TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1956 – 1974 of 2121

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1956 – 1974 of 2121

 

 

21 CONQUEST OF BINDU--REGULATION OF BINDU FLOW

 

1956 Bindu is Assimilated in Body Through Yoga

 

Direct Prana breath to Bindu and Nada

That in cranium Sphere arises,

Upward through Sushumna Nadi

By devices appropriate;

Thus you reach to the nectar divine;

Hold on to it,

That Bindu in you indissolubly dissolves,

Your illusions to disappear.

 

 

1957 Conquest of Bindu Leads to Nada

 

The ripening of Bindu,

The result full of that ripening,

The dire consequences of wasting it,

And the blessings of retaining it,

The Nada that ensues

And the transformation that Nada effects,

--Those who all these realize

Have verily conquered the Bindu.

 

 

1958 Fry Bindu in Kundalini Fire

 

The Bindu that is Bija (Seed)

Burn it agreeably,

In the Fire that is Kundalini,

That from Muladhara flames;

Course it upward into the Solar Sphere within

And touch the Lunar Sphere beyond;

There, indeed, is the nectar divine.

 

 

1959 Bindu Sublimated by Kundalini Yoga Leads to Ambrosial Flow

 

When the Bindu of the body

Thus perishes (by Yoga)

It is into Divine Bindu transformed

Of the ambrosial Lunar Sphere within;

When the Bindu of the body

Perishes in the fire of Kundalini,

The ambrosial waters flow and fill the body;

Then indeed is Siva Bhoga that is ambrosial sweet;

And thus bathed in divine waters of ambrosia

The Yogi attains Siddhis rare.

 

 

1960 In Yoga Way Bindu is not Released

 

Two bodies in union may unite,

Yet if he emits not Bindu

That union is Yoga way;

That Bhoga is Siva Bhoga;

That the true Bhoga

Where the Yogi emits not

To quell the witless woman's passion.

 

 

1961 Bindu is not Emitted

 

They who stand in Yoga way

Even though with women unite,

Their Bindu, in passion, they emit not;

And the women their life's passion unquenched

Will verily pine and droop,

Yearning still for love,

As lovers new forever do.

 

 

1962 Bodily Bindu Becomes Cosmic Bindu

 

By Kundalini Sakti, Bindu conquer;

Kindle that Fire in Muladhara

Course it upward straight

Through central Nadi, Sushumna;

Reach Nada,

And swill ambrosia there flows;

Your Bindu the Divine Bindu becomes.

 

 

1963 Union of Bindu and Nada

 

When Bindu and Nada unite,

And Kundalini Fire each minute hair root permeates,

All thought devoid,

Siva Himself you Become;

And the Bindu then dies in the Primal Bindu

Of the Body Divine.

 

 

1964 Yogi Sublimates Bindu

 

He who pounds seed and consumes it

Knows not good that of harvest comes;

Different is he,

Who fries it (in Kundalini Fire) and in body absorbs;

The latter, of the seed a meal does not make,

But the Seed of Birth he ends.

 

 

1965 Merging of Bodily Bindu in Cosmic Bindu

 

Coursing upward, Bindu that is Prana vital

Merging it in Divine Bindu

That the "Swan" in cranium (Sahasrara) is,

There, uniting in Nadanta,

The luminous Bindu is in body absorbed.

 

 

1966 Absorb Bindu in Body and Become Immortal

 

The Swan (the macrocosmic), and Prana (the microcosmic)

--Bindu is thus two for all;

Those who realize this

And absorb one in Other

--The Prana (Individual) in the Swan (Cosmic)--

Will eight siddhis attain;

Their body as gold glitters;

They immortal become.

 

 

1967 Secret Way of Bindu Conquest

 

Intone sound "Si" (the first sound of Panchakshara)

In your Prana (life breath)'s silent thought

Merge in "Aum"--the sound cluster of "A, U, M"

Thus ParaSakti reach;

That indeed is the way of Bindu Conquest

--This the Mystic Secret (upadesa)--you hold.

 

 

1968 Conquer Bindu and Attain Siva State

 

This the Mystic Secret

There is none--but this

He alone is; nothing else there is;

The Bindu heavenward ascends,

The Organs Fourteen

(Jnanandriyas five, Karmendriyas five and Antakaranas four)

Their action cease;

Then does Jnana follow;

That verily is Siva State.

 

 

1969 Sivoham when Bindu Subsides

 

In union of Bindu and Nada

Was born this creation vast;

It is beginning and end of all life,

Of great mantras too,

When Bindu subsides,

Then is Sivoham.*

 

 

1970 Fry Bindu and End Birth

 

Fry the Bindu, Mind its balance winning;

Raise it high, to mount of Sushumna;

That way, your interminable Karmas are scorched;

Then the day you pluck away

The Fruit of Fig that holds

The seeds of birth, innumerable.

 

 

1971 When Bindu Merges Ambrosia Wells

 

When Bindu and Nada uniting in one

Enter the Sphere of Moon within,

The heavenly ambrosia wells and flows;

The Mantra (Aum) that arises there

Is the sacrificial offering to Lord Supreme.

 

 

1972 Merge Mind in Bindu, Away From Lust

 

When the Mind in the Bindu merges,

Then the Mind, the ears and all organs besides

Will together rise the Divine Goal to seek;

But when thought and sound and words

That in the Mind arise

Seek lust,

As fluid thick it transformed be.

 

 

1973 Jnanis Know Lord's Seat

 

The Sound (Nada), and the Mind that perceives Sound,

And the place where Mind undistracted discerns Truth,

--These they know not;

That place the Jnanis truly know

That verily is Lord's Seat.

 

 

1974 Regions of Five Elements in the body

 

Earth is, where the legs are (Muladhara);

In the navel (Svatisthana) is the Region of Water;

Below the breast (Manipura) is the Fire;

Above the breast (Anahatha) and below the shoulder (Visuddhi) is Air;

And around the neck and beyond (Ajna) is the Region of Space.