TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1704 – 1725 of 2121

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1704 – 1725 of 2121

 

 

1 THE SIX ADHARAS

 

1704 The Six Adharas and their petals

 

Piercing the Chakras that are petalled

Four, Six, Ten and Twelve

And the Six and Ten still above;

Lo! Behold then the Twin petalled Center finale;

You have indeed beheld the Holy Feet of the Timeless One.

 

 

1705 The Spheres of the upper Adharas

 

In the Nada sphere is the Twelve petalled Center

In the Nadanta sphere is the Ten and Six petalled Center

Beyond the Nadanta is the Two-petalled Medha Center

Where Parasakti enshrined is;

Enter there in Consciousness Undifferentiated Bodha;

There, above the Medha Center, is the Truth Finale.

 

 

1706 Parapara pervades all the Six Adharas

 

When thus through Adharas

You course Prana breath

Neither Up nor Down do you know

Neither He nor I do you cognise

The mighty Parapara that pervades all

Envelops you,

Bounteous as the celestial Kalpaka tree.

 

 

1707 Experience is Adhara Yoga

 

Ascend Adharas step by step,

Your Nadis purified thus,

You shall have ascended

Into the heavenly effulgence of Medha

Whose twin petals into Kalanta sphere rise;

And then you reach the state of Bodha,

Of Awareness Unitive, senses petrified;

That verily is Yoga--the Saha Marga.

 

 

1708 Ascending further above Six Adharas

 

There you stop not--at Medha's Center--

But evoke Aum,

And beyond Adharas now proceed

And ascend the Adhvas with Prana for support

When thus you practise, to perfection's end,

Your body becomes a doughty receptacle

Of Joy Eternal.

 

 

1709 The One Letter "Aum" is beyond the Fifty Letters distributed over the Adharas

 

In the body where the Centers Six are,

Do seek the Adharas and above,

Over the letters five times ten

Rises the one Letter (Aum) that is basic to all.

 

 

1710 The Letters Fifty the subtle in Adharas, and Adharas subtle are in Body

 

As the Gross body that decays

And the Subtle body that escapes

Are in union unseen,

So are the subtle letters fifty to tattvas that are gross,

So are the Centers Six to the body corporeal.

 

 

1711 The Sixteen-Petalled Lotus in Visuddhi Adhara Leads to Knowledge-Bliss

 

Above the discriminating heart's lotus

Is that jewelled flower

Of ten and six petals;

There, Awareness Pure, turns into Bliss of Siva

And to Jnana (Light of Knowledge) that is Reality Supreme.

 

 

2 THE COSMIC LINGAM

 

1712 Linga or Sadasiva is World manifest

 

They know not what Linga is

Linga is directions eight

Linga is Kalas, eight times eight

It is as Linga the world emerged.

 

 

1713 Sakti in Sadasiva manifested as World

 

In the World His Sakti He manifested first,

In the World as His Sakti's Form He pervaded

In the World His Sakti's Powers He filled

But He who this World's creation conceived

Was Sadasiva (the Linga).

 

 

1714 Sadasiva is the Adhvas too

 

Worldly joys and heavenly pleasures

Wisdom and miraculous powers

The body and the state beyond

The Tattvas six and thirty

All these Sadasiva granted;

The Adhvas six, too, of Agamas sacred

Are all but He--Sadasiva.

 

 

1715 Lord (Sadasiva) protects the Celestials from afar

 

The countless Devas gloried My Lord

"O! Southern Breeze, fragrant cool" they praised,

"O! Bounteous One," they adored,

But they know not this:

From beyond the Spaces Vast

He His protection granted.

 

 

1716 Lord (Sadasiva) is the Light of Life of Gods

 

The resplendent Brahma, Vishnu, Prajapati

The luminous Sun and Indra

The bright-eyed Devas swarming celestial Spheres

He, indeed, is their Light of Life--

He the Being Uncreated.

 

 

1717 Lord is the Golden support of Heart

 

Pervading all Nature, Siva blesses all;

But they know not the Truth and adore Him not;

To them that adore Him that is immanent

He is the golden stalk of the heart's lotus within.

 

 

1718 Sadasiva (Linga)'s Form, manifest and subtle

 

The Vimana pure is the Sthula Linga

The Sadasiva enshrined is Sukshma Linga

The Bali-peeta is Bhadra Linga

Thus it is for those who Siva's Form seek.

 

 

1719 How to fix Linga

 

Pearls, gems, corals and emerald

Wood of sandal, granite hard, and ashes holy

Siva's Agama, and rice in grain and cooked

When you pour in these and fix the Linga

Haunting indeed is His flavoury fragrance.

 

 

1720 How Linga is shaped

 

Curd, ghee, milk and wax pure

Copper, mercury, fire and conch

Bricks hard, Bilva shapely

And Konrai bloom of golden hue

From these do you shape

The Linga's Form Divine.

 

 

1721 Lingas for the Four Varnas

 

Of crystal made is Linga, Brahmins worship

Of gold, the Kings worship

Of emerald, the Vaisyas worship

Of stone is Linga, Sudras worship.

 

 

1722 No one way of worship

 

They who sought Him in one Special Way

Knew Him not in any way;

And thus it is the Lord

That the eight universes pervades;

Of my heart, too, a temple made.

 

 

1723 God is Pervasive

 

In the Spaces Vast, unknown He pervades,

In the fleshly body He rapturous resides,

He dispells sin and Wisdom's Sunlight spreads

He, the Holy One, that our Refuge is.

 

 

1724 Siva's Pervasive Form

 

The Earth is His flower-bedecked feet

The Heavens, His Ganga-girt crown

His Body fills the Spaces Vast

In continuity unbroken;

Thus did Lord His Form assume

From Time's Eternity, Beginningless First.

 

 

1725 Siva's Cosmic Form

 

The Earth is His Sakti Peeta,

The Heavens the Linga Pure,

The billowing seas His bathing ghat,

The cascading streams on mountain tops

Their cool water laves His crown heavenly,

The countless stars, His garland;

The Eight Directions His limitless raiment.