TANTRA FIVE

TANTRA FIVE

(Verses1419-1572)

4 SUDDHA SAIVAM 1419: Four Paths of Saivam
The Lord created earth in wisdom infinite
And He made it abode of man
How shall I sing His Majesty!
He is mighty as Mount Meru,*
From whence He sways the three worlds;
And He is the Four Paths of Saivam* too here below. 1420 School of Suddha Saivam
Those who tread the path of Suddha Saivam
Stand aloft,
Their hearts intent on Eternal Para;
Transcending Worlds of Pure and Impure Maya,
Where Pure Intelligence consorts not with Base Ignorance,
And the lines that divide Real, Unreal and Real-Unreal
Are discerned sharp.
1421 Suddha Saivam is Saiva Siddhanta
Having learned all that learned must be,
Having practised all Yoga that have to be,
They, then, pursue the path of Jnana in gradation sure;
And so pass into the world of Formless Sound beyond;
And there, rid of all impurities,
Envision the Supreme, the Self-created;
They, forsooth, are the Saiva Siddhantins true. 1422 Suddha Siddhanta is Vedanta
Suddha Siddhanta is Vedanta;
They who have scaled the heights of Nada sphere
Have verily had the Vision Unwavering;
Comprehending Tattvas from world of elemental matter
To the Finite End of Jnana (Bhodanta)
They become Perfection in Nadanta;
They verily are the ardent seekers of Jnana.

2 FOUR PATHS OF SAIVA

1423 Path of Chariya-Kriya
They who walk the twin paths of Chariya and Kriya
They ever praise the twin Feet of Lord;
On their limbs they wear holy emblems
The twin rings in ear lobes
The twin rudraksha garland around the neck,
And adopt the twin Mudra
All, in amiable constancy. 1424 Path of Dvadasa Marga Saivam (Yoga)
In the lobes of their ear,
They wear the double ring of gold,
Around their necks
They wear the double string of rudraksha;
Their holy body thus adorned
They sit quiescent, chanting mantras
And feel their way inward
Through the twelve steps in the ladder
Of the Soul's ascension to Siva
Of such are the peerless school of Saivas. 1425 Pure Suddha Saivam (Jnana)
They who transcended the nine spiritual Centers
Verily saw God,
Whom the nine continents seek;
They saw the Continent beyond all continents
They, indeed, are the Pure Suddha Saivas. 1426 Characteristics of Jnani
The Jnani masters all sacred lore on earth,
And the attainments sixty and four
And espies the Land of Mauna
And all other land besides;
He sees the goal of all Vedas
And sees Lord and himself in union one.

3 SAN MARGA SAIVAM

1427 Jnana Path is for Suddha Saivam
The golden emblems of Siva,
And the holy smear of ashes
Apt are they the insignia
Of those in Saiva Path stand;
But the path of Jnani
Is the path that no evil ever crosses
That his emblem, the holy path of Sanmarga (Jnana)
So beloved of Suddha Saiva.
1428 Greatness of Jnani in Suddha Saivam
The blemishless Jnani is king of Wisdom's realm,
He is the Sun, whose beams pierce the massive lore of Vedanta-Siddhanta
His is salvation True
He, the immortal one
And devoted true to Suddha Saiva way. 1429 Conclusions of Suddha Saivam
Nine are the Agamas of yore
In time expanded into twenty and eight,
They then took divisions three*
Into one truth of Vedanta-Siddhanta to accord
That is Suddha Saiva, rare and precious. 1430 Doctrine of Grace in Suddha Saivam
She transcends the worlds of Matter, Pure and Impure,
And the seven states of Turiya awareness
And the categories of Real and Unreal,
She is Paraparai;
She grants the soul deliverance;
She is ever within;
She is the Lord's Divine Grace,
The Arul Sakti that is all pervasive. 1431 Sakti's Grace for Jnani in Suddha Saivam
They transcended Categories Real and Unreal
That cognize neither Chit nor Achit
They attuned themselves to Sivoham meditation,
And in Mukti, in the bliss of Sakti
They were immersed deep,
And there
All Siddhis abounded in surpassing prowess. 1432 Suddha Saiva Strategy
The Self, Para and the Sadasiva that is Lord,
The categories threePati, Pasu and pasa,
The Immaculate Ancient One,
And the Tattvas that bind Jiva
And the goal of Liberation
On All these in accord contemplate
They, of the path of Suddha Saiva. 1433 Vision of Suddha Saivam Path
They fixed their thoughts on Perfection
And lost consciousness of Self's existence
They have reached the End of Vedas;
They followed the Twelve-Way route
To divine rapture
That their vision is,
Those of Suddha Saiva Way. 1434 Way of Jnani
He stills the incessant flow of thought
That even Yoga's severity stills not,
With Jnana he effaces the Self
And in Bhava identifies with Siva;
That in brief is worthy Jnani's story. 1435 Vedanta is Siddhantin's Finite Goal
The Vedantins envision Brahman
Adepts are they in Brahmaic art;
They hold all phenomenon as illusion entire,
Those who envision Nadanta
Are yogis unwavering;
But Siddhanta that accords not with Vedanta,
Is the common Saiva's lot. 1436 God is Beyond Reach of Pasu and Pasa Knowledge
High be the clouds that soar
They never shall touch the heaven's roof;
Varied be the sights that loom
They never shall touch the eye's orbs;
Even so,
Neither Pasu nor Pasa shall reach Him,
Whom contemplation scarce comprehends. 1437 Siddhanta is to Unite With Siva
You and He are not two separate
You and He are but one united;
Thus do you stand,
Freed of all sectarian shackles;
Adore the Feet of Paraparai
And with Siva become One;
That the way Siddhanta fulfills.

