English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular
TANTRA NINE - Verses 2718 to 2738 of 3047
7 ATI-SUKSHMA (SUPER SUBTLE) PANCHAKSHARA
2718: Bliss From Si Va Ya Siva Siva
Saying Si Va Ya Na Ma,
Center your thoughts,
All perils your vassals will be;
Let the words Si Va Ya Siva Siva
Fill your thoughts unceasing;
Conquering all perils,
Bliss there shall be.
2719: Five-Lettered Holy Word Leads to Samadhi
Penetrating the fiery Sphere of Sun
And passing beyond into the sphere of cloud-laden Meru
By the Adhara Way,
He (the yogi) there in Samadhi slumbers;
And then articulating the Holy Word
He sees the Lord
And is forever absorbed in His thought.
2720: Chant "Si" and Cross the River of Life
All that is spoken in Vedas, Vedangas and Agamas
Are in my Lord's One Letter contained
Freed of doubts,
If that One letter "Si" is consummated,
The boat of life reaches the lovely shore across.
2721: The Five Letters Unwrites Fate's Letters
Ripe they hang
The Letters Five
In Vedas ancient;
They know not the Way
To Slumber-in-Waking;
"Letters we know," they say
Witless are they;
They know not the Letter
That their Fate's Letter unwrites.
8 DARSHAN OF HOLY DANCE
2722: Siva's Sport Divine
Everywhere is the Holy Form;
Everywhere is Siva-Sakti;
Everywhere is Chidambaram;
Everywhere is Divine Dance;
As everywhere Siva is,
Everywhere Siva's Grace is
All, all, His Sport Divine.
2723: Siva's Five Dances
He is Chit-Para of Divine Light,
He dances the Dance of Bliss (Ananda Dance);
He is Nada that is "Aum"
He dances the Dance of Beauty (Sundara Dance);
He dances in Golden Hall (Golden Dance);
He dances in the Golden Tillai (Golden Tillai Dance);
He dances the Dance Wondrous (Atbudha Dance);
Who knows Him ever?
4 SIVANANDA (SIVA-BLISS) DANCE
2724: Ananda Dance is Honey-Sweet
Endless is She,
Sakti of abiding Bliss;
With Her He dances the Ananda Dance
Honey-sweet it is;
You have witnessed it;
And having witnessed it,
Dance transcending knowledge all;
You, then, become the arena
For Lord's Ananda Dance to perform.
2725: It is Bliss
Bliss is His Dance Arena;
Bliss the Song's melody;
Bliss the music's refrain;
Bliss the musical organs;
Bliss for the creation entire,
Bliss too for Lord,
Who the Ananda Dance dances.
2726: It is End of Jnana
The Param that is Light
The Param that Jiva unites in,
The Param that is Sivakami
Who as Sakti in Grace abounds;
And the bliss of faiths all,
-Are all attained,
When Sivananda Dance witnessed,
The Dance that is the end of Knowledge Pure.
2727: Through Five Dances Siva Performs Five Acts
Five are the dances
That He the Form-Formless performs;
The Five dances He dances
The Five acts to perform;
The Five acts He performs
With Sakti-Grace in Him;
And so the Lord dances with Sakti
That is of honey-speech.
2728: Siva's Cosmic Sway
The Universe of Elements Five,
The Universe of Elements Other,
The Universe of Bhoga,
The Universe of Yoga,
The Universe of Time,
The Universe of Mukti,
The Universe of Passions
The Universe of Appetites
-Over these universes
That He created,
Siva His sway holds,
The Five Acts performing;
Alone Seated as Tatpara,
In the Cosmos Entire-Brahmanda.
2729: Jnana-Ananda Dance
The Vedas danced, the Agamas danced;
The melodies danced, the seven universes danced;
The elements danced, and the worlds entire danced;
With Nada Sakti the Lord danced,
The Dance of Divine Knowledge-Bliss (Jnana-Ananda).
2730: Siddha-Lord Dances
In the elements Five,
In the senses Five,
In the sense organs Five,
In the Vedas and Agamas together Five,
(In Kala, and Kala (Time's Eternity))
In the Higher Siva Tattvas Five,
(Suddha Vidya, Iswaram, Sadakyam, Sakti, Sivam)
In all these, intermingling
The Great Siddha-Lord dances.
2731: When the Lord Danced
The Devas, Asuras, Humans, Siddhas and Vidyadharas,
The Primal Three, the Three-and-thirty gods,
The Rishis seven, the Faiths several,
And the creation all, movable and immovable,
-All these danced,
When my Lord danced.
4 SUNDARA (BEAUTY) DANCE
2732: Dance in the Beyond as Compassion Embodied
Beyond, beyond, the universes seven,
High above Sakti and Sadasiva,
The dark-throated Lord,
As compassion embodied,
Danced in rapture
For Uma there to witness.
2733: The Dances of Siva, Eight and Five-Witnessed in Six Adharas
Kodukkotti, Pandarangam, Kodu, Samharam and others,
-These Eight dances He danced,
The Five dances too He danced,
All these you witness in the Nadis (Adharas) six;
In the yogic way;
He danced too in the forests of Deva-daru,
And in Tillai and in Alavanam
-He the King Supreme.
2734: Siva Dances Through Cosmos
At the crest of Cosmos of galaxies vast (Paramandam)
Are the Holy Feet of Parasakti;
At the crest of Cosmos
Is the radiant Light of Isa
Permeating the Cosmos
Is the expansive Nada;
There through the Cosmos vast
Does the Paran dance unceasing.
2735: He Dances in Sushumna and in Jnana that Arises in Yoga
In Yoga
That unto elephant goad subdues the senses,
Is Bodha (Jnana);
There arises in rhythmic cadence
The drum-beat of Thom-Theem;
To that, Sankaran, in accord, dance
Within the central Sushumna Nadi;
When He thus dances, He enters in you,
And there abides, never to leave ever after.
2736: Siva Danced Away From Within Jiva to Jnana
He danced, Jivas to delight;
He danced nine dances,
The nine Saktis to delight;
He danced in forests;
He danced in the thoughts of His devotees;
He danced in the junction of Sushumna within;
He danced in Jnana Endless;
Thus He danced away,
He, my Lord.
2737: Other Places Where He Danced
Saktis Five, Siva forms Five,
Muktis Eight, Primal States Eight,
Siddhis Eight, Siva States Eight,
Suddhis Eight
-In all these Lord dances
His ancient dance.
2738: Categories at the Feet of Dancing Siva
The clouds seven, the sea-girt continents seven,
The bodies seven, the Siva-Suns seven,
The appetites seven, the alleviations (Santis) seven,
All these contained are,
At the Feet of (Dancing) Nandi.
