English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular
TANTRA NINE - Verses 2739 to 2761 of 3047
GOLDEN HALL DANCE
2739: The Uncreated Being Dances
In south, north, east, west and crest
In the five faces wondrous therein,
In the void within void of peerless Bliss,
The Tat-Para dances the dance rare.
2740: He Dances, for His Devotees to Witness
Holy Devotees are they,
Who bliss of Hara's Feet attained;
Holy Devotees are they,
Who in Hara entered;
Holy Devotees are they,
Who to Siva's Holy Feet cling;
Holy Devotees are they,
Who witnessed true
The Lord's dance in golden Hall (of the astral sphere).
2741: Effect of Witnessing Siva Dance in Golden Hall
Uncontrolled was I;
He controlled me;
He blessed me with His Holy Feet;
He immersed me in Transcendental Bliss immense
Thus He dances, Our Nandi,
The goodly dancer of Jnana Dance;
Unto a picture He made me sit still
And in me abided.
2742: In Golden Hall He Dances in Intimacy of Jiva
In High Heaven He dances;
In Excellence He dances;
In the Red-Gold Hall
The Valiant Sentinel dances,
In the intimacy of Jiva He dances;
As Tat-Para He dances;
Him I sought in rapture divine
And in love adored.
2743: Siva-Bliss Dance Beyond Description
He dances as a Red Ruby within,
He dances in the flourishing Tillai;
He dances in the Jewelled Hall,
He dances with matted locks;
He dances in the distant Light Divine;
He dances in Sivananda Bliss;
He dances the Pure Gold dance;
Who shall describe Him indeed that thus dances.
2744: Dance Emotions of Devotees
They sob, they fear, they fall, they rise'
Their body exhausted,
Themselves they are unaware of,
Their powers lost;
Thus are they in the Holy Temple dance;
They who in love adore
The Holy Feet of Lord,
Flower-like and golden.
2745: When They Witness Holy Dance
World-seeking you no more hanker after;
No more bewildered are your thoughts;
Sorrows harass not your body within;
Your breath will be trained in the Yogic way;
Your senses controlled from straying away;
All desires are rid;
The heart elates in bliss-seeking;
Thus it is,
When the Holy Dance they witness.
2746: How He Dances in Golden Hall
He dances with Kali;
He dances in the Golden Hall;
He dances with Demons;
He dances in the world;
He dances in water, fire, wind and sky
He dances in the Temple Holy day after day
He, the Lord Supreme.
2747: Siva's Spheres of Dance Within
The central spinal column that is Meru
The Nadis, Ida (Left) and Pingala (Right),
The Jiva's delta-shaped Muladhara
The Sushumna Cavity that is unto Tillai Forest
Where the cool (southerly) breeze from Mount Malaya wafts
All these alike are Siva's Spheres of Dance.
2748: Mystic Frontiers of our Universe
The Land of Mount Meru,
And the Land of South that lies beyond it
Are the Ida, Pingala;
The Holy Hall where the Lord of Crescent Moon dances,
Is the Sushumna
-Thus lie the frontiers of this universe vast.
GOLDEN TILLAI DANCE
2749: Inner Meaning of Golden Tillai Dance
The seven universes as His golden abode,
The five elements, sky and the rest as pedestal
The central Kundalini Sakti as Divine Hall
Thus in rapture He danced,
He that is Cosmic Light.
2750: Dance in the South
In the Center the Guru indicated,
Within the head, He as Bliss danced;
Then moving South
In renewed ecstasy espousing Sakti,
He with Her in Eternal Bliss danced.
2751: Nadanta Dance
The Primal Para danced;
The Fire in His hand danced;
The Holy matted lock danced;
In intoxication of joy He danced;
The crescent moon danced;
The heavenly orbs danced;
Merging in Nada He danced,
The Dance of Nadanta, heavenly.
2752: Dance Cosmic
There in the Holy Hall the Lord danced,
The Jivas to adore;
The dance He dances,
Is the Dance Cosmic;
It is the dance that takes you
To Truth of Siva's realm;
There verily is the limit of Mauna Jnana Bliss.
2753: Dance Ensemble
The universes seven;
The worlds thrice seven;
The religions a hundred and eight
-That the path to God show;
The heavenly states of Bliss four,
-Nada, Nadanta, Natana, Natananta-
The Sakti that is His Half;
With them all,
Para's Holy Feet danced and danced.
2754: Pervasive Dance in the Mystic Centers
Idakalai,* Pingalai,*
The delta-shaped Muladhara
The Central spinal column Meru,
Where (Kundalini) Sakti is
The Sushumna cavity within
That is unto the Tillai Forest
-In all these the Primal One pervaded,
He that is Paraparam.
2755: South the Holy Land
At the Land's End is KanyaKumari;
And then the Kaveri
And other holy waters
The nine "theerthas" comprise;
And the seven sacred hills too;
In that land are born the Veda-Agamas;
Thus blessed,
The South is the Holy Land indeed.
2756: Where He Dances Solo
He dances in Nada
He dances in the States Four*
He dances in Veda
He dances on the Fire's top
He dances in Bodha,
He dances in worlds all
He the Blemishless One,
The Lord of Celestials countless.
2757: He Dances in Holy Ensemble
He dances with the Celestials,
He dances in the Holy Temple,
He dances with the Gods Three,
He dances with the assemblage of Munis,
He dances in song,
He dances in Parasakti
He dances in Jivas
He, the Lord of Dances.
2758: Guru Para Dance in Holy Temple
"I am the Lord of Six Ways to God,
I am the Guru Supreme, religions speak of,"
Thus saying,
He chose the Holy Temple in South*;
And there in resplendence dances,
With peer none to compare.
2759: Siva-State
The Spaces Vast are His dance arena,
Upon that my Paran dances;
The radiance of His twin Feet
Ascendes to heavens high,
And reaches to Five-lettered Nada's point;
He does descend to you and bless you,
His Siva-State confer on you.
2760: Varied Dances
And the dances varied,
With it the foot-work
And the jingle of the anklets
And the songs sung
And the Forms He assumed,
-So, the Guru Para dances;
Seek that dance within
And your birth's cycle forever end.
2761: He Dances as Prana
As Prana that in heart arises
To permeate your hands and feet,
And sense organs all,
-Thus He dances
In the arena of nine gems,
He the Red-Ruby Dancer;
As the Holy Guru He danced in rapture
In places all.
