TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2247 to 2268 of 2648

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TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2247 to 2268 of 2648

 

2247 Suddha-Kevala-Mukti State Described

 

Inert without knowledge,

Unaffected by desires,

Goal-less, everlasting,

Unattached to Kalas,

Actionless,

Incapable of daily experiences,

By Malas deceitful infused,

--Thus is Jiva in Kevala-Mukti State.

 

 

2248 Pralayakalas That Are Suddhas Among Sakalas

 

Bindu, Maya and Kriya

They possess;

The power of interminable Jnana Sakti

Is their substrate (Dhanu);

In Bindu they attain Divine Knowledge;

Thus are the Pralayakalas of this world;

Albeit Sakalas,

They are Suddhas here below.

 

 

2249 Nine Subtle Divisions For the Soul in the Three States Kevala, Sakala and Suddha

 

To speak of the subtle divisions

In the three States--Kevala, Sakala and Suddha

It is like this:

Kevala-Kevala, Kevala-Sakala, and Kevala-Suddha,

Sakala-Kevala, Sakala-Sakala, and Sakala-Suddha,

Suddha-Kevala, Suddha-Sakala, and Suddha-Suddha

--Thus are the combinations nine in all

For those in depth see.

 

 

2250 Kevala State Subdivisions for Jiva

 

Kevala-in-Kevala is atita-atita state,

Kevala-Sakala is the Vaindava manifestations in Suddha Maya State;

Kevala-Suddha is the State of holy Vijanankalas,

That State leads Soul to Grace Embodied.

 

 

2251 Sakala State Subdivisions for Jiva

 

Sakala-Kevala is the Jagrat-atita State;

Sakala-Sakala is the Jagrat-within-Jagrat State

Sakala-Suddha is the State of Tat-para (self-illumined)

All these in the state of Sakala occur.

 

 

2252 Suddha State Subdivisions for Jiva

 

Suddha-Kevala is State of Upasantha

Suddha-Sakala is Turiya expansive state;

Suddha-Suddha is State of Siva-Becoming;

These three belong to Suddha State.

 

 

2253 Bliss of Jagratatita State

 

Jagrat-In-Jagrat, Dream-in-Jagrat;

Sushupti-in-Jagrat and the Turiya-in-Jagrat,

Transcending these states all,

Is Jagratatita that confers Bliss Divine;

The Malas primordial that five are,

Away vanish ever and ever.

 

 

2254 In Jagratatita State is Upasantha

 

In the state of Jagratatita

Anava is rooted entire;

Jagratatita, Para-Avasta (Siva) state is not;

But sure it confers Upasantha

That by Para caused;

Will Jiva, thereafter,

Ever look at Malas and Gunas?

 

 

2255 All Higher Experiences Come to Jiva By God's Grace

 

The states of Bondage (Boddha), of Liberation (Mukti)

Of Turiya, and Suddha-atita

--All these, the Jiva will subtle experience;

By Lord's Grace they come;

And when that knowledge by Grace dawns,

Neither thought nor action

The Jiva any more has.

 

 

2256 Lord's Play Takes Jiva To God-Knowledge

 

The states of Bondage and Liberation

Of Hara's Grace, they come

It is His play

To take Jiva to Suddha goal;

That it might God-Knowledge receive.

 

 

2257 Sakalas Can Attain God-Knowledge

 

They of Five Malas are Sakalas,

They of Five Malas are Pasa bound

They of Five Malas rule

The Celestial world of Svarga

They of Five Malas can (ultimate) attain God-Knowledge.

 

 

2258 Experiences in the Five States of Consciousness

 

In Jiva's Atita State

Anava is;

In Turiya State

Maya permeates;

In Sushupti State,

Are desires for Maya experiences planted;

In Dream State

Functions the Subtle Body with Tattvas eight;

In the Waking State

Activated is the Body Gross.

 

 

2259 Malas for Jiva in Different States of Consciousness

 

In (Kevala) Atita State

Anava is;

In Turiya State

Maya too is;

In Sushupti State

Seed of Karma,

Kamya; an addition is;

In Dream State

Mamaya (Illusory perception) also is;

In Waking State

Tirodayi joins (Obfuscations);

Thus are the Five Malas

To Jiva in Sakala State attached.

 

 

2260 Malas Restated

 

The Jiva in Atita State,

Realizes Primal Para;

The Jiva in Turiya stands in Maya (Suddha),

That has its beginning in Hara;

In Sushupti Karma Mala comes in;

In Dream State Mamaya (Asuddha) envelops,

In Waking State comes Tirodayi, that obfuscates

Thus the Jiva in Sakala State stands

 

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2261 Condition of Sakala State

 

They get body-form

And experience enjoyments diverse;

They are by elements pervaded

And conjoined to Mind and rest of cognitive organs;

They get attached to Karmas

They abide in Tanmatras

Thus are they born

--These Jivas in Sakala State.

 

 

2262 Sakala Jiva'a Journey to Suddha State

 

They reach the State

When deeds good and bad

Equable become (Iruvinai Oppu);

When Sakti's Grace

On them descends (Sathini Padam);

When on the pedestal of Grace

They thus get seated,

Then with the aid of Guru Holy

They reach the Presence of Sakti's Grace;

Finally rid of the Primordial Mala (Anava)

They reach the State of Suddha

That no birth thereafter gives.

 

 

2263 Turiyatita is the State Ultimate

 

With Tattvas six times six

And Avastas of ten states

He, Jiva, enters the final state

Of Turiyatita,

Then will the Divine Gift be (Mukti);

And Jiva merges into the Light Resplendent;

Which the Five Gods reach;

There, the Siva of Holy Ashes,

Jiva's Refuge Final are.

 

 

2264 Self-Realization Only in Turiya State--It Is Not Ultimate

 

Knowing not the Self,

Jiva deemed body as the Self;

When he saw the Real Self;

He attained Turiya State;

But even in that Turiya State,

If he, Jiva, with Lord united not,

He will again born be, here below.

 

 

2265 Only With Turiyatita State Birth Cycle Ends

 

If in Waking State

The Jiva realizes the Atita State

The Vaindavas (the Tattvas) that Maya caused

Will their malevolence shed;

The birth's whirl will cease;

Goodly Mukti and Siddhi then attained;

Speech and thought cease to be.

 

 

2266 Beyond Turiyatita is Void

 

In the void beyond the Atita State,

Sakti (Water) and Siva (Fire) will appear,

Water and Fire do not together in space appear,

How then does Water and Fire in Void appear?

That way are they mingled

Sakti (Water) and Siva (Fire), there.

 

 

2267 36 Tattvas Reckoned as (5) Pure, (7) Pure-Impure and (24) Impure

 

Of Tattvas,

Six times four are Asuddha (Impure)

Seven are Suddha-Asuddha (Misra or Pure-Impure)

Five with Pure Maya are Suddha (Pure)

These in three divisions are thus parted

As Suddha (Pure), Suddha-Asuddha (Pure-Impure), and Asuddha (Impure)

All these with Jiva at appropriate stages stand.

 

 

2268 The Journey from Kevala to Suddha Through Sakala States Helped by Siva as Father, Maya (Pure) as Mother and Mamaya (Impure) as Nurse

 

Parasiva for father;

Maya (Pure) for mother;

Mamaya (Impure) for nurse;

Thus does Jiva

Its birth take,

And journeying the states of Kevala, and Sakala

Final reaches the Suddha State.