TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2425 to 2444 of 2648

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2425 to 2444 of 2648

 

 

417 HEAD-AND-FOOT KNOWLEDGE

 

2425 Feet are Grace; Head is Jnana

 

Neither head nor foot they know

Miscreants they are;

The Feet the Holy say

Are the Grace of Sakti;

The Head the Holy say

Is Jnana

That with First Cause unites;

When to Jiva the Feet of Grace

Shows the Head of Jnana

Then shall Liberation be.

 

 

2426 Head and Feet Are Within

 

They know not

The Head and Foot (of Lord) is within body,

The Head is in Sahasrara (Cranium)

The Foot in Muladhara;

Those who visioned thus in the Yogic way,

Remained in Prayer

Their heads bowed at Lord's feet.

 

 

2427 Greatness of Feet

 

He stood, heaven and earth encompassing,

That the mighty Asuras and Devas

May redemption know;

He who created this world

Is the Great Nandi;

His Feet, on my head, I bore.

 

 

2428 Only By God's Grace Jiva Can Know Him

 

Within my thoughts

Are my Father's Holy Feet;

At my Father's Holy Feet;

Are my thoughts centered

If my Father knows me not,

Neither will I my Father know.

 

 

2429 Lord Gave Jnana and Mantra

 

Beyond, beyond the Light

That defies description,

Is the place where

My loving Lord abides;

He showed me the Light (Jnana)

That is beyond thought;

He taught me the Mantra

That is beyond words;

His Holy Feet, adoring I stood.

 

 

2430 Wait and Pray; Lord Will Come to You

 

The Lord's Holy Feet

In your thoughts hold;

His flower-like Feet

In wisdom adore;

The Lord who carries Sakti on His body

With Ganga muffled in his russet matted locks

Will in time your salvation grant;

Do wait and pray.

 

 

2431 Grace is Granted According to Degree of Devotion

 

In the thoughts of those

Who hold Him steadfast,

Firm He stood, His Feet planted;

--He, the Lord of Celestials;

Those who thought not of Him,

He shunned;

To each according to his devotion

He His Grace grants.

 

 

2432 Go the Intense Way and Behold Lord's Feet Even Today

 

One the heart's lotus

Three the radiant flowers

Two the Father's Feet within;

Those who can discipline the body

In Yogic Kundalini Way

May well behold Him,

Even this day.

 

 

2433 Grace Leads to Holy State

 

Firm He planted His Feet on my head;

My fetters into fragments broke;

My heart's impurities were entire cleansed;

Milky-white pure it became;

The Lord then sought

To take me into His Fold;

What more can I say

Of my Holy State?

 

 

2434 God's Love For Man7The Lord loves Jivas as His children;

 

Well may they wallow in dirt and blemish;

He removes them and mends their ways;

Thus is God's love for Man;

To each according to his deeds

In compassion He bestows His care.

 

 

418 THREE BLEMISHES

 

2435 The Truly Liberated

 

Three the blemishes

That harass Jiva alike,

And in darkness enveloped

He lies in stupor;

They who are from them liberated

Are the truly liberated;

Others, entangled in them,

Surely perish.

 

 

2436 Experiences in Liberation

 

Lust, anger and ignorance

I subdued;

And I waxed strong;

An ethereal bliss suffused me;

As though I was within the sound of "Aum"

Of a chiming bell, swinging struck.

 

 

419 THREE STATES (PADAS) OF REALIZATION

 

2437 The Three States Lead to Siva-Becoming

 

Tvam-Padam, Tat-Padam and Asi-Padam

He who has these three states of liberation attained,

Has verily become Para-Para Himself;

No more birth shall be for him;

And when he departs

He shall indeed Siva be.

 

 

2438 Tvam-Pada is Beyond Nadanta State

 

Aim at Bodha State;

Discard elements and their diversities

(That Tattvas are composed of;)

And the ninety and six instruments of experience;

Transcend Nadanta State of glory;

Ascend beyond;

There indeed is the Tvam-Pada State,

The Truth Vedas speak of.

 

 

2439 Siva is Beyond the Three Padas

 

Beyond the States of Tvam-Pada and Tat-Pada

In the state of Asipada, Sakti wondrous stands;

But Siva remains still beyond,

Beyond the reach of speech

In unimaginable immanence

In all, in all.

 

 

2440 Asi-Pada Experience

 

When Jiva and Para

Reach Asi-Pada State

And in pervasive Siva merge,

Then as sweetness compounded

Of milk, honey, and ambrosia

Will He in the Silentness agreeable appear.

 

 

2441 Tvam-Tat-Asi

 

In States, Tvam-Pada, Tat-Pada and Asi-Pada

Jiva stands as Jiva, Para and Siva

In order respective;

Beyond them is the Svarupa Mahavakya (Supreme Word Manifest)

(Tvam-Tat-Asi);

Revealing that Truth,

Nandi accepted me in His Grace.

 

 

2442 Yoga Way Also Leads to the Three States

 

Even some who know not the letters Fifty

Reach the States three above said;

They did by (directing) their breath in Yogic Way

Into Para;

Thus with Siva they one became.

 

 

2443 Turiyatita Experience

 

Transcending even thought of God

Is Atita State;

The sense organs (Indriyas) no more cognise

The Sound and the rest;

Pervasive Jiva becomes;

The Malas three, the Karmas two, the Jiva one,

The experiences (Avasthais) Five,

All these subside;

Thus subsiding, the Beginningless One wakes

Into the Turiyatita Jagra State.

 

 

2444 Experiences in Para Turiya

 

Beyond the Jagra (waking) in Paraturiya State

Is the Dream State within

That leads to Upasantha;

In the Sushupti State (of Para Turiya)

And in Turiya within Para Turiya

Is Siva reached;

Then indeed is Asi-Pada attained.