English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular
TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1814 – 1846 of 2121
10 LIGHT OF GRACE
1814 Be Born in Grace and Receive Grace
Those who do not take their firm stand on Grace
And in conscious determination steep in it not,
Will never Grace receive;
Nor be freed of Pasas Five;
They will not know greatness that Grace gives;
They will not resolute be;
They alone know Grace who to Grace are born.
1815 Nandi Grants Unending Grace
Nandi the great, Nandi the famed,
Nandi that barred the way of my future birth;
He gave me the ambrosial bliss that never cloys;
He the Lord of a thousand names;
In one word He said, "Bathe eternally
In the unending sea of Grace."
1816 Imparting Grace Siva Grants His Form to Jiva
I danced and sang and wept and lamented
Thus I sought Him, and Siva's greatness saw,
And as I with Him united
He, His indefinable Form granted
And in me pervaded, His Grace imparting.
1817 Nandi Planted His Feet on me and imparted Grace
The birth I took,
The impurities (malas) I bore
He dispelled as but Maya's cloud;
"You are of these rid"--so saying
He planted His Feet on me--
He the Nandi famed;
All unworthy knowledge I gave up,
I prostrated and at His feet prayed.
1818 Light the Lamps of God by Inner Light
Light the Lamp, and see the Void
Before the Lamp all pangs cease
They that have the Light to light the Lamp
Are but the Light, in the Divine Lamp shine.
1819 By Inner Light Unite One in Siva
Interminable are light and darkness
Only to those who have light, will darkness cease;
To the eyes that see light, darkness is not;
So, too, when the inner light dispells darkness
The Jive with Siva one becomes.
1820 Lord is Gracious
Aimless I wandered,
On me He planted His golden Feet,
In purity He entered, and made me pure
In charity He entered, and gave me the bliss of ambrosia
What ho! this gracious act!
In wonder limitless, I stand bedazed.
1821 Grace is the Refuge
There is a Space Vast that is Grace
There is a Refuge Safe that is Lord
In me He entered, my darkness to dispel;
Know Him fully; then indeed, is Siva-State.
1822 Save the Soul
If other gods be born, live and die
Are they the True Ones? Speak;
Let us this body leave, to vultures a prey
And save our Soul--this you should proclaim.
11 SIVA PUJA
1823 Soul is Siva Linga
For the Bounteous Lord
This heart is the sanctum holy,
The fleshly body is temple vast
The mouth is the tower gate;
To them that discern,
Jiva is Sivalinga;
The deceptive senses but the lights that illume.
1824 Prayer is True Sacrifice
To Nandi of the spreading matted locks
That the sacrificial oblations takes,
We nothing offer;
The sacrifice that we morn and even can give
Are songs of praise that melt His heart;
Let us that sacrifice offer;
Verily, that is sacrifice, milk that is sweet.
1825 Worship Sadasiva and Become Siva
The Lord that with Lady of milky speech consorts
Is the Para Para Supreme;
In Him enshrine Sadasiva
His upward looking Face as Isana consider
And thus your worship perform
You shall Siva Himself become.
1826 Adore the Lord and Behold Him
You can think of Him, you can speak of His Truth
But rare indeed to see the Lord of the Holy Feet;
They can but see the Lord of the Holy Feet
Who adore Him with flower and water.
1827 Celestials Worship Lord with Archana
Why is it the Lord has taken His seat
In the heart of Beings Celestial
That consecrated water and garland of flowers bear?
With offerings five of dishes sweet
And with upachara* rituals two times eight
They humbly prostrating, in archana, worship. Evocative
1828 Pray and Receive Grace
The devout are they with flower and water pray
The Lord seeing that bestows His Grace on them
Countless are the sinners that know not how our Lord to approach
Thus they slip by in ignorance deep.
1829 Anoint Feet of Holy is Unto Bathing in Holy Waters
Know the reward of bathing
In the nine waters of the Lord;
Mukti indeed for those
That anoint the feet of holy men
Who in Jnana are upraised;
Thus does Mula proclaim.
1830 My Prayer is to Worship Lord with Archana
Even if in thoughtlessness
I world's ways pursue,
Do grant me this:
That I with water and flower
Unceasing adore You;
This my prayer;
O! Lord of immortals!
