TIRUMANTIRAM
English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular
TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2546 to 2565 of 2648
433 SUDDHA-ASUDDHAM
2546 Mystery of Lord's Abode
At the tip of nose (Ajna Center)
Is the breath, twelve finger-breadth long,
That Lord's abode is;
None knows this;
The Vedas that in expansiveness truths expound,
Of this was hesitant to speak;
Such indeed is Lord's greatness.
2547 Away From Karmas
The Karmas,
The thoughts rights and deeds of Karmas
Are alike the seeds of births to be;
Seeing that,
Away from them;
Will what you do ever after
Reach the Karma Pond?
2548 Make Maya Vanish
When Maya veils Jiva,
The Truth of Vedas remains hidden;
When Maya leaves,
The Truth of Himself reveals;
Those who can make Maya vanish
Merge in God;
No more is body; no more is mind.
2549 Kecari Mudra in Kundalini Yoga
Coursing the Prana Stream into the Eye-brow Center
And opening the uvula cavity
Where phlegm gathers,
Stilling the breath there
In the way Yoga Guru taught,
And warming it in the Fire (Kundalini) within
And restraining it to a measure low
Is to attain divine strength indeed.
2550 Lord is Within; Seek Him not Elsewhere
He who is in the Body-mix
He who rules the Body-Land,
He who within the body beams
He, the Nandi,
Him they seek in lands all;
They know not,
He within the body stands.
2551 Mystery of Muladhara
"Unclean, unclean," the ignorant say
They know not the place "unclean" is,
When they know the (Yogic) mysteries
Of that place "unclean"
Then shall they find,
The human birth itself is unclean.
2552 Muladhara is not Unclean
Uncleanness none is for those
Who ritual discipline observe;
Uncleanness none is for those
Who Hara worship;
Uncleanness none is for those
Who the sacred Fire tend;
Uncleanness none is for those
Who in Vedic Jnana versed are.
2553 When Purity Real Begins
For them that in Yogic Way stand,
Purity in Cranium top begins;
They who are sunk in pit of lust
Will Purity's goal reach not;
Only those who have sent Muladhara Fire
Up into Central Nadi of Sushumna
Will see Purity Real;
Others cannot.
2554 Lord is Real Pure
He is crystal pure, He is fire pure,
He emanates rays of Purity;
Where His source is, they know not,
They who know the Source,
Themselves,
Crystal pure and fire pure become.
2555 Purity in Silentness
Purity in Silentness is the Way of Purity
Purity in Silentness is Lord's name;
Purity in Silentness are Siddhis eight;
Purity in Silentness are the Holy Feet.
2556 Adore Lord and Receive Grace
The Quintessence of Truth is my Holy Father
Only they who adore Him
Are in His Grace accepted;
The rest,
Caught in whirl of misery,
In dark stupor lie.
2557 Renounce Karma and Be Liberated
They know not evil fruits
Karma brings,
They choose not to find Jnana
For liberation from Karma;
"Renounce Karma and be liberated"
--This Vedic teaching they know not;
They who wallow in Karma
Will never the Rich Harvest reap.
434 SCORN OF MUKTI
2558 Deny Not God
Those who say,
"There is no Para State to be"
Are for hell state destined;
All world knows this;
They shall begging go from door to door;
With horse's speed,
In search of food they run.
2559 Follow Guru
They follow not the Way
Guru taught;
They seek not the Holy One;
Indulging in frivolous talk, they wander;
They sing not His holy deeds;
They who thus dance about
What will their desert be?
2560 God Responds to Devotion7Into my thoughts He comes and goes;
In the constancy of my thoughts
I held Him as God;
"You my Holy Lord!"
Thus I besought Him;
And in my heart I held Him close;
"What is this here?" He asks.
12561 Lord is the Haven for Soul's Ship
As water from upland
Downward flows,
Truth in body remains not;
That Truth He in me showed;
As the ship in the seas
That seeks the shores,
To my trouble-tossed soul
The Fire-Hued Lord
As sure goal stood.
2562 They Seek Him Not--The Witless Ones
Continuous as thread within lotus stalk
Is Param within;
Yet they seek Him not there;
But wander about everywhere;
Though the Way to reach Him shown
They see it not;
Fools are they;
They roam about,
Only evil destiny action to reach.
2563 They See Him Not
The light within unkindled
They, their lives, end;
These men gather in crowds
And seek Him not;
In fields, forests and hills
Nandi who is immanent in them,
They see not.
2564 Seek God Within Through Kundalini Yoga
North and South, men wander about seeking Him
East and West, Celestials go about looking for Him,
But fix divine Mantra (Aum)
On to Muladhara,
And rouse (Kundalini) Fire, upward to stream;
There shall you as Radiant Light be.
2565 Men of Evil Fate do not Practise Devotion
Even if men of Tapas great,
With gracious looks entreat
The men of Evil Fate
Do not holy Dharana practise
They indulge in angry speech always;
All, all, their intractable Karma,
Themselves have they to undergo.
