TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1975 – 1992 of 2121

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA SEVEN - Verses  1975 – 1992 of 2121

 

 

22 THE SUN'S POSITION--THE COSMIC SUN

 

1975 Sun and Other Gods Adore Lord to Receive Illumination

 

The fiery Sun and the Celestials rest

Circumnambulate the snow-clad Mountain Meru;

And adore the luminous Lord's Holy Feet in Tapas,

That they might, themselves illumined be.

 

 

1976 Sun is the Primal Energy

 

The Sun is Vishnu;

He is Siva Holy too,

Who as refuge of all creation stands;

He brings prosperity to the seven worlds in accord;

He, the Beginning of lives all.

 

 

1977 Worship Sun, Primal Lord Blesses

 

Chant in love the thousand names of Sun,

He in you as spark divine glows;

The Vedic brahmins pray,

The Celestial immortals his name chant;

It is the Lord Primal verily

Who blesses all.

 

 

1978 Primal Lord is Source of All

 

He stands as the Tattvas for the world,

He stands as Sakti for the world,

He alone is the Being Uncreated (Sambhu),

He for the world is the Moon too,

Of soft light divine.

 

 

1979 Position of Sun in the Body

 

Above the triangle of Muladhara Center,

Above the hexagonal Center of Svadishtana,

Above the twin-circle of Manipura Center,

In the moving Center of sixteen petalled Visuddhi,

There indeed rises the Sun within.

 

 

1980 The Sun Confers the Kalas in Adharas

 

The Sun is within;

When his beams beat

On Muladhara triangule

That receives Kalas four;

When on Visuddhi his shafts fall,

That with Kalas sixteen shines.

 

 

1981 Experiences in the Sphere of Sun Within

 

When you reach the Sphere of Sun

Your worldly thoughts fade into darkness;

The cognitive organs four no more contend--

The Sakti in the light within reveals

The truth of Vedas

But alas! You seek not to understand!

 

 

1982 Sun's Route Inside

 

Below the Earth Center that is Muladhara

The Sun its route takes;

Invisible indeed is he,

Between the Fiery Center (Manipura)

And the Watery Center (Svatishtana) within.

 

 

1983 Sun's Course in the Higher Adharas

 

Breaking through the Earth (Muladhara)

He penetrates beyond into the Adharas that

Are Sky (Visuddhi) and Space (Ajna) within;

He is the very source of joy that dazzles the eye;

He indeed responds to contemplation sweet.

 

 

1984 Sun Circumambulates Sahasrara

 

The sun that penetrates Earth (Muladhara)

His route none knows,

That are but versed in worldly lore;

He circumambulates Mount of Meru, (Sahasrara)

Of the Lord Unconquerable;

--Thus they say;

Only those who have realized Truth

Know His abode real.

 

 

23 THE MICROCOSMIC SUN

 

1985 Vision Sun Within Through Spinal Way

 

Staning, sitting, walking and lying prostrate

Nandi the benevolent in my thoughts incessant stood;

Destroy your Malas (Impurities)

And ascend the Adharas

Through Sushumna Central;

There shall you vision the Sun

That within shines in brightness nonpareil.

 

 

1986 The Self-Realized Reach Sun

 

They who by Adhara-ascending

Reach and see where the Sun within reposes

They indeed are the self-realized ones;

They who differ from this

And say aught they like,

Are in darkness enveloped,

As when the Sun here, below horizon dips.

 

 

1987 Those Who Know the Sun Within is Worthy of Adoration

 

They penetrate not the Adharas,

Search not the world within,

And know not where in its midst Sun is;

Those who know where he furtive lies

To them my heart

In love melts.

 

 

24 MIND'S SUN

 

1988 Life's Full Moon Within

 

The luminous Sun dewy cool becomes

When Moon spreads its contending rays;

In the luminosity that commingling emanates,

My yearning Prana as a ray beams,

That verily is my life's Full Moon.

 

 

1989 To See the Blending of the Rays of Sun and Moon is Divine

 

When on Sun, Moon's rays afore fall,

That in order is;

When on Sun, Moon's rays beat,

Divine indeed;

In that mystic land

Where the two shafts mingle

They who the Light see,

Have Siva Himself become.

 

 

1990 Full Moon Within

 

With Kalas three of Sun, Moon and Fire

Arises the Kala from intermingling of their rays

Thus are they, Kalas Four;

When Sun, Moon and Fire mingle their rays,

Then is Full Moon within, know this.

 

 

1991*36The Vision of Ethereal Light Within

 

The Light that shone beyond the orbs two,

Is a Light that none in any realm can perceive;

It is a Light that shone piercing the Cosmic Universe;

Who can near it, who can perceive it!

 

 

1992 The Nine Planets Lacking Grace Whirl in Darkness

 

The nine orbs (planets) go round the earth,

But none of nine, knows Lord;

Well may the nine orbs, Him, propitiate;

Yet His Grace they receive not;

Devoid of bliss, in darkness surrounded they are.