4 ULTIMATE GOAL OF
KADUM SUDDHA SAIVAM

1438 Suddha Saivam Defined
They are not for outward form and attire,
They are not for pomp and ceremony,
Uprooting all bond and desire,
Abiding in the Immaculate Lord,
They bring to dire destruction
The Soul's egoity and its bondage beginningless
Thus they onward leap
With Siva's light suffused
They, of Suddha Saiva Way.
1439: Teachings of Siddhanta School
The five Tattvas that constitute the body,
The thirty more that together constitute them
And the one Tattva that is yet beyond Pure Maya,
All these they transcend;
The thick layers of primal bondage they dissolve
And of certain, realize the Self
That the way of Siddhantins true. 1440: Goal of Suddha Saivas is to be One With Siva
They tarry not in the Pure Maya Sphere of Siva Tattvas
There they but attain the status of Gods,
But that as a spring board
Their Soul reaches farther out to Siva Him-self
And merging in His union, Self-effacing,
Themselves become Immaculate Siva
They, forsooth, are Suddha Saivas. 1441: I and You Difference Effaced
I sought Him in terms of I and You
But He that knows not I from You
Taught me the truth, "I" indeed is "You"
And now I talk not of I and You. 1442: When This Truth Dawns Then is Union in Siva
When this Truth, beyond words, you perceive
The Siva Tattvas five bend below;
The light of Supreme Jnana dawns,
Illumines the Soul's path
To the Finite goal
Of Sayujya union in Lord.

5 CHARIYA

1443: Chariya is Breath of Suddha Saivam
"O! Kalangi! Kanja Malayaman! Kanduru!
My loved disciples, this you understand;
The practice of Chariya is basic to salvation,
And verily is the breath of Suddha Saiva
In this world below"-
Thus quotes-Mula,
Master of penances many. 1444: Jnana, Yoga, Kriya and Chariya Defined
To be one, Life within Life-that the luminous path of Jnana;
To seek the Light within Life-that the mighty path of Yoga;
To invest idol with Life-that the external way of Kriya
To adore Siva in love-that the basic worship of Chariya. 1445: Temple Worship Essential to Chariya
Wander you through town and villa
Seek Him through shrine and temple
Sing of Him as "Siva, Siva, my Lord"
And thus do you offer worship meek,
And the Lord will make your heart His temple. 1446: Ways of Those Who Follow Four Paths
They who follow path of Chariya are Bhaktas;
In Kriya the devoted souls wear holy emblems,
They who practise Iyama and the rest are Yogis;
And they who reach Siva Jnana are Jnana Siddhas true. 1447: Goals of the Four Paths
Jnanis merge the I in You;
Yogis attain Siddhi and Samadhi;
Those in Kriya miss not daily worship;
And in Chariya they perform pilgrimages many. 1448: Worship in the Four Paths
Kriya is worship of Siva in Form,
Yoga of the Formless One,
Jnana is the advanced path in ripeness of time,
The adoration of the loving heart is Chariya,
Exalted indeed it is. 1449: The Four Paths Were Revealed by Nandi
The Four paths of worship
And the four states of realization they give
And the six schools of Vedanta-Siddhanta
All these are truths
That Nandi from the Golden City descending revealed
For the doubting humanity to redeem. 1450: Ordination Rites for the Four Paths
Samaya is the ordination rite for self-surrender in Chariya
Visesha, the rite for incantation of Siva Mantra in Kriya
Nirvana helps Kalas purification in Yoga
And Abhisheka for Grace to reach in Jnana.

6 KRIYA

1451: God is Everywhere-Seek Him
The One God there is
He pervades the ten directions around,
In which direction can we say is He not?
So, do take refuge under His Holy Feet
Then shall you cross the roaring Sea of Karma,
And safe reach the Shores of Beyond. 1452: True Worship is Worship Within
You may adore Him with sandal, fragrance exceeding,
That grows on peaks atop in forests interior,
You may worship Him with flowers rare,
That bloom in Heaven's gardens
Unless you shed your fleshly attachments
And realize Him in the depths of your heart
You shall never never reach His Holy Feet
That is unto flowers that shed honey dew. 1453: Bhakti Begets Grace
The Lord is your Guide,
Seek His feet as does the yearning calf,
He shall seat you amidst His children of Wisdom;
The Devas, the Beings of Heaven, bow low before Him;
Great is His love, as of the cow to her calf;
And bounteous His Grace, beyond beyond count. 1454: Bhakti's End is Lord's Abode
She fashioned this world
And all universe that fills space in directions eight
Her-He consorts, sharing Himself with Her
To adore Him is the duty of humans here below;
And that which fashions a place in Lord's Abode
Is Bhakti true. 1455: The Four Paths are the Steps in the Ladder to Siva Union
The Bhakta to begin with practises Chariya and Kriya,
Then blessed with grace takes to Yoga pure;
And that way reaches the path of Jnana
And in the end by Guru's grace becomes one with Siva. 1456: Daily I Beseech His Grace
The Lord is resplendent as pure gold
His Feet are unto the lotus bloom
At them I pray: "Lord, Grant me Your Grace!"
And in love I melt and daily adore;
And the Lord that is Light within my bones
Himself does reveal unto me.

