within

 

Of Herself She arose

This Mistress of Tattvas,

And illumined the Moon

In the astral sphere within;

Unto a column of treacle

The light of Kundalini bright rises,

Know you, where that Fawn dances!

 

 

1133: When Grace Dawns Jnana Arises

 

In the five senses of Mayaic knowledge,

When Grace of Sakti of True Knowledge enters,

They know the Jnana

That forever abide;

In the thoughts of those

Who intense cherish Her,

She abides for sure.

 

 

1134: Seek Her and Transcend Time and Age

 

In the spaces vast

Where neither night nor day is,

She of fragrant tresses is;

Seek Her;

And in silentness with Grace slumber,

You shall for ever youthful be

Transcending time and age.

 

 

1135: Beyond Bindu and Nada, She is

 

Youthful forever you shall be;

Transcending Bindu and Nada

That approach Her not,

You shall one with Para Sakti be;

And reach the Mukti State Finale,

She, the Tatparai,

All Grace confers.

 

 

1136: Parasakti Evolutes into Jnana and Ichcha

 

Parasakti, who with pervasive Para stood,

Becomes Jnana Sakti and Ichcha Sakti;

And when Kriya Sakti arrives, (from Bindu)

The Dancer immanent becomes in them all.

 

 

1137: Siva Was One With Sakti in Primal Act of Creation

 

As flower and its fragrance

Siva and Sakti stood form resembling

This they know not;

When together they stirred the Primordial Bindu

For creation to commence,

He in Thought was one with Her

Thus it was, My Father stood.

 

 

1138: Sakti Devoluted into Bindu and Nada

 

Siva-Sakti who in Thought,

Thus commenced devolution

As Bindu and Nada expanded;

She wears the orb of moon

As on Her matted locks

She is Sathavi, of Sattva Guna possessed

She is the Beginning and End

Thus is Her Form Divine.

 

 

1139: Sakti is in Siva and in Jiva

 

She is in Siva contained,

She is of ambrosial milk breasted,

She is in Jivas,

Yet they know not the way to Her;

Into them that hold Her in their hearts,

She welled up from within

And unto a bright lamp shed Her light.

 

 

1140: The Yogis See Lord

 

The Lord is my master,

He is Rudra, Fire and Light

He mounts the Bull in splendour surpassing;

Ye who have not seen Him,

Away, from Here!

The Sadhakas have seen Him

He is the support of their heart.