Tirumantiram - TANTRA FIVE – Verses 1534 - 1549 of 1572

Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA FIVE – Verses 1534 - 1549  of 1572

 

 

1534: God Can Be Reached Only by Devotion

 

Proclaim you this:

There is nothing except Siva

No tapas except it be for Him

The Six Faiths are nothing but a dreary waste;

Do seek Nandi of mighty penance;

You shall indeed be redeemed truly.

 

 

1535: The Six Faiths Sought not Freedom from Pasas

 

They of the Six Faiths sought Lord

Only for heavenly state to gain;

They sought not to be rid of bondage thorns,

And so know not to be rid of this world materiality.

 

 

1536: Path of Siva Leads to Final Liberation

 

The Path of Siva alone is Finite Path;

The Other paths but lead to earthly sorrows;

And sure birth in bondage returns to you;

Do you walk in the Holy Path;

And when the One appears,

The triad Impurities that your destruction encompasses

Will, of themselves, meet their own destruction.

 

 

1537: The False Paths Lead not to Param

 

Forsooth,

The Faiths here below are a hundred in number,

In that swollen stream are the Six Faiths too;

These Faiths take not to the goal they boast of;

They are true Faiths never,

They take you not to Path of Param.

 

 

1538: Contending Faiths Do Not Help

 

The contending Paths are unto the braying asses:

The Pure Siva is all-pervasive;

They seek Him not by the right Path,

And so free are not from Impurities;

They shall grow insane

Forever entangled in whirl of birth and death.

 

 

1539: To Attain Finite Goal

 

Those who are assailed by doubts

And those who are freed from doubts

When together commingle,

Drive the wild beasts of Karma twine to caves,

And persevere in the pursuit

Then shall Finite Goal be reached;

They that are rid of the terrors of the wild

Shall see the Path that to Para leads.

 

 

1540: God is Distant and Near

 

He is far away,

He is near at hand

He is rid of ailments,

He is of immortal name Nandi;

Transparent to those that have unwavering vision;

Elusive to those who are tossed in doubt;

Such know not the mysterious purpose

For which the fleshly body is fashioned.

 

 

1541: The End of Seeking

 

To be born and to live again and again here below,

Verily is the curse of all;

It is the seed of Karma twain;

If you but listen to Him that knows

The origin of swirl that is birth and death,

No more shall you seek

The ways of the perishing men.

 

 

1542: Lord and Nandi are One

 

All the holy ones hail Him as Great God, the Supreme Lord,

He that is Nada and bears the name Nandi;

You too shall make no distinction,

But in prayer lift your hands to Him as Being Supreme;

And the Primal One shall as such reveal Himself.

 

 

1543: God is Within You; and Yet Far Away

 

He is Hara, Holy Father, Primal Lord

As implacable Truth He entered heart;

But if hearts of devotees sought alien paths

They know Him not;

Then is He far, far away.

 

 

1544: Precious is Hara's Path

 

The Heavenly Lord, He knows our goal

He is tender hearted;

He is the Effulgent Sun that guides the destiny

Of Heavenly Beings of wisdom great;

Do think of Him in thought unsullied;

He is of crystal pure hue;

Precious the path of Virtue

He for us has laid.

 

 

1545: God is Beyond All Religions

 

This the right path, that the right path

Be not tossed in such frail human doubts;

Seek the Being that is beyond wilderness of doubts

His is the Form that transcends fleshly imperfections.

 

 

1546: True and False Faiths

 

That Path they took

The immortal Devas and the saintly tapasvins;

And so reached Goal True

And merged in one with Siva;

But they that followed froward faiths

Received not His grace;

They lost their way,

And forever wander.

 

 

1547: Definition of True Path

 

He is Light within you;

To know how to reach Him

Is True Path of Becoming;

If you know thus,

You know contradiction none;

That is Path Finite, your Goal's End;

They are but folks poor in spirit

That know not merging in Light Divine.

 

 

1548: Worldly Path is not True Path

 

There is a True Path for the Journey;

They that follow the swampy paths worldly

See but the mirage;

They that avoid the sorrowful path of swirling Karma

Cross evil safe;

And shall sure worship at Lord's Feet.

 

 

1549: True Path Leads Straight to Lord's Presence

 

Walking in the True Path

Your holiness consummates;

The host of thine Karmaic deeds scatters

And they flee away;

Leave you the tortuous path

Of the Karmaic ridden men of world

Onward you journey, straight inside;

Thou shall, for certain, stand

In the Presence of the Lord of Heavenly Beings.