TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA SEVEN - Verses 2084 – 2103 of 2121

TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA SEVEN - Verses  2084 – 2103 of 2121

 

 

37 IN COMPASSION FOR MEN'S EVIL LOT

 

2084 Ungodly Ones do not Think of Soul's Liberation

 

They germinate the seed;

They plant the seedlings;

They think not of their own fleeting life;

Poor are they in spirit;

They know nothing of Karmaic sorrows;

They perish in the blazing fire,

Verily are they such.

 

 

2085 What do they get, Who do not Adore Lord

 

Well do they see

Life in a trice fleets away;

Yet do they in contention stand;

What though these men get?

They stand not in ways righteous,

They adore not His Holy Feet

They know not the Primal One

In love endearing.

 

 

2086 They Care Not for Soul's Well-Being

 

They borrow grain;

They pound it hard,

Feed the base (senses),

And nourish the body;

Thus they wander

Their lives to live;

But in the valley broad

A prey to raging flames

The body finally lies;

This they realize not.

 

 

2087 They Stand in Wait for the Burial Heap

 

In days of yore, the Sages Four

Sought the Holy One in Kailas;

There, under the wild banyan tree

The Supreme One His teachings imparted;

They are of evil speech

Who think not of Him;

Ready to march to the burial heap

They stand in wait.

 

 

2088 They Are Distracted by Doubts

 

Imperishable fame,

And truthful fruit of Tapas full,

The Lord ever bestows

Only on those who endear Him;

Yet the world think

"This the God, That the God;"

Thus distracted

Bruised they fall, hands hitting on rocks.

 

 

2089 They Pursue not the Way of Bliss

 

Born in bliss, grown in bliss

Steeped in thoughts of bliss

This way, they forget;

Instead,

Hankering after food and raiment

In sorrow steeped they are;

And in sorrow steeped, they insensible slumber.

 

 

2090 Human Birth is Rare; Yet They Seek Not Lord's Feet

 

Rare is human birth,

Yet they seek not Lord's Feet,

So rare to reach;

They attained the rare human birth,

Yet missed this Treasure Rare,

They are but crawling creatures, indeed.

 

 

2091 They Think Not of Heavenly Pleasures

 

Ardour of mind, ever fresh youth, and endearment of heart

These considering good,

They in pleasure indulged,

And in acts of love diverse sported;

Lo! They forgot the heavenly bliss

The Lord bestows

And for ever, for ever missed it.

 

 

2092 They Sought Not Lord

 

Thus He is,

Unto the rising sun, His Form;

That He is,

Within the Fire Kundalini resides;

There He is,

In the Lotus of Heart seated;

The True He is,

The Lord, we sought not.

 

 

2093 They Dance and Waste Away Their Lives

 

They unite in Him not,

The Way Guru showed;

They seek Him not,

In aimless talk indulging;

They sing Him not,

His benevolent deeds realizing;

What will they get,

They who dance and wastes away?

 

 

2094 They Fall a Prey to Senses

 

He is the Great Light

That fills my heart;

Melting in love

Daily adore Him,

Unto the end of your days;

If you adore not,

The Five senses havoc cause

Unto the elephants that roam loose.

 

 

2095 They Care Not for the Fruit of This Birth

 

The birds, beasts, and the humans several,

They all, all, in endearment seek Him not;

They who in Tapas intense realized Him

Drink and run in rapture surpassing;

They indeed are the beings

Who have reaped the fruit of their birth here below.

 

 

2096 They Seek Not Light

 

They seek not His Light

In unbroken continuity;

They are unto those

Who cherish not Him that is gold,

The Unrighteous they are;

"O! Lord, the Primal One!

You the Fruit of Wisdom!

The Lord of Celestial Beings!

My Sole Refuge!"

Thus I seek Him, ever and ever.

 

 

2097 They Seek Not the Divine Honey

 

The bees flit from flower to flower

And in rapture incessant gather

The honey sweet;

Of this they think not;

There is a Honey Pure sweeter far

That in their mouth wells up (in Yoga)

None knows that Honey Rare.

 

 

2098 They Slip Low Down

 

Seeking Him not,

I wasted my life away;

In my love

Is the Lord of Celestial Beings;

He is the One Being,

For the worlds all;

Yet in their thoughts

They praise Him not,

Low down they slip.

 

 

2099 Death Nears; Yet They Seek Not Peace

 

The God of Death leaps forward,

Agreeable to him

The fated days too roll away;

You tremble and shake,

What, though, that comes of it?

If Peace you seek,

Dip the ladle of your heart

In the boiling broth of love.

 

 

2100 Seek Lord Before Floods of Age Swell

 

Along the banks of the river (of Life)

The field ripened;

Before the floods (of age) swell,

Seek the Bliss Divine;

Practise Yoga

That takes you to the Mountain top

Where the ambrosial waters flow;

Then no more does greying age seize you.

 

 

2101 Their Thoughts Do Not Reach to the Lord

 

He who knows the Origin of all,

He who knows the Night (end)

That envelops worlds all,

The Luminous Light that self-rises,

He whom the Enlightened held aloft

As the One God Supreme,

Him they know not;

And thus on this world their thoughts still stand.

 

 

38 SALUTARY INSTRUCTION

 

2102 Think of Siva's Holy Way

 

Away forget,

This transient life here below;

Even unto the day your life passes away

Think of Lord;

Flying He comes to you,

And your distracting sorrows end;

Do, therefore, think

Of Siva's Holy Way.

 

 

2103 Seek the Holy Path of Hara

 

Think of Him

As far as your thoughts go;

Speak His truth

As far as you can;

"Lord," they may say, "He is not."

Very much He is, everywhere;

Seek the Holy Path

Of Hara that is good ever.