1831 Chant the Thousand Names of Lord
The Immortals swarm in hordes seeking Him;
The seas and lands unending,
All that yours shall be,
When you chant unceasing
The thousand names of the Primal Lord,
And the One Sacred name Special.
1832 Lord is in Our Heart
Bathing Him in the five products of cow (Pancha Kavya)
The Celestial beings in hordes seek the Lord
Who knows end none;
Within the honeyed flower that is heart
His Grace stands revealed;
He who the five elements and their attributes created.
1833 Celestials Pray and Receive Lord's Grace
Bearing choicest flowers and water
The heavenly Beings over clouds traverse;
And with Pasa subdued, stand and pray
And unfailing, My Lord's Grace receive.
1834 Enter the Sea of Heart's Faith
In the expanse of waters (Ganga),
With spreading matted locks is Nandi;
Renounce the sea of unbelief;
Enter the sea of heart's faith;
They who adore Him not thus
With hands laden with flowers
Will in the sea of sorrow fall,
And forever immersed be.
1835 Break the Banks of the Sea of Sorrow
Breaking the marshy banks of the sea of sorrow
They adore Him with buds and blossoms;
They who know this not, into error great fall;
But those who know it, will see the Lord
In the crown of their head, seated within.
1836 Adoration is the Way to Reach Lord
There is one way to reach Him
Adore Him with flowers many;
To them that do this,
The Lord by Himself stands revealed;
This the way to the Holy Feet of the three-eyed God;
Adoring Him thus, He fails never to stand before you.
1837 Seek Him In Prayer
"My Lord, the Primal One, the Timeless Eternity,
The Holy One,"
--Thus they adore Him with flowers diverse,
And in love endearing at His Feet worship,
His Grace to receive;
How then do you in prayer seek Him not?
1838 Siva is the Primal One of Plural Three
Laden with flower and water
The Celestial beings seek the earth
And sing the praise of the Pure One;
Who who thinks of His bounteous Grace
Him He blesses,
He, the Primal One of the Plural Three.
1839 Pray and Prosper
You that labour hard
Gather flowers and carry water pure;
Adore the Lord in unfailing piety
And at His shining Feet lay the flowers;
And stand and pray
And unto the rain-laden clouds
Forever prosperous you shall be.
1840 Lord Receives Worship
To perform Lord's worship in manner appropriate
Senses subdue, hasten, and quick at His Feet fall;
And offering water and flower daily worship
He will accet you, thus I said, even in days of yore.
1841 Way to Goal Supreme
Adorn Him with garland of flowers
Place them at His feet
Praise Him as the Lord Primal;
Those that have daily prayed to Him
And yet have known Him not
Let them adore Him with Athi flower, so dear to Him
And pray, their base nature be cleansed of impurities;
--That the way to Goal Supreme.
1842 Nandi is Within
Above the lotus of the heart, beyond
In Bliss abides,
Nandi of the spreading matted locks;
Yet they know not the mantra to muse and chant
That will to Him lead and there abide.
1843 Lord is a Gem-Set Jewel
He is the gem that lies embedded in the cubit of the heart
Until they see Him, they think not of Him;
Into them who cherish and muse on Him over and over
As a gem-set Jewel He shines.
1844 Nandi Dispels Darkness
Nandi of gracious qualities
Is the Chakra (discus) that cuts the Darkness (of impurities)
He takes his abiding seat in my heart,
While the Celestial Beings to whom He bestows His gifts
Come in prayer, beseeching Him from afar.
1845 The Four Dikshas or Ordination Rites
By Samaya Diksha, the Primal Malas their potency lose;
By Vishesha Diksha, the Mantra purification insures;
By Nirvana Diksha, the Kalas purification is effected;
The Abhisheka Diksha is for those
Who the Jnani State has attained.
1846 Seek Him Incessantly--He is Timeless Eternity
Unless they have adored Him through aeons and aeons
They will not have become the Jiva that is Karma devoid;
Hari on the sea, and Aya besides,
Seek Him through ages after ages;
Yet is He beyond reach;
He that shines atop of Time.
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