TANTRA THREE

 

TANTRA THREE

41 ASHTANGA YOGAM

549: Difficult to Expound is Science of Yoga
Of difficult vast to expound
Is the Science of Breath;
Closing nostril alternate
And counting time in measure appropriate
Thus did Nandi reveal at length
The eight-fold science of yoga great--
Iyama, Niyama and the rest. 550: Yoga Includes Kavacha Nyasa and Mudra
I shall reveal herein,
The ways of Iyama and Niyama,
The secret of Kavacha, Nyasa and Mudra
The paths to reach the Samadhi State;
To course Kundalini Sakti upward,
And to reach Parasakti at Cranium high. 551: Ashtanga Yoga Leads to Samadhi and to Jnana
Waver not, this way and that
Follow the way of eight-limbed Yoga
And reach Samadhi State;
They who tread that blessed path
Shall reach Jnana's peak;
No more are they in this vile flesh born. 552: Eight Limbs of Yoga
Iyama, Niyama, and Asana numberless
Pranayama wholesome and Pratyahara alike,
Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi to triumph
--These eight are the steely limbs of Yoga.

2 NIYAMAM

553: Perform Niyamas Always
"The heavens may torrents pour
In directions eight;
Yet perform the holy niyamas"
--Thus spake the Lord of matted locks, cool and coral hued
To the Sages Four, in devotion immersed. 554: Ways of Niyama
He does not kill, he does not lie, he does not steal;
Of marked virtues is he; good, meek and just;
He shares his joys, he knows no blemish
Neither drinks nor lusts
--This the man who in Niyama's ways stands.

3 NIYAMA

555: Way of Niyama
The Being First,
The Meaning-Central of Vedas all,
The Light Divine,
The Fire within that Light
He who shares Himself
Half-and-Half with His Sakti
And the Divine Justice thereof
--Them, he in Niyama's path knows. 556: Ten Virtues of Niyama
Purity, compassion, frugal food and patience
Forthrightness, truth and steadfastness
--These he ardently cherishes;
Killing, stealing and lusting, He abhors
--Thus stands with virtues ten
The one who Niyama's ways observes. 557: Further Ten Attributes of Niyama
Tapas, meditation, serenity, and holiness
Charity, vows in Saiva Way and Siddhanta learning
Sacrifice, Siva puja and thoughts pure
--With these ten, the one in Niyama perfects his Ways.

4 ASANAS

558: Prominent Asanas
Numerous are the asanas
With Padmasana to commence;
Six among them are rated high
With Svastika as faultless seventh
He who postures on these asanas seven,
Verily becomes Master, for sure. 559: Padmasana--Lotus Posture
Sit cross-legged with soles of feet upturned
Close draw the feet on thighs opposite,
Stretch then the hands afore on feet
That Padmasana is, famed far on earth. 560: Bhadrasana--Happy Posture
Place the right leg over the left
Stretch the hands over calf of leg
Sit in posture firm and erect
That indeed is Bhadrasana. 561: Kukkudasana--Cock Posture
Lift the feet on to the thighs,
Control breath and on elbows raise your body
Thus seated firm and immobile,
Thou do reach the Kukkudasana. 562: Simhasana--Lion Posture
Stretch the hands over the calf of leg,
Lift the mouth upward,
Fix thy gaze on tip of nose,
Thus do thou Simhasana posture. 563: Important Asanas are Seven
Bhadra, Gomukha, Padma and Simha,
Svastika, Veera, and Sukha
These seven are asanas eminent and ancient;
Numerous as, eight, eighty and hundred, however,
Are asanas in all reckoned.