7 YOGA

1457: Yoga Way Leads to Realization
They course Kundalini through centers six,
To singleness of aim direct the mind,
Unto a wooden stake they sit immobile,
Impervious to tickle or to thrust,
To the wise yogins who thus set their purpose high,
Lord His Grace grants. 1458: God is Timeless Eternity
Unless you have realized Him as Timeless Eternity
You know Him not, albeit through aeons and aeons of time;
The Gods-Hari of the Ocean bed and Aya, the Creator-
In vain have sought Him through countless vista of Time
He is at the Pinnacle, beyond, beyond their reach. 1459: Yogi Realizes God Within
As from within the flower,
The hidden fragrance wakes to life,
So, out of Jiva blossoms
Siva's divine grace;
Sitting unmoved like painted picture
The yogi realizes Him within
Unto the planted pole is He,
Which the musk-cat embraces, its fragrance to shed. 1460: Seek God Within You
You say, "I have realized God"
Yet you have not seen Him that is but within you;
Nandi abides subtle as fragrance within flower;
Seek Him in singleness of your thought
Then shall your darkness of Impurities vanish
The darkness that is the seed of birth and rebirth interminable. 1461: Yoga Shows the Way
Neither mantra, nor song, nor arts four and sixty
Ever sunders birth and its accursed bonds;
Then did I take to Yoga's way,
And lo! I met the Sun, Moon and Fire on the way to Cranium
And they showed the Supreme Way! 1462: Fruits of Yoga
Do in devotion practise yoga
You shall a true tapasvin become;
You shall the True Word realize;
And of certain, one with Heavenly Beings be;
Yoga devoted is penance true. 1463: Do's and Don'ts in Yoga
Do with care practise yoga
You shall with Immortals be;
Within you shall you glimpse Him;
If you but waver,
Then shall you reach the World of Darkness
Verily, Kundalini Fire that Yoga kindles in thee
Is the Gracious Lord HimSelf. 1464: Fall and Redemption Through Yoga
The monarchs that swayed the sceptre righteous,
The devout anchorites in unnumbered thousands,
How many, how many, thy fell below;
(For having wavered in Yoga practice)
And yet, the myriad Siddhas, Devas and Supreme Beings Three,
All redeemed adore Him
Saying "You, Our Father!" 1465: Sub-divisions in Yoga
The yogi has sub-divisions three in his path;
The yoga-kriya that helps him be the yogi;
The yoga-chariya that of desires deprives him,
And yoga-in-yoga that centers thought on Sun within;
This latter I fixed my heart on. 1466: Stages of Initiation in the Yoga Path
Samaya Diksha in yoga is initiation for diverse yoga efforts;
Visesha Diksha in yoga is for achievement of eight-limbed yoga;
Nirvana Diksha in yoga aids yogi glimpse the Divine;
And when he is granted Abhisheka Ordination
Then is he ripe for Siddha State.

8 JNANA

1467: Jnana Path Most Exalted
Than Jnana,
There is none better an ethical path, here below;
None better a religious faith;
Nothing else than Jnana can confer liberation true;
They that are exalted in Jnana
Are truly exalted among men. 1468: Jnani Transcends Nada
Out of the primal Principle of Sound (Nada)
The Mind springs;
And out of the Mind-Intelligence, Egoity and Will;
They who have mastered these three,
And the Mind's cogitational activity as well,
Verily have mastered Nada
And have truly attained Jnana. 1469: Stages of Attainment Through Jnana
Thus they say:
By devotion the Jiva first sojourns Lord's world;
Then comes to dwell in Lord's proximity;
Further on receives Lord's grace,
And in the end attains Jnana
In Sivohamic I and You union
Jiva shall himself Siva become. 1470: Unitive Attainment of Jnani
Brahmam shall be his impregnable abode,
Universe, his kith and kin;
Diverse paths the world presents
All, all shall be his;
For, verily he has realized
The pure Jnana, free of doubt. 1471: Jnana is Lifeboat
The Lord is of Infinite Grace,
In His Celestial City are Love, Light and Peace eternal,
To them that seek to know His Form
And understand His Attributes
And attain His Holy Feet
To them, this is the Path
This, this the boat to cross Life's turbulent waters. 1472: Jnani Becomes Light Divine
In whose thoughts Jnana ripens and swells,
In his path the Life-Boat appears and greets him;
And thus does he reach the surging waters
Of the Crescent Moon's sphere,
And there, rid of Impurities,
He himself the Effulgent Light becomes. 1473: Jnani's Attainments are Unique
For Jnani
All four paths are;
Not so for the Yogi until he becomes Mauni;
For him is Kundalini Yoga in ardour performed,
Chariya and Kriya too are his. 1474: Attainments at Four Jnana Stages
The Jnani attains all the four stages in Jnana;
Jnana-in-Jnana is to transcend the "I" and "Mine"
Yoga-in-Jnana is to envision the Light of Nadanta;
Kriya-in-Jnana is to seek the liberation by good. 1475: Jnani Attains Unitive Wisdom in the Absolute
He who realizes Jnana in its four divisions
He verily transcends the conflict of virtue and vice;
He has reached the farthest shores of Truth;
He has glimpsed the Mighty Object;
He is the Immaculate, Siddha, Siva Mukta. 1476: Initiation Rites in Jnana
In Jnana are initiation rites four;
Samaya initiates the search for the Self;
Visesha, the search for the Divine;
Nirvana for the descent of Lord's Grace;
Abhisheka for the attainment of Divine Guru's Holy Feet.

