TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2184 to 2205 of 2648

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TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2184 to 2205 of 2648

 

 

45 ADHVAS (HIGHER STEPS)

 

2184 The Six Higher Steps

 

Six times six are the Tattvas;

Seven Crores are the Mantras;

Fifty and one are the Varnas (letter-sounds);

Two hundred and twenty four are the Bhuvanas; global constellations;

Eighty and one are the Padas Primal,

Five, the Kalas rare.

 

 

2185 Ascend Beyond the Three Spheres

 

The three Spheres within (Sun, Moon, and Fire)

They ascend and traverse, (in yogic way)

Having traversed,

They with Tattvas five and twenty

In one unite;

Further coursing the breath

Upward through Sushumna

They search;

And having sought,

Self-Consciousness lost,

They there remain.

 

 

2186 The Fifth State of Turiyatita

 

Waking within the Waking State,

And experiencing the rest of States,

The body and breath appropriate trained,

They reach the Turiyatita;

There they witness the felicitous Dance of Lord;

Drinking the fill of bliss

They Siva Become;

All these five, the Grace-fruits of Siva are.

 

 

46 SUDDHA JAGRA AND OTHER STATES

 

2187 Bindu Power Permeates Tattvas

 

The gross body of Waking State,

The subtle body of Dream State,

Together of Tattvas five and twenty

Are of Bindu's Power verily;

That Power permeating Jiva

Penetrates, the Waking and Dream States.

 

 

2188 Progression of the States of Consciousness Towards Siva-Goal

 

They who reach the Turiyatita

Within the Waking State

Actionless lie;

They who reach the Turiya

Within the Waking State

Crawl (towards the Goal);

They who experience the Sushupti (Deep Sleep)

Within the Waking State

Are Jivas yet developing;

They who dream

Within the Waking State

Are Jivas hastening towards goodly Goal.

 

 

2189 Chariya, Kriya, Yoga and Jnana--Where They Lead To

 

The acts of Kriya lead to Siva Tattva;

The practice of prolonged Yoga

Leads to Divine Grace and Knowledge;

Contemplation of Lord's Form, (in Chariya)

Confers blessings many;

In Jnana is comprehended

All Cosmic creation at once.

 

 

2190 Devolutes of Paraparam

 

The Beginningless Param

Thus the order brought about:

Siva, Sakti, and Sadasiva,

The Isa Pure, and the goodly Vidya Tattvas

Bodha, Kalas, Time, Niyati and Mamaya (Impure Maya)

--These devolutes in gradation appropriate

He established,

In wonder surpassing indeed!

 

 

2191 Jiva Ascends These Devolutes to Reach Paraparam

 

The luminous Siva, Sakti and Sadasivam,

The Maheswara, the Pure Vidya, and Ragas,

Kalas, Time (Kala), Knowledge (Bodha), Niyati, and Mahamaya

The Purusha (soul),

Together these twelve

(Art for the Jiva to ascend.)

 

 

2192*36Malas Inherent to Jiva

 

Anava (Egoity), Maya (Ignorance) and Karma (Action)

These the Malas (Impurities) are;

They are like the embryo, the bran and the husk

Are unto the grain of rice;

They touch not the Lord, but apart stand;

Be rid of your Pasas one by one,

And adore the Lord.

 

 

2193 Lord is the Cow-Herd (Pasupati); Jiva the Cow (Pasu)

 

Many the color of cows,

But one the color of milk;

And of peerless hue

Is Lord, the cowherd;

When the cowherd

Who tends the cows

His guiding staff shows,

The cows will not their Master leave.

 

 

2194 Jiva a Prey to Tattvas and Pasas

 

The body, indriyas, mind

The intellect, will, egoity and ignorance

To these the Soul a prey falls;

If the Pasas further sprout in him,

To hell, he speeds fast.

 

 

2195 Limitations of Experiences in the Five States of Awareness

 

In Turiyatita State

The Consciousness of the Self is not;

In Turiya State

The Consciousness of the Self

Through spoken word comprehended

Still burns;

In the Sushupti State that is Maya bound,

The Desire-potency to speak afterward exists;

In the Waking State and the Dream State

Experiences in ways diverse.

 

 

2196 Turiyatita State Inner Divisions--Jagra and Sushupti;

 

But No Dream State

In the five states of Consciousness,

In the Waking State of Turiyatita no dream,

The Subtle body sees;

In the Sushupti State there,

The self experiences the Self (Consciousness withdrawn);

In the Jagra State of Turiyatita

Maya still is.

 

 

2197 Tattvas Acting in Waking, Dream and Deep Sleep States

 

In the Waking State within the Waking State

Are Tattvas, five times five

Out of six times six;

When six out of Tattvas in Waking State leave,

Then is Dream State in Waking;

When further beyond five Tattvas leave,

Then ensues Sushupti

Where the Maya functions.

 

 

2198 In Turiya Maya Leaves and Jiva Merges in Bindu

 

The Purusha (Experient Soul) of Sushupti

When reaches Turiya State

The Maya too leaves,

And if one with Kevala (Primordial) Bindu comes;

Then no more the body its uses has.

 

 

2199 In Turiyatita Jiva Becomes Knower and Passes Beyond

 

to Luminous Siva Turiya State

In that Turiyatita State,

The Soul is the Knower verily;

When he passes beyond

From that Turiyatita State

Where Jiva the Knower is

He merges into Luminous Turiya (Siva Turiya)

That the ultimate state is.

 

 

2200 Tattvas and Their Centers of Action

 

During the Five States of Consciousness

Tattvas five and twenty and ten to add,

Are the instruments thirty and five

In Jagra;

With instruments five and twenty

In the Throat-Center

Is Dream State;

With three

The Purusha is in Sushupti;

When the two (Purusha and Prana)

The Navel-Center reaches

Then is the Turiya State true.

 

 

2201 Tattvas of the Subtle Body in the Five States ofConsciousness

 

In Jagra State

All the eight Tattvas

Of the Puriyashta (Subtle) body are;

In Dream State

The three Tattvas

Of the Subtle Body are;

In Sushupti State,

Two of the Subtle Body remain;

In Turiya State,

Only one is behind left,

With Purusha.

 

 

2202 Experiences in the Five States of Consciousness Within Jagra

 

Jagra in Jagra

Pertains to Senses;

Svapna in Jagra

Is of thinking and forgetting;

Sushupti in Jagra

Is seeking inward;

Turiya in Jagra

Is abstaining from seeking;

In the state of Turiyatita

Is Nandi verily.

 

 

2203 Four Inner States of the Dream State

 

To vision in dream

As in Jagra,

Is Jagra-in-Dream State;

To vision and forget

In Dream

Is Dream-in-Dream State.

To vision and non-vision

Is Sushupti-in-Dream State

To infer events

Is Turiya in Dream State.

 

 

2204 Sushupti and Its Inner Divisions

 

Jagra-in-Sushupti

Is to vision it as non-vision;

Dream-in-Sushupti

Is to know it as dream;

Sushupti-in-Sushupti

Is to know that there is no knowledge of it;

Turiya in Sushupti

Is inexplicable Void.

 

 

2205 Turiya and Its Inner Divisions7Jagra-in-Turiya

 

Is (God) Consciousness, external;

Svapna-in-Turiya

Is (God) Consciousness internal;

Sushupti-in-Turiya

Is Void inexplicable;

Turiya-in-Turiya

Is to vision Param Supreme.