TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2405 to 2424 of 2648

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2405 to 2424 of 2648

 

416 PATI-PASU-PASAM NON-DIFFERENCE

 

2405 Pati, Pasu, and Pasam--All Three Eternal

 

Beginningless is Jiva that of Knowledge speak

Beginningless is Lord, the source of all Knowledge,

Beginningless is Pasam, that binds knowledge

When God-Knowledge dawns,

No more will birth be.

 

 

2406 When Pasas Leave

 

Countless are Jivas (Pasu)

From Brahma downward;

Three are the Pasas (bonds)

That bind Jivas;

When bonds of Pasa are sundered,

And Jiva-nature altered,

Jivas will cling to Lord

And never leave Him.

 

 

2407 Prayer Takes Jiva to States Beyond Three Pasas

 

Even with Pasas (three),

Attainments three can be;

Daily contemplate on Jnana

That moves you to the goal ultimate,

Unintermittent do pray;

Praying thus,

Yours will be a Light that shall beam

As from a hill-top high.

 

 

2408 Why Pasas--To Seek God

 

He who the bonds made (you bind),

He, Nandi, of spreading matted locks,

In love endearing they (Jnanis) think of;

Thinking, they shrink from Pasas

And Godward seek;

Lo! for this it is why

He placed them (Jivas) in Pasas.

 

 

2409 After Pasas Atita Plane

 

As the poison that has been extracted

No longer ascends the body,

He who the truth of Pasu-Pasa saw and shed them

Will not in them again be,

He stands apart;

He scorches them

In the states of Primal Kevala (inertness)

And living Sakala;

Then enters the Atita Jagrat plane.

 

 

2410 To Freedom Eternal From Bondage Eternal

 

The Lord you seek is Eternal

So too is Jiva and Pasa;

None know the nature of Lord Eternal;

He it is, Nandi,

That granted knowledge

Of Freedom Eternal

From Bondage Eternal

To Saiva Siddhantins that seek Him true.

 

 

2411 Pati-Pasu-Pasam Relationship Symbolised in Temple

 

The Pati (Lord) is the blessed Siva Linga,

The Pasu (Jiva) is the mighty bull in front stands,

The Pasa (Bond) is the altar;

Thus in the temple

The Lord stands

For them that searching see.

 

 

2412 Lord Teaches Truth of Pasu-Pasam

 

The Lord daily teaches you

The truth of Pasu-Pasam;

The Lord leads the Way;

To those who realize truth of Pasu-Pasam

The Lord removes entire

The bonds of Pasu-Pasam,

--But Himself stands untouched by Pasu-Pasam.

 

 

2413 Lord Placed Pati-Pasu-Pasam Truth in Suddha Saiva Thought

 

The truth of

Pati, Pasu and Pasam,

The beatitude of Mukti,

The Way of Liberation

From bonds of Pasu-Pasam,

--All these the Great Nandi of Bliss

That wears the crescent moon

Placed in Suddha Saiva thought,

In praise worthiness surpassing.

 

 

2414 The Three Classes of Jivas Created According to Degrees of Knowledge

 

Everywhere are the three Jivas,

Of knowledge possessed;

The timeless Lord of Divine Knowledge, too,

Is everywhere,

Pervading Jivas three;

And so to each according to his desert,

He created them, three.

 

 

2415 How Pasas Arise in the Order of Creation

 

This the way

The Primal Creation was;

Para,

Acting on Siva-Sakti

Puts Jivas to Kevala Slumber

Then, the Unborn Being

Acting on Sukshma (Subtle) Maya

Rouses them to activity;

Finally, the Para

Acting on Pure Maya

Conjoins Malas to Jivas.

 

 

2416 Creation Continues

 

The act of Creation continues;

With the Suksma Maya that from Para arose

The Five High;

Bindu, Nada, Sakti, and Siva

In the Sukshma also arose the five-faced God

That the Five Acts perform,

(Creation, Preservation, Dissolution, Obfuscation and Redemption)

--He, the Isanan Pure.

 

 

2417 Creation Further Continued

 

Para Siva, Sakti and Nada

Para Bindu, the Five-faced Sadasiva

And Mahesa

And Rudra, Mal and Brahma

--Thus in order were they created,

All by Hara.

 

 

2418 Five Acts Eternal

 

Creation, Preservation, and Dissolution,

(That for Jivas grant rest from birth-and-death whirl)

Obfuscation and Grace

(That redeem Jiva after life below)

These, for Sakala souls He filled;

All these acts Five,

Beginningless His are.

 

 

2419 Creation of Tattvas7Tattvas six into six,

 

He placed in Kundalini

And divided the Maya into categories three

And with the last of them (Prakriti Maya)

Forged the (Tattvic) instruments;

Then were let in the Pasas to Jiva belong

He, the Pati (Lord), who apart is.

 

 

2420 Creation of Experiences for Jiva

 

The Pasu-Pasam thus released,

When it overcomes Jiva

Pati works out his redemption;

And receives him into His Grace,

Having made him experience Karmas two,

He consigns him into hell and heaven;

And as days pass,

Jiva acquires love of God--(Pati-Pasam)

In which am I steeped.

 

 

2421 Anava Gives Longing for Pleasures and Maya Supplies Them

 

In Pasam that binds,

Anava is I-ness;

And possessed of it,

The Jiva longs for Mayaic pleasure experiences;

Then on him descends heavenly Grace;

That indeed the Way

His Holy Feet to reach.

 

 

2422 Grace Works Out Purity

 

Not only is Grace

The means to Lord's Feet,

It is the source too

For desires to end,

And purification to attain;

Even as the cloth's dirt is removed

By earth-dirt (saline earth),

Pati-Pasam Grace works out

Jiva's purity.

 

 

2423 Pati-Pasam Leads to Pasu-Pati

 

Jivas that in Pati-Pasam (Arul Pasam) stand,

Reaches the Para State;

Jivas that in Pasu-Pasam stand,

Are but Pasus (in worldly ways);

As Jivas in Pati-Pasam stand,

Attain Para State,

Jivas in Pati-Pasam continous standing

Verily become Pasu-Pati (Lord of Jivas).

 

 

2424 Siva-Guru Teaches the Four Rishis

 

The Tapasvins (four) sought of yore

The Way (of Truth) from the Lord;

He, the Gracious One,

Gave them answer by Divine Gesture (Chin mudra);

And as with their hands they held fast to His feet,

They reached the Way of Truth, their Self-realizing.