9 SANMARGA (PATH OF KNOWLEDGE)

1477: San Marga
They glimpsed the Light of Holy Scriptures,
The revealed word of the Self-Existent Sivam.
They lost the sense of ego,
Became Siddhas of SivaYoga,
And over Death triumphed;
Only they that had thus evolved
Knew meaning inner of Sanmarga. 1478: Nandi Showed Sanmarga Path
The peerless Master Nandi
Of Saivam honoured high,
He showed us a holy path
For Souls' redemption true
It is Siva's divine path, Sanmarga's path
For all world to tread
And for ever be free. 1479: Guru Adoration is Sanmarga
To see him, to adore him, to meditate on him
To touch him, to sing of him,
To bear his holy feet on humbled head,
They that render devotion to Guru
In diverse ways thus,
They indeed walk the Sanmarga path
That to liberation leads. 1480: Sanmarga Gives the Vision True
They that have true Vision none,
Shall never Siva know;
Nor shall even Jivas be;
Nor indeed Siva become;
Never, never their birth's bondage broken be. 1481: Sanmarga Leads to Supreme Grace-Bliss
When you scorch Impurities five
And listen to the Voice of Silence
You become a pure Mukta;
And I and You in one merge;
And by the unsullied Grace Jnana grants
You shall joy of the Bliss Divine;
Verily, then by Sanmarga Path
You become He indeed . 1482: Greatness of Sanmargis
The visage of Sanmargi is Pedestal of Sakti
Where Sanmargi is there God is,
To see assemblage of Sanmargis is to vision Lord,
This I proclaim,
To whatsoever path you do incline. 1483: Sanmarga Path Purest
Alone of all paths
Sanmarga grants God-head through knowledge;
The rest of paths are for un-illumined;
Renouncing the ways of impurities
And transcending limits of Turiya
It merges I in You;
Verily, Sanmarga is Path Purest. 1484: Other Three Paths Open of Themselves
Unto that rare seeker in Sanmarga path
The rest of three paths, of themselves open;
That alone is True Path union with Siva seeks;
Seek that Path
As Guiding Word scriptures proclaim. 1485: Sanmargi's Vision
The bondage that keeps Jiva an alien to God,
The Karmas that flow from it,
The avastas that the Self experiences,
The Primordial Stuff that is Matter's nucleus,
The Consciousness that entwines it,
The million, million mutations that pervade the universe,
They who see them all and their own Selves
Verily are they the Sanmargis true. 1486: Sanmarga Leads to Svarupa State
Rending the Soul's bonds asunder
Conjoining him to the Lord
Melting the heart that knew no melting
Merging into the Primal Manifestness (Svarupa)
That is Truth Eternal
Sanmarga verily gives Jiva
The rest that knows no commotion ever. 1487: Sanmarga is Only Path to Finite Goal
That alone is Path Divine
The Sanmargis for Goal ordain;
Other Path there is none,
Than this path to the One;
They that straight reach it not,
Through Yoga's Path may yet climb.

10 SAHAMARGA (PATH OF YOGA)

1488: Sahamarga Leads to Sanmarga*3Sahamarga (Yoga) blossoms into Sanmarga,
ThThrough Siddhi it leads to Supreme Mukti;
It is the Path lower to Sanmarga,
Involving myriad birth and death
But eventually landing in Jnana Finite. 1489: Without Sahamarga They Lost All
They that follow not twelve-tiered Path of Sahamarga,
Neither will they know Guru nor God, nor Faith True;
The Goddess of Grace will frown at them;
Salvation shall never their portion be;
And they do lose both-
Their stature and kith. 1490: Fruits of Yoga Samadhi
In Yoga Samadhi is Space Infinite;
In Yoga Samadhi is Light Abiding;
In Yoga Samadhi is Sakti Omnipotent;
They that joy in Yoga Samadhi
Are verily Siddhas great. 1491: Yoga Confers Blessings of Here and Hereafter
Both yoga and bhoga, yogis may have;
Through yoga is attained Siva's Form divine;
Through bhoga all earthly blessings;
Thus may he enjoy both-he, Yogi immortal. 1492: Yoga Leads to Supreme Awareness
Through this path of Sahamarga
The Yogis pierce the Adharas
And the Nadis they purify;
Envision the Kalas sixteen,
And glimpse their heavenly radiance;
And then are they merged in Awareness Supreme
Their organs of sense, internal and external,
All atrophied. 1493: Siva is in Yogi's Thought
He harries and subdues the conflicting senses five
With the sharp sword of his determinate will;
In his thought emerges Lord
Whom the eighteen Ganas seek;
Verily, the yogi deserves our obeisance. 1494: Love Basis of Yoga
Even for the Yogi austere
Who attains the glossy hue of the rich ripe fruit
The Lord is hard of shell unto the wood-apple fruit,
But to them whose hearts ripe in love,
And taste the sweets of divine rapture,
He opens all of Himself
Unto a rich fruit mature.

