TIRUMANTIRAM - TANTRA NINE - Verses 2698 to 2717 of 3047

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TIRUMANTIRAM

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

 

TANTRA NINE - Verses 2698 to 2717 of 3047

 

 

5 STHULA (ARTICULATE) PANCHAKSHARA

 

2698: Fifty Letters Become Five

The letters Fifty are Vedas all;

The letters Fifty are Agamas all;

When the secret of letters Fifty is known,

The Fifty letters, Five Letters Became.

 

 

2699: Fifty Letters Became Fifty-One

 

With the letter "A" intoned in commencement,

The letters Fifty, Fifty-One became;

With letter "U" intoned high with letter "A",

And with letter "M", it (A&U&M as AUM) ended;

And again with letter "N" rising,

It became Nandi's name "Aum Nama Sivaya."

 

 

2700: Seek the Seminal Mantra Nama Sivaya

 

In the sixteen letters commencing with "A"

(Of the Shodasa Flower within*)

Is the Parai (Sakti);

In the Unmani Sakti beginning with "U"

Is the light of Lord within;

The Mantra commencing with letter "Si" (Sivaya Nama)

Is Siva and Vedas all;

With letter "Na" commencing

That order reversed

Is Nama Sivaya;

That verily is the seminal Mantra;

That Mantra do seek.

 

 

2701: How Aum and the Five Letters are Distributed in the Six Centers

 

In the six Adharas (centers) within

Are distributed the Five Letters and Aum;

That comprise Aum Nama Sivaya (Na, Ma, Si, Va, Ya);

In the Muladhara is Na

In the Svadhishtana is Ma

In the Navel Center is Si

In the Heart Center is Va

In the Throat Center is Ya

In the Eye-brow Center is Aum.

 

 

2702: The Five Letters are the Life's Refuge

 

When the seven beams of Prana in fury rise,

When the four cognitive senses, their leave take,

And as Death's Hand stretched and seizes,

Life ebbs away;

Then shall the Five Letters above the Soul's refuge be.

 

 

2703: Chant Five Letters at Dawn and Dusk

 

When the Sun and the Moon rise,

They know not the mantra to chant and muse;

Well may they then chant full-mouthed

The Holy Mantra, Five-Lettered,

Wholesome, and praise the Lord;

-The Mantra that is so sacred to Sakti

Who with Siva stands.

 

 

2704: Chant Sivaya Nama in God-Love

 

Chant that mantra Sivaya Nama once,

Your heart welling up in God-Love;

Then will transparent ambrosia within you well up;

They who seek not that pure ambrosia to drink

Will be unto bubbles of a water-fall,

That know rest none from birth's whirl, ever.

 

 

2705: The Five Letters Will Close the Gateway to Birth

 

Take to the Way the Guru showed,

And blot out the reckoning of births;

To them who seek to close the birth's cyclic way

The Five-Letters alone show the Grace-Way.

 

 

2706: Blessings of the Five Lettered Mantra-of Siva's Feet and Form

 

When Karma's miseries harass you,

Chant the Five-Lettered Mantra

Of Nandi pervasive;

If you thus seek Him,

He, the Grace of His Holy Feet confers;

Your devotion shall lead you to Siva Form.

 

 

2707: Siva's Five Letter Mantra is the Final Refuge

 

Think of Him in your heart,

Praise Him as "My Lord"

When Death approaches you, say:

"Lord, You alone are my Refuge;"

Then will you receive

The Grace of Lord in Letters Five seated,

The Lord who resides

In the snow-clad mountain of North (Kailas).

 

 

2708: Letters Five Alone Can Dispel Darkness

 

Knowing not the greatness

Of our Lord's Letters Five,

Will they ever dispel their darkness?

Poor in spirit are they, (who think otherwise);

They will to the nether world consigned be

Surrounded by serpents of diverse species.

 

 

6 SUKSHMA (INARTICULATE) PANCHAKSHARA

 

2709: Sivayanama is Alchemic

 

In slighting terms they speak of our Lord;

With thoughts centering on the Light

And hearts melting in love

Let them chant His name;

With the alchemic pill of Sivaya Nama

He will turn thy body gold.

 

 

2710: Si-Va-Ya-Na-Ma Brings Union of Jiva With Siva-Sakti

 

The Letters Si Va Ya Na Ma denote

Siva, Sakti, Jiva, Mala and Maya respective;

Chant it, for the five Pasas-Mala to disappear;

When with Siva and Sakti, Jiva unites

(That is when you say Si Va Ya)

The harassing Pasas flee away.

 

 

2711: The Five Letters Denote the Five Relations in the Liberation Process

 

The Five-lettered name of Siva (Sivayanama)

Is Siva-Sakti (Grace);

Si for Siva, Va for Sakti, Ya for Jiva,

Na for Tirodayi and Ma for Maya (impure);

Thus the Five Letters, five relations denote;

As you chant with Si first (that is as Si Va Ya Na Ma)

You are of Karmas freed;

Births no more will be

You shall Para-Siva become.

 

 

2712: Siva-Jnana Comes of Si Va Ya

 

Rid of malas denoted by "Na" and "Ma"

And the primordial Anava too,

By the Grace of Siva-Sakti

Siva-Jnana pure will be;

Repeated chant Si Va Ya;

There verily is Truth of Mala-riddance.

 

 

2713: How Through Na Ma Si Va Ya Union in Jiva Occurs in Samadhi

 

Na Ma and the rest (Na Ma Si Va Ya)

Pervading Jiva in his five states of Consciousness

Waking, dreaming and the rest,

Stand forth as Tirodayi, the Sakti of Obfuscation (Verily)

And She in turn leads to the Pure Sakti that leads to Grace,

Then does Jiva reach the Final state of Turiya in Samadhi;

Thus meditating on Na Ma and the rest,

The Jiva unites in Siva.

 

 

2714: Chant Si Va Ya

 

The Sakti that Grace confers,

And the Lord with Her inseparate,

Together as Siva-Sakti roused Jiva to life;

When you contemplate on Si Va Ya;

Then the Maya within and the rest of Malas three are rid;

That Si Va Ya destroys the hard Karmas too.

 

 

2715: Chant Siva Siva and Receive Grace

 

They who chant not "Siva Siva,"

Are from ignorance freed not

Verily are they beings dumb;

Do say "Siva Siva"

Unintermittent and spontaneous,

In the depths of your heart;

They who thus chant

Are in Siva Jnana Pure;

Theirs shall be the Grace Divine.

 

 

2716: "Siva Siva" Leads to Siva State

 

They chant not "Siva Siva,"

Verily are they of evil Karma;

Chant "Siva Siva"

Your evil karmas per a Deva become;

Yours shall be the Siva-State too.

 

 

2717: Chant Na Ma Si Va and End Birth

 

Hold the letters, "Na Ma" in the tongue

Take the letters "Si Va" into your thought;

No more shall you be in existence entangled;

Your goal too shall be reached;

Ignorance will end,

And with it the whirl of births too.