TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2388 to 2404 of 2648

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2388 to 2404 of 2648

 

415 THE SIX ENDS

 

2388 Transcendental Nature of Siva

 

Transcending Universes Seven

And the Beyond

Is the Great Light;

Lord is Light of that Light,

Of yore, He with Parasakti stood;

There He stands lofty, all by Himself,

He, Our Lord.

 

 

2389 Lord Engrosses All Existence

 

Center on Kundalini in Muladhara

That Guru by his power taught,

Perform acts

That lead to God,

Sing in full His holy praise,

Thus worship Him,

Then shall you meet the Being One

Who, existence interminable, engrosses.

 

 

2390 God is One Formless Being

 

They think not of the Being One,

They think not of the Jiva,

They think not of Karmas two, (Good and Bad)

They think not of Mayas two, (Pure and Impure)

The One Being within

Stands as Sentience and fosters,

Formless is He,

He supports all.

 

 

2391 Siva's Concern For His Devotees

 

In His devotees is Siva seated

Into them He brings in

The Saktis that are of Siva

Then in His mighty Presence they (Saktis) act;

There the devotees remain ever

Immersed in Siva Bliss.

 

 

2392 Tvam Pada, Tat Pada, Asi Pada (Sayujya)

 

In the Vedanta Way

The Jiva (Pasu) reaches Tvam Pada State

(The Two--I and He--together are)

Then follows Nadanta the goodly State

Where Pasa is rid;

Then follows Bodhanta that reaches to Tatpada State

Where I and He in one union is;

Siva Sayujya is the Goal Beyond

That follows.

 

 

2393 Of the Six Ends Vedanta and Siddhanta Alone Show the Path to Siva-Becoming

 

Siva-Becoming

Is the goal of Vedanta and Siddhanta

The rest four Ends lead not to Siva-Becoming,

--Siva that is Sadasiva--

And so it is that Vedanta and Siddhanta

Are wondrous Ways indeed.

 

 

2394 Jivan Mukti in Siddhanta

 

In Siddhanta is attained

Jivan Mukti (Liberation in this body);

Those who stood in Siddhanta

Have verily reached the Mukti State;

As Siddhanta-Vedanta

Leads to the Goal of Siva-Becoming,

Siddhanta-Vedanta

Is the Path Exalted.

 

 

2395 Beyond Jiva Turiya and Para Turiya is Siva Turiya

 

In the Vedanta-Siddhanta Way

Beyond Siva aspects in Param and in Jiva

Arises the Jnana

In Pure State of Experience (Turiyatita)

That verily is Siva State ultimate

Only those who in Tapas stood

Realized Siva Truth (Tattva).

 

 

2396 All States Are Tattvas or Steps Only to Siva-Sayujya

 

The Form and Formless States

Are alike Tattvas;

The Bindu, Nada and Sadasiva too

Are Tattvas verily;

So too is Jiva's (Tvam Pada and Tat Pada);

Tattva truly is where Tatpara is in Siva-Sayujya.

 

 

2397 Veda and Agama Alike Revealed by God

 

Veda and Agama alike

Are revelations of God,

That is Truth;

The one is general

The other special;

Their goals two, they say;

Search them both,

For the truly learned,

There is difference none.

 

 

2398 Beyond Bliss of Voids is the Bliss of Siva Dance

 

All transcendental states of bliss

That Jiva experiences

Are, alike, Siva-bliss (Sivanandam);

The Three Higher States of Transcendental Bliss

Are States that come out of the three Voids;

The Bliss that comes of Mudras appropriate

Is the Bliss of Siva's Dance within;

It is the State that fills Soul in rapture.

 

 

2399 Kalanta Leads to Siva as Panchantaka

 

Kalanta and Nadanta

Are Ends (goals) two;

As they are reached

The five Kalas (of Siva Tattva) are attained;

So the Lord that arises there

Is as Panchantaka known

Thus He spake in Vedas and Agamas.

 

 

2400 Beyond Kalanta Vedanta-Siddhanta Leads to Yoganta and to Dance-Bliss

 

Wait not for the day

To vision the Five Kalantas;

Take to the Way of

Vedanta-Siddhanta, that one are;

Then will you reach the Yoganta,

And there will you envision the Feet

Of the Eternal Dancer,

That is Siva.

 

 

2401 Truth of Vedanta is Jiva Mingling in Siva

 

Jiva that is eternal

Freed of Malas Five

Passes beyond Tattvas;

There it realizes the Self Eternal;

Then the Primal Mala of Anava

Withers away,

And with that the Tattva-atita State ensues

There one with Siva becoming is

Like water with milk indistinguishably intermingled;

That, verily, is the Truth of Vedanta.

 

 

2402 Tvam-Tat-Asi State is Goal of Vedanta-Siddhanta

 

Jiva, Para and Siva--the States Exalted

Continuous know;

You then reach the State, Tvam-Tat-Asi;

There, actionless are you;

All Jnana are you;

Thus be merged;

--So says Vedanta-Siddhanta.

 

 

2403 Siddhanta Agamas Are Filled With Vedic Wisdom

 

The mantram "Soham"

That Vedantins intone

Is but Siva Yoga

That is exalted;

Thus said Siddhanta;

Verily is it apparent

That Agamas are scriptures

With Vedic Wisdom filled.

 

 

2404 Out of Vedas and Agamas Evolved Vedanta-Siddhanta

 

Two are the scriptures

That Lord Siva

In the Beginning revealed,

--The Primal Vedas and the Perfect Agamas;

The Vedas and Agamas,

In gradualness appropriate

Evolved Vedanta-Siddhanta

That is great, great indeed.