11 SATPUTRA MARGA (PATH OF KRIYA)

1495: Path of Filial Piety Leads to Jnana
The Path of Filial Piety is the Way of Kriya true;
The Kriya Path leads to Yoga Path;
Transcending both,
And uniting in Sakti of Yoga State
Indeed is consummation of Sanmarga Path. 1496: What Constitutes Kriya Path
To perform Pujas, to read the scriptures holy
To praise the Lord, to chant His holy name,
To practise Tapas, to be truthful,
To bear no envy,
Thyself to cook the offering for Lord with loving care
These and other acts of reverence
Constitute Pure Path of Filial Piety. 1497: All Nature Seeks Flowers; Why Not You?
The humming bees roam unceasing from flower to flower;
The snow-white swans float amidst lotus and blue-bells,
They all, all, seek flowers fragrant;
Yet, you who have beheld all this,
Adore not the Lord with flowers for a while even. 1498: Lord is Our Defence and Refuge
His Holy Feet are our Rock of Refuge;
His commandments, our defence's battlements;
He is verily the finite Shore
For the surging tide of Jivas on earth;
He pervades thus, the seven worlds alike. 1499: Adore Lord in Diverse Ways; He Shall Be Yours
Rise high, bend low, kiss and embrace Lord;
Praise Him, sing Him and pray at His Holy Feet;
That shall your birth's fulfilment be;
In trembling love do adore Him;
He, indeed, shall be beloved unto you. 1500: Approach Lord Through Kriya Path
In reverence I stand and adore mine lord;
In humility I prostrate and praise Him;
And for ever and ever shall I worship the Divine Light of Beauty;
You too shall seek Him with flowers fragrant,
The more you adore Him
The fuller He reveals Himself unto you,
He the Lord of Beings Heavenly. 1501: Kriya Comes of Chariya
Hearken! You, worldly men
That stand in Chariya Path,
It leads to the Kriya Path,
That exalts you;
Then shall your primordial Pasas lie prostrate,
And you live in unending bliss for ever.

12 DASA MARGA (PATH OF DEVOTION)

1502: Ways of Dasamarga
Gently light the lamp,
Gather flowers fragrant,
Humbly ground the holy paste,
Softly sweep,
Sing Lord's Praise,
Count the crystal beads,
Anoint in many ways,
And perform the diverse acts of temple service. 1503: Hold Fast to Chariya Path
This the Primal Being, that the Primal Being
Thus in doubt tossed,
Away they moved farther and farther from It;
They know not this is the true Path,
And worship not;
Do pursue this appointed way,
And seek the King of Kings;
That, in truth, shall quell
All doubts within you swell. 1504: All Worship Began From Chariya
"I meditate on the Moon Nadi on the left,
I shift on to the Sun Nadi on the right"
-The worship the yogins thus
At the Feet of the One perform
And the worship the Celestial Beings
Daily to Lord offer,
All these but begin
In the Path of Chariya ultimate. 1505: Lord Appears in Love Entwined
The Celestial Beings seek Lord
Chanting His glory in names thousand;
They that adore His Holy Feet
In abiding rapture of their hearts,
And hold him as their eyes' apple
Unto them is He sweet melody,
To them He appears in divine love entwined. 1506: Be of Love and See the Lord
What avails it
That you read holy scriptures,
Perform Pujas,
Gather flowers in cluster?
As long as your heart is unto a pebble
Dropped into a dark pool
Over-spread with moss of ignorance,
You can never realize the Lord;
Lord that is in your heart's love;
Lord that is blue-throated;
He, the Pure Light.

13 SALOKAM (IN GOD'S WORLD)

1507: Successive Stages to Finite Beatitude
The four stages of attainment
Saloka, Samipa, Sarupa and Sayujya
Are in gradation reached from Chariya;
The path of Chariya leads to Saloka;
And that in turn to Samipa;
And Samipa shows the way to Sarupa;
And ultimately to Para of Infinite Space (Sayujya)
Beyond which there is state none. 1508: The Four Ordinations in Kriya Worship
In Kriya worship are sacraments four;
Samaya sacrament prepares heart to be a Tabernacle of God;
Visesha sacrament installs the Faith firm;
Nirvana helps realize the Truth of Faith;
Abhisheka confereth the state of Samadhi Supreme.

14 SAMIPAM (IN GOD'S PROXIMITY)

1509: Transformation of World-Knowledge
In Saloka Pasa Jnana (World knowledge) becomes Pasu Jnana (Spiritual knowledge)
In Samipa it becomes Arul Jnana (Grace-knowledge)
In Sarupa it is transformed into Pati Jnana (God-knowledge)
In Sayujya it is for ever dissolved.

15 SARUPAM (IN GOD'S FORM)

1510: Only Jnana-in-Yoga Leads to Sarupa State
The State of Sarupa is, no doubt, reached
Through the eight-pronged yoga way;
But unless it be Sanmarga-in-Yoga,
The Sarupa state cannot be;
The yoga way but leads to bodily Siddhis diverse;
But for the Sarupa state to realize,
None these but the pure way of Jnana-in-Yoga. 1511: Sarupa State by Nearness to God
All things, living and non-living,
As they reach the Golden Mount of Meru
Are themselves into gold transformed;
Even so,
They that reach the world of Master Divine
Attain Form the Light Divine
His, of the King of Kailas.

16 SAYUJYAM (ONE IN GOD)

1512: Stages in the Soul's Pilgrimage
In the Soul's Pilgrimage towards God
The Path of Saivam describes stages four;
It is Saivam, when the Self forges a kindred tie with Siva (in Saloka)
It is Saivam, when the Soul realizes itself and nears God (in Samipa)
It is Saivam, when it leaves Samipa (and reaches Sarupa)
It is Saivam when it enjoys the final bliss of Sivananda,
The inextricable union in Sayujya. 1513: Sayujyam
Sayujya is the state of Jagra-Atita-the Beyond-Consciousness
Sayujya is to abide for ever in Upasantha,
The peace that knows no understanding
Sayujya is to become Siva Himself,
Sayujya is to experience the infinite power of inward bliss,
Forever and ever.

