TIRUMANTIRAM
English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular
TANTRA EIGHT - Verses 2566 to 2586 of 2648
435 LAKSANATRIYAM
2566 Jiva State Beyond the Ninth Defies Expression
Jiva reaches the Void, Upasanta and Nadanta
They say,
That is but to speak in grammatical convention triple--Laksana Traya;
When Jiva reaches Void,
Its state is of total renunciation of attributes all,
When Jiva reaches Upasanta
Its state is of renunciation and adherence yet
When Jiva reaches Nadanta
Its state is of renunciation and non-renunciation at once
The State of Jiva, in Finite Manifestness (Svarupa)
Transcends grammatical conventions all.
2567 Reaching the Goal in One Shot
Jiva strung the bow
Took aim
And with one arrow
Five deadly elephants shot;
He who thus shot
Will behold the Radiant Light
Beaming unto gems several in splendor set.
436 TATTVAMASI VAKYAM
2568 Tat-Tvam-Asi is Beyond the Three Muktis
In Jiva Turiya Jiva attains Tvam-Pada;
In Para Turiya beyond is Tat-Pada;
In Siva Turiya still beyond Asi-Pada true;
Further beyond is Truth that is Tat-Tvam-Asi.
2569 Beyond Experiences in the Three Suddha States
Tvam-Pada transcends Tattvas six times six;
That is State Suddha;
Then is Tat-Pada;
That leads to Upasanta;
Then is Asi-Pada where Siva is;
Ultimate is the blessed State
Of Tvam-Tat-Asi that is Tat-Tvam-Asi.
2570 Confluence of Three States Jiva, Para and Siva
The Jiva (Deva Datta) becomes So-Ham
And by the speech of grammatical convention triple
Is in Tvam-Tat-Asi
With attributes thus transferred
There Jiva is Jiva, Para and Siva,
All in one.
2571 Tat-Tvam-Asi of Vedanta is the Same as Thom-Tat-Asi
of Siddhanta-Vedanta
Tvam-Tat-Asi is the same as Thomtatasi
The one comes conjoined as the other
The holy concept of (You-being-I) Tat-Tvam-Asi belongs to Vedanta;
The concept of I-Siva-becoming (Thomtatasi) is Siddhanta-Vedanta.
2572 Param-Param State Beyond Triple Turiya
The inexplicable Void that is at Turiya end
They call it Param, they who know not;
Nay, that is not so;
There is the Wondrous Land of Param-Param
That rises beyond (the Three Turiya States)
Who knows about that!
2573 Beyond Jiva, Para and Siva States
Transcend beyond Tvam-Pada, Tat-Pada and Asi-Pada
And seek beyond the triple Turiyas
Then is the State-beyond-all-states
The (One) Truth beyond Jiva, Para and Siva.
2574 Supreme Awareness Beyond Siva Turiya State
At the end of Siva Turiya State
Is the Bliss of Manifestness (Svarupa)
There chant within your heart
The Mantra that is Pranava (Aum)
Then appears Siva the Awareness Supreme.
2575 Beyond Suddha Upasanta and Siva States
Merge the experiences five in Nada;
Drop the lowly Malas behind;
Then enter the Suddha State
Thus the onward course pursue;
Beyond the Upasanta State (Para Turiya)
Is the Siva State
Further beyond the reach of thought and word
Is the Lord Param-Param;
Do Him seek.
2576 Nature of Confluent State in Tat-Tvam-Asi
Completeness it has none,
Limit it has none,
Speech it has none;
Attachment it has none,
Possession it has none;
Uncaused, of itself It reveals--
This It's nature is.
2577 Mahavakyam: You Become That
"You Become That"--
Thus the Great Expression (Mahavakyam) stood;
And I became That;
Thus to Siva Becoming
Nandi blessed me;
And as I became That
In Infinite Bliss I was immersed.
2578 From Jiva to "Aum"--Five Stages
Jiva becomes Para;
And that Para-Jiva becomes Siva;
And from that Vedic Lamp of Siva
Arose the light of Paraparan;
And in turn fills as Aum
That no speech could describe.
2579 The Five Lights in the Body in Yoga
When from nose-tip to cranium the Prana breath
Through Mother-Nadi (Sushumna) passes,
To the Fivonce are;
They of Knowledge True
Know Siva
Who stands as Fire and Water (Siva-Sakti) commingled;
Unless the Knower within
Makeonce are;
They of Knowledge True
Know Siva
Who stands as Fire and Water (Siva-Sakti) commingled;
Unless the Knower within
Make Para and then Siva
2582: Jiva Becomes Para and then Siva
He, Nandi, is within Atita
And Beyond it;
He, Jiva, Jnana bereft of,
And enters Atita;
And attains Jnana
And rid of Ignorance dark, Para becomes;
Then will with God (Pati) one be.
2583: Result of Prayer and Penance
Head bowed low,
I worshipped at the Feet
Of the Lord of Celestials;
Lo! the Lord stepped forward and said:
"You shall now see the result
Of all your prayer and penance,
Of yore performed"
And so blessed me,
He the Lord of Fore-head Eye.
2584: Acceptance in Grace
Of Form Pure, Holy, Birthless,
He in me came and said:
"You are in My Grace received;
Be Pure"
Thus He blessed me,
And my blemishes removed;
He of Golden Form,
Heavenly Lord whom Celestials praise.
2585: Immortality Conferred
Renouncing all, I inward entered
And beheld the Light within;
My heart trembled;
I prostrated low;
But Him I forgot never;
And the Lord of Celestials
Freeing me from whirl of births
Immortal made me, here below.
2586: Pervasive Truth Form
The five sense organs external
The four cognitive organs internal
The worlds all, and lives all
All, all, are by Lord swayed;
He is the pervasive Truth Form
That neither hand nor mouth has.
