TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2370 to 2387 of 2648

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2370 to 2387 of 2648

 

415 THE SIX ENDS

 

2370 Six Ends Ultimate

 

The End of Veda (Vedanta)

The End of Siddhanta Exalted,

The End of Nada (Nadanta),

The End of Bodha (Bodhanta)

The End of Yoga (Yoganta)

Of branches eight,

The End of Kalas (Kalanta)

--These the Ends Six, the Ultimates Finale.

 

 

2371 Souls Rid of Malas Will Know the Six Ends

 

The Pure ones of Malas rid

Will the Ends six know;

The Impure ones in Malas bound

Will the Ends Six know not;

They who know not the Ends Six

Will not know Lord,

He that is End and Beginning.

 

 

2372 Ends of Vedanta and Siddhanta

 

"I am the Supreme One," says Vedanta,

"I shall become the Supreme One," says Siddhanta;

In Turiya State they realize the Self

And in Siva Yoga they unite in Parapara Sweet;

Rid of Malas

They the Rare Goal attain.

 

 

2373 Truth of Siddhanta

 

Daily living in Para's thought,

Freed from Tattvas

Beginning with the Five (Sound, taste, smell, touch and sight);

Contemplating beyond

Where the Suddha and Asuddha (Mayas) pursue not,

Reaching thus Para that is Lord,

That, verily, is the Truth of Siddhanta.

 

 

2374 The Ultimate State in Jiva's Journey

 

Beyond Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra,

Beyond Maheswara and Sadasiva,

Beyond Para Bindu and Para Nada,

Beyond Tattvas Thirty and Six,

When all these are transcended,

The Jiva is left alone with Siva.

 

 

2375 Nadanta Bodhanta States

 

Jiva transcending

The tribulations of Tattvas

Six times six,

Reaches the Nadanta;

Ascending still beyond,

It encounters darkness of Anava;

When that is dispelled,

The peerless Divine Jnana dawns;

That indeed is Jnana (Bodha)

That Nadanta beyond reached.

 

 

2376 Yoganta State

 

Seeking Iyama and Niyama

And then going beyond

Enter into Samadhi;

There Jiva reaches Para Siva;

And Param becoming

All desires abandoned,

Realizes Upasantha

That verily is the Truth of Yoganta.

 

 

2377 Kalanta State

 

When the goal is Truth of Kalanta,

This then is the way:

Ascend Kalas (five) Nivritti, and the rest

And Medha and the rest ten and six;

There encounter Bindu;

In it do merge and vivid know

The Truth of Kalanta.

 

 

2378 Five Other Ways Dear to Siva

 

These paths apart,

There are five other,

That lead to the Light

For them who seek;

Dear unto Siva are the Five

--Mantra, Tantra, Serenity (Samadhi Yoga), Upadesa and Jnana.

 

 

2379 Tantra, Mantra Upadesa

 

Beginningless are AgamaVedas

Tantra is to act their way,

Mantras are of the mind and beyond the body;

Upadesa is the teaching of Siva-Jnana.

 

 

2380 Jnana

 

The way of Self-Jnana

Is to be one with Siva;

In the Kalanta

Devotional love disappears;

Sans speech, sans sentience

Jiva becomes Being Great

Unto Nandi Himself,

That is beyond speech and thought.

 

 

2381 Serenity in Samadhi

 

In Samadhi Jiva with Siva

One becomes;

In Kalanta, in Nadanta, in Yoganta

And in Bodhanta and Siddhanta

Is Jnana reached

Of Knowledge, the Known and the Knower

One uniting.

 

 

2382 The Six Ends Merge in Jnana

 

In that Jnana, (Divine Knowledge)

The Six Antas (ends) merge;

That Jnana (Knowledge) in the Knower (Jnani) merges;

When Knowledge in the Knower merges;

Then dawns Mauna (Divine Silentness)

That is Siva-Bliss.

 

 

2383 Of the Kalai Sixteen

 

Unmanai Kala ends in the Sixteenth,

Unmanai Kalanta ends beyond in the Seventeenth;

When Unmanai Kala is reached

Then is Nadanta;

Unmanai Kala is verily a goal great.

 

 

2384 Lord Revealed Truth of Vedanta-Siddhanta

 

Having been blessed by Grace of Sakti,

That Siva espoused,

The Holy Nandi, that is Lord of Celestials,

Granted His Feet;

Beckoning me to Him

He revealed the Truth Exalted

Of Vedanta-Siddhanta,

--Him, the Lord, meditate on.

 

 

2385 The Truth of Vedanta-Siddhanta is the Truth of Agamas

 

To each according to his understanding

The Lord reveals Truth of His Agamas;

Beyond and penetrating

The Prakriti Maya (impure) and Mamaya (pure-impure)

--Is the doctrinal Truth of Vedanta-Siddhanta.

 

 

2386 Vedanta and Siddhanta Know No Differences

 

In the imprint of Vedanta and Siddhanta,

There is difference none;

Bodhanta is Jnana (Divine Knowledge);

Yoganta is Jneya (the Known)

Nadanta is Dawning of Bliss

The finale imprint

Is in Silentness (Mauna) Immersed-to-be.

 

 

2387 Tvampada, Tatpada, Asipada Goals

 

Vedanta goal transcends

The seven Upathis (experiences)

(That are the Caused (Kariya);)

Nadanta goal rids of Pasa

And reaches to Thompatha State (Tvam-Pada);

Beyond are Causal (Karana) Upathis seven;

Above which is Tatpada of Para Real,

That Bodha leads to;

Beyond still is Asipada.