17 SATHINIPADAM (DESCENT OF GRACE)

1514: Wooing of the Soul by the Lady of Grace
In the corner dark of the Chamber of Primal Stuff
There She was-the Virgin Lady of Grace;
Intent on consorting with the Blind Old Man-the Soul immortal,
She rent his veil of night,
Showered full many a favour,
Wooed with temptations diverse,
And lo! to Her bosom took him,
In wedlock holy. 1515: The Infinite Ground of Sakti's Descent
If you meditate on the primal source
Whence the evil senses sprang
You shall know it as Land of Becoming,
The ambrosia of the Realized;
They that have been given the clear vision, nectar sweet,
Are verily the Infinite Ground
Of Sakti's highest seeking. 1516: Arul Sakti Helps Attain Liberation
The Primal Sakti releases Jiva from enveloping gloom,
Rows it across the sea of myriad births,
Grants the Grace Abiding;
And lands it on the shores of Truth's Bliss
United in the Lord of Heavenly Beings,
-Themselves as yet unfree
From Impurity's obscuration. 1517: Grace Illumines
As when groping in a chamber enveloped in thick gloom,
A sudden shaft of light pierces and illumines,
Unto it into the gloom of bewildering Ignorance
Is the Presence of Lord and Lady of Grace,
Lord that is Nandi, worshipped in the blossom of heart.

MANDATARAM (SLOW PACE)

1518: Grace Leads Soul Through Successive Stages
She tempted the Soul with guiles,
Took him to Her bosom,
Shook him from stupor,
Dispelled his Karmaic hordes,
Destroyed them to the roots,
Filled him with rapture
Lifted the veil of his Ignorance
Granted many a favour
And then, then, bestowed on him Her Grace that illumines. 1519: Descent of Grace Snaps Cycle of Births
They that have sported in the waters of Virgin Grace,
No more shall wallow in the filthy waters of virgin's lust;
If they but seek to sport in the Holy Virgin's Waters of Grace,
No more births shall they in future take. 1520: Lord is Soul's Redeemer
He is the Red One (Destroyer)
The Dark One (Preserver)
The White One (Creator)
The Green One (Redeemer)
They who know Him thus, free of doubt
Of a certain shall seek Him;
Remember this;
His are the sinewy arms
That skinned the dark massive elephant
And donned it for a vesture;
Do therefore, seek Him and adore Him. 1521: Siva and Sakti are One and Same
Infinite the passage of Time's Flood
Yet they say, He and His Consort stand one;
For them that adore Him daily in devotion,
He is verily the unfailing proof
Of labour readily rewarded. 1522: Vision of Sakti and Siva in Union
Given unto me was to vision the Light
That shone from the Twain in unison;
It was verily the Light Divine of the Ancient One,
In whose matted locks festooned with flowers,
The bees dance drunk with nectar;
They that waited in patience and prayer
They indeed saw Him-their darkness dispelled.

TIVIRAM (RAPID PACE)

1523: Fruit of Grace
In the garden of the Heavenly Father
Is that Damsel of Grace;
She approaches you,
Reveals the mystery of the births beyond count,
And destroys their very seed;
And then you vision the Primal One;
That, indeed, is the fruit of Her Grace. 1524: They That Adore Sakti Shall Be Granted Things Spiritual
She is the Damsel of the montane regions;
Of shapely breasts and delicate beauty;
If you in devotion adore Her,
She cuts the bonds of birth asunder;
Grants the prowess of mighty tapas;
Scorches the soul's forgetfulness;
And leads you to liberation path. 1525: Light of Grace Illumines Path of Devotee
He is the Lord of all Space in directions eight;
Bear His holy Feet on your head,
And He shall appear to you
With His Consort of Grace
Wreathed in clusters of fragrant blooms
In Her twisted tresses;
And for them who are thus made wise
The Blue Flame of Her floating Grace
Shall, for ever, illumine the Path. 1526: Lord Draws Near When Grace Visits
Seek close,
That soft Flame of Wisdom shall grant you
The peerless gift of Grace;
When you adore Him
Do so, showering blooms at His Feet
As I do,
Then shall He draw near you
Whom nothing can ever near;
He is truly the life pervasive of worlds all.

TIVIRATARAM (MORE RAPID PACE)

1527: When Grace Descends as Guru
When Jiva attains the state of Neutrality
To deeds, good and evil,
Then does divine Grace in Guru form descend,
Removes attributes all,
Implants Jnana that is unto a heavenly cool shade;
The Jiva thus rid of egoity,
And other Impurities Three,
Shall with Siva in union merge. 1528: How to Win Lady of Grace
In the Emptiness Vast where neither night nor day is
The Lady of Long Tresses dances in rapture;
Think of Her, make no sound
And in silence woo Her;
In endearment all
She draws you unto Her bosom,
And grants you Her favours;
Verily, Verily, She is the Paraparai,
The Power Supreme. 1529: Inner Light of Grace
He is the Sun and the Moon
That dispells darkness;
He is the Light on the path,
The Peerless Flame, the Supreme Lord;
The Master that illumined the Light within me;
He entered in me and lighted up the corporeal body;
And then, aye, with me bided for ever and ever.

