TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1753 – 1772 of 2121

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 1753 – 1772 of 2121

 

 

5 ATMA LINGAM

 

1753 In the Beginning was Aum

 

Aharam (A) as beginning, all exist

Uharam (U) as beginning, all life exists

If Aharam Uharam are together known

Aharam Uharam is but Linga divine.

 

 

1754 Bindu is the Support and Nada the Supported

 

Bindu is the Support Finite

Nada in Medha as the Supported expanded;

Bindu that is Support is the Pedestal

Nada on to it is conjoint,

That verily is Linga's union.

 

 

1755 Siva-Sakti (Linga) is Static, Kinetic, Sadasiva and Unborn Being

 

Linga that is Sakti-Siva is Static all

Linga that is Sakti-Siva is Kinetic all

Linga that is Sakti-Siva is Sadasiva

Sakti-Siva is Tatpara, the Being Unborn.

 

 

1756 Lord is Light and Support

 

Upon the heavenly letters five times ten

Well may you behold the self-illumined Light (Aum);

That which thus arises with His Sakti (U)

Like a golden vine that blooms pretty

Is but He that is Ahara (A)--the Support Finite.

 

 

1757 Linga Comprises both Bindu and Nada

 

Bindu and Nada together form Linga

Bindu is the Pedestal, Nada the Linga

With them two as support divine

The Five gods arose, their Five functions to perform.

 

 

1758 All the Tattvas are in Linga

 

The goodly pedestal of Sakti holds the Atma Tattvas

The central part of Sakti holds the Vidya Tattvas;

The Linga of Sakti, the Siva Tattvas

Sadasiva is Sakti's Soul Divine.

 

 

1759 Seek Lord within and be Blessed

 

In my heart He entered,

In my life's being He entered,

He poured His blessing to my heart's fill;

Do with me the Lord seek

He enters your home, and blesses you.

 

 

1760 Lord is Sovereign Supreme

 

The Supreme Parapara is He;

My Father Divine;

He sports the crescent moon;

He rules the universe;

Into the heart's temple of His devotees too he reigns

He the Hara to whom the Immortals in worship bow

He in my heart resides firm.

 

 

1761 Lord is tender as Mother-Cow

 

"He is not the Lord, I am the one"

If you this conceit have,

The world will call you a fool;

Tender as the yearning mother cow,

He in me is enshrined,

With serpent, fire and water in His matted lock

He, in amity, stands,

He the Holy One.

 

 

1762 Hold Lord in Heart of Heart

 

"There He stood," "There He lay"

--Thus the Immortals in directions eight

Adore Him;

But how shall I praise my Lord

Who in my heart's heart ever resides.

 

 

6 JNANA LINGAM

 

1763 Lord is Bounteous

As Form, the Formless and Form-Formless

Thus is Parasiva in all life immanent;

As Guru, too, He stands;

Unto the Kalpaka tree His bounties bestows

He, the Sadasiva.

 

 

1764 Sadasiva is Form-Formless

 

In the Center He is, Sadasiva,

The Four below are the Formed,

(Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Mahesa)

The Four above are the Formless

(Bindu, Nada, Sakti, Siva)

Thus are His parts

He, the Parasiva.

 

 

1765 Seek Sadasiva

 

He is the Lord of the Immortals,

He is the Lord with Faces in directions all,

He is the Lord of Four (Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and Mahesa)

He is Nandi that central stands;

They who adore Him as their Lord

Themselves His ways attain;

Do you, so, seek the Lord's Holy Feet.

 

 

1766 Sadasiva Dispels Karmas

 

Him I prayed,

My Karma to dispel and destroy;

He measures out Time's Eternity

As year, month and day;

Worthy is He of your visioning;

And with His virgin Sakti seek Him;

Even when your folded hands unfold

The One is He to you.

 

 

1767 Sadasiva dispenses Divine Justice

 

The Primal Lord is He,

The God of the Universe is He;

God is He whom the illumined devotees praise;

Great God is He of Justice Divine;

The Pure is He my Lord;

As half-and-half in Para Sakti He is.

 

 

1768 Truth of Supreme Siva

 

Beyond Sakti, inside Para Sakti

Is the Pure Siva State, as Light undimmed

Still beyond and beyond are the Lord's Feet;

This the Truth of the Lord Supreme.

 

 

1769 See Siva and Sakti and see All

 

See that Tender Flame

You will have seen all universe;

Rise and see His World

There you shall forever remain;

See the Expanses Vast

You shall have seen the Lord with Sakti entwined;

The Lord that in your thought resides.

 

 

1770 Worship Siva-Sakti and Realize Jnana

 

The Lord, my Father

His Sakti-Cluster, my Mother

Chant their name in order according

That verily is Jnana Divine;

Above the navel, in my heart,

There with Her He resides

In rapture unceasing.

 

 

1771 The Play of Sakti--Sakti activates Jiva

 

Into the Maya Group--Suddha and Asuddha

They induct the Jiva;

From Pure Turiya State disentangling him,

They his thoughts enter;

And inside him, Siva His habitation takes;

--This the play of Sakti-Siva.

 

 

1772 All Creation is Sakti-Siva Play

 

All the Universe is the play of Sakti-Siva

Sakti is Siva, and Siva is Sakti

Without Sakti and Siva is no manifest creation

It is Sakti and Siva that forever Form assume.