18 ARUSAMAYA PINAKKAM (A CRITIQUE OF FORMAL RELIGIONS)

1530: The Six Faiths Avail Not
The Six faiths severally congregate,
Yet, not one knows the God within;
Deep into the pit of illusion, their adherents drop,
And fastened hard by familial ties of bondage,
They shake and tremble, in vain impotence. 1531: Formal Faiths Know not God Within
He hides in your heart
Yet does He pervade all;
He is the Munificient One;
The Lord Supreme;
Of austere penance
He is seated on the lotus of our hearts;
The cunning Master-Thief
In stealth enters this hollow abode of human flesh
And then leaves it;
None knows His deep design. 1532: Existence of God is an Act of Faith
Say, Lord is within you and without you
Then sure my Lord is within you and without you;
To them they say,
He is neither within you or without you
Sure is He nowhere for them. 1533: God is Beyond All Formal Faiths
They founded the Six Faiths,
Yet they found Him not;
What the Six Faiths talk of is not He;
Do you yourself in faith seek Him,
And be resolved of doubts all;
And then sure shall you enter your Father's Mansion. 1534: God Can Be Reached Only by Devotion
Proclaim you this:
There is nothing except Siva
No tapas except it be for Him
The Six Faiths are nothing but a dreary waste;
Do seek Nandi of mighty penance;
You shall indeed be redeemed truly. 1535: The Six Faiths Sought not Freedom from Pasas
They of the Six Faiths sought Lord
Only for heavenly state to gain;
They sought not to be rid of bondage thorns,
And so know not to be rid of this world materiality. 1536: Path of Siva Leads to Final Liberation
The Path of Siva alone is Finite Path;
The Other paths but lead to earthly sorrows;
And sure birth in bondage returns to you;
Do you walk in the Holy Path;
And when the One appears,
The triad Impurities that your destruction encompasses
Will, of themselves, meet their own destruction. 1537: The False Paths Lead not to Param
Forsooth,
The Faiths here below are a hundred in number,
In that swollen stream are the Six Faiths too;
These Faiths take not to the goal they boast of;
They are true Faiths never,
They take you not to Path of Param. 1538: Contending Faiths Do Not Help
The contending Paths are unto the braying asses:
The Pure Siva is all-pervasive;
They seek Him not by the right Path,
And so free are not from Impurities;
They shall grow insane
Forever entangled in whirl of birth and death. 1539: To Attain Finite Goal
Those who are assailed by doubts
And those who are freed from doubts
When together commingle,
Drive the wild beasts of Karma twine to caves,
And persevere in the pursuit
Then shall Finite Goal be reached;
They that are rid of the terrors of the wild
Shall see the Path that to Para leads. 1540: God is Distant and Near
He is far away,
He is near at hand
He is rid of ailments,
He is of immortal name Nandi;
Transparent to those that have unwavering vision;
Elusive to those who are tossed in doubt;
Such know not the mysterious purpose
For which the fleshly body is fashioned. 1541: The End of Seeking
To be born and to live again and again here below,
Verily is the curse of all;
It is the seed of Karma twain;
If you but listen to Him that knows
The origin of swirl that is birth and death,
No more shall you seek
The ways of the perishing men. 1542: Lord and Nandi are One
All the holy ones hail Him as Great God, the Supreme Lord,
He that is Nada and bears the name Nandi;
You too shall make no distinction,
But in prayer lift your hands to Him as Being Supreme;
And the Primal One shall as such reveal Himself. 1543: God is Within You; and Yet Far Away
He is Hara, Holy Father, Primal Lord
As implacable Truth He entered heart;
But if hearts of devotees sought alien paths
They know Him not;
Then is He far, far away. 1544: Precious is Hara's Path
The Heavenly Lord, He knows our goal
He is tender hearted;
He is the Effulgent Sun that guides the destiny
Of Heavenly Beings of wisdom great;
Do think of Him in thought unsullied;
He is of crystal pure hue;
Precious the path of Virtue
He for us has laid. 1545: God is Beyond All Religions
This the right path, that the right path
Be not tossed in such frail human doubts;
Seek the Being that is beyond wilderness of doubts
His is the Form that transcends fleshly imperfections. 1546: True and False Faiths
That Path they took
The immortal Devas and the saintly tapasvins;
And so reached Goal True
And merged in one with Siva;
But they that followed froward faiths
Received not His grace;
They lost their way,
And forever wander. 1547: Definition of True Path
He is Light within you;
To know how to reach Him
Is True Path of Becoming;
If you know thus,
You know contradiction none;
That is Path Finite, your Goal's End;
They are but folks poor in spirit
That know not merging in Light Divine. 1548: Worldly Path is not True Path
There is a True Path for the Journey;
They that follow the swampy paths worldly
See but the mirage;
They that avoid the sorrowful path of swirling Karma
Cross evil safe;
And shall sure worship at Lord's Feet. 1549: True Path Leads Straight to Lord's Presence
Walking in the True Path
Your holiness consummates;
The host of thine Karmaic deeds scatters
And they flee away;
Leave you the tortuous path
Of the Karmaic ridden men of world
Onward you journey, straight inside;
Thou shall, for certain, stand
In the Presence of the Lord of Heavenly Beings.

19 NIRAKARAM (DISSENSION REFUTED)

1550: Who Attained Divine Tranquility
The Heavenly Beings, immortal as the mountain Himalayas,
Received the Darshanas that are Six;
"We learned them all and attained the Other World"
-Thus quote they;
But, in sooth,
The Primal Lord is in intimacy within
Of those that have Divine Tranquility attained.
1551: Worship Siva and Siva Become
They who bow their head at the Feet of Lord
Of spreading matted locks and Konrai bloom bedecked,
They shall, like unto Him, become;
But they that yearn not for Him in constant eagerness
Shall be in sorrow immersed,
Sighing eternal here below. 1552: Worship Brings Immortal Life
Despair not!
You that thus sit and bewail
And you that have lost your better nature!
Seek Lord in penance true,
The Heavens' Lord shall wipe your tears away,
And grant you Greatness;
And you shall then know births no more. 1553: Lord is Unto Gentle Rain
Who seeks Finite Truth
They His friend are;
Who does not seek Him
They but know the Worldly Men's Misery-Way,
Enveloped in darkness of bondage
In vain shall they be born again and again;
Who seeks Path True
To them, the Lord is unto richly laden clouds
That drops gentle rain of Heavenly Grace. 1554: Lord Guides the Boat of Life
The Boat of Life
By Divine Wisdom guided
Discharges quick its cargo
At the City Ancient;
Having seen that unerring prospect
These wretched men of ignoble deeds
Think not of His Holy Feet,
In devotion replete. 1555: Lord is Within You
The Only Being, the Eternal Being
Within you He dwells;
When you say so,
These ignorant men laugh low;
Poor folk! if they but seek Him in prayer within
Then shall they meet Him-the Peerless One. 1556: Who Pursued False Faiths
They wake not to Inner Light of Aum within;
And joy not in ego-effaced bliss ensuing
They wot not of approaching death,
They seek not end of recurring birth,
Lo! they pursued the unending path of contending faiths,
And stood forlorn, for ever lost in faith false.

20 INNER FAITHS

1557: Lord Pervades All Six Inner Faiths
He is the Ancient One,
He created the beings of earth and heaven,
In days of yore, in Order Divine;
The Six Faiths seek the Feet
But of the One Primal Peerless God;
And in them all He pervades
In measure appropriate. 1558: All Faiths Lead but to Lord
One, the Great City,
Six, the roads that lead to it;
Thus are Faiths Six;
They that contend, "This true; That false"
Are unto the dog that in ire barks
To its own echo at hilly side. 1559: Come, Stand Apart and Seek Lord
He is the incomparable Lord
Of the magnificient path of Saivam;
He is Nandi of Divine Lustre
That breaths the eternal life of Grace;
Beloved is He of the truly great;
The Lord of all universe, the source of all Joy;
Come, stand apart, seek, realize,
And be redeemed. 1560: "You Are He"-Is the Teaching of True Path
Siva laid the divine path ancient
That leads to the Home Eternal
Seek Him that way;
And know you are He
You shall duly find Him within yourself. 1561: The True Path is Through Kundalini
The Six Faiths that profess the means to Becoming
Are by themselves but blind alleys all;
No good comes by following them alone;
The true path of Becoming for all life to pursue
Is but the path of divine Kundalini Sakti,
The blossom-vine that through Six centers courses. 1562: Lord Ever Guides
Now have I realized the Path of Hara;
In the past I sought Him in narrow paths
And strayed;
Lo! all the while He stood before me
Like a beacon light in firmament
Guiding my voyage
Across the sea of my Soul's longing. 1563: Siva Path is Proven Path
The Path of Siva is the proven path
It led them to Hara;
It is the royal path that renowned Souls had walked;
The Path Divine
That took the devout to Cosmic Space;
That path, do seek,
Enter and persevere. 1564: Vision of Light Effulgent in Saiva Path
Still your wandering thoughts;
Chant sacred syllable "Si"
And so persevere in Path of Hara
You shall envision Primal Light Effulgent. 1565: Vision Through Saiva Path
He that belongs to the Lady of Lightning Form
He that belongs to the Vedic Fire of Brahmins
He that belongs to them that think of Him
He, the Primal Lord
He, the tender shoot of Jnana,
When you glimpse His loving signs,
Then have you walked in Path of Siva. 1566: Adoration of Siva is Bliss
They that discriminated not
Knew not Hara's Path;
Their souls in myriad machinations caught,
The Truth saw not;
They that followed Hara's Path
Of a certain reached His Feet of Grace,
And joyed the Bliss, all senses uplifted. 1567: Saiva Path was Laid by Holy Nandi
The Holy Nandi, the acclaimed Master of Saiva Faith
Has showed a Way-the Master's way of Redemption;
That, divine Path of Saiva
He did chalk out for those here below
To walk in Sanmarga's trail
And be for ever free. 1568: Attune to Infinity
This the right Faith, that the true Faith
When my Lord Nandi thus sees
Mad men in two contend
He smiles in pity;
What though the form of Faith?
What though the place of Birth?
They with mind to infinity attuned
Sure enter the City of God. 1569: Siva is Inclusive of Jiva
Siva has faces five
And with His downward looking visage for Jiva,
He has faces six in all;
The Lord by Himself All
Sports the garland of heads
That verily is the Human Aspect
Of the Godly One. 1570: Lord is Beginning and End
The Primal Lord spanned the worlds seven
He stands as the sea and the myriad life here below,
And with Parasakti pervades all
In Union that no separateness knows
Verily, God is the Beginning and End of All. 1571: The Path of Siva Leads to Bliss
The immortal Beings, Devas and Vidyadaras,
Sought after Him, but knew Him not;
But pursuing the proven path of Siva
I reached His Feet of Grace to adore
And so realized the bliss of Here and Hereafter. 1572: Macrocosm in Microcosm-A Mystery
Baffling indeed is the mystery of Life's Goal
Baffling it is, why into the six systems was it made;
A baffling mystery far,
How into the shedding sheaths of this body microcosm
Got imprinted a veritable macrocosm.

TANTRA FIVE ENDS 

 

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