5 PRANAYAMA

564: Master the Steed of Breath
The Jiva is the master of senses five;
He is the head of the body habitat;
There is a steed he rides to his destined goal;
The masterly one the steed carries,
The feeble one it throws away
--That steed the Prana breath is. 565: Control of Inhalation and Exhalation
A goodly one is Jiva
He has steeds two,
But he knows not how to master them
If the lordly Guru lends His Grace,
The steeds will tame become. 566: Breath Control Activates Body
Faster than bird that steed flies,
Far headier than wine the pleasure it gives;
It infuses vigour, dispells laziness
True we say this, let the wise listen. 567: Breath Control Yields Life Nectar
Let Prana merge in Mind
And together the two be stilled
Then no more shall birth and death be;
Therefore, learn to direct breath
In streams alternating left and right
And in silentness chant "Aum"
Then shall you sevile of the nectar of life. 568: Puraka Kumbhaka Resaka Alternated--Cleansing of Nadis
Purakam is to inhale by left nostril matras six and ten
Kumbhakam is to retain that breath for matras four and sixty
Resakam is to exhale thereafter for matras two and thirty
Thus alternate from left to right and right to left
With Kumbhakam in between. 569: Breath Control Makes Body Light as a Carpenter-Bee
If you control the breath within,
However old your body,
Young and crystal-hard it turns
And with the goodly Guru's benign Grace,
Well may you wing your way in heaven
As unto a carpenter-bee. 570: Breath Control Gives Supreme Strength
Wherever you be, there control breath
The body then will perish not
As you inhale, control and exhale in measure prescribed,
Well may you become a trimphant Lord
With the conch of victory,
Your achievement heralding. 571: Knowledge of Science of Breath Leads to Immortality
Inhalation, Exhalation, and Retention both ways
The Science of Breath thus consisting
They know not;
They who know the Science of Breath
Are destined to spurn the God of Death. 572Effect of Puraka, Kumbhaka Resaka
In Purakam inhale breath deep
To pervade up, down and middle
In Kumbhakam retain it around the navel center;
In Resakam it is absorbed within in due measure
They who practise the Science of Breath thus
Reach the Grace of Lord
Who consumed poison deadly. 573: Time Duration of Inhaling Retaining and Exhaling Breath
Inhaling six and ten matras by left nostril
Retaining four and sixty in the navel
Exhaling two and thirty by the right nostril,
They who control breath thus, chanting Aum
Have verily seen the Light of Truth. 574: How to Practise Pranayama
Inhale deep and steady,
That prana fills the nadis ten;
Exhale slow
That the body does not stir;
Retain prana breath
And downward move Apana breath
Thus sit erect and vanquish Death. 575: Purify Body By Breath Control
The breath within rises
And wanders as it lists;
Control that and purify within;
Then shall your limbs glow red
Your hair turn dark
And God within shall leave you never. 576: Inhale 12 Matras; Retain 4 Matras
The Prana breath
That is damsel within body-house
Runs in and out constant;
If twelve matras inhaled
Eight matras exhaled,
The four matras retained
Shall make you divine in Siva. 577: Learn to Control Breath and Master Death
The elephant that is twelve-matra breath
Is awake night and day;
The mahout (Jiva) knows not elephant;
When mahout learns to control elephant
The elephant knows not night and day;
(In eternity it exists.)

6 PRATYAHARA

578: Blessings of Mind Withdrawal
Step by step, practise mind's withdrawal
And look inward;
One by one many the good you see within;
And may you then meet the Lord,
Now and here below
Whom the ancient Vedas still searches
Everywhere. 579: Retain Breath Below Navel Region
They know not the divine art
Of fixing breath twelve matra long,
Below the navel region;
Once they learn that art
The Lord enters within, shouting in joy. 580: Where Kundalini Is
Two finger length above the anus,
Two finger length below the sex organ
Four finger length below the navel visible,
There within is Kundalini
A flaming fire lambent. 581: Breath Control for Maha Siddha Yoga
If below the nose-tip
You look twelve-finger length,
And then concentrate and meditate (on navel centre),
The mighty Siddha yoga shall yours be
And imperishable shall your body be. 582: When Light Appears
If thus meditating,
Luminescence you glimpse at the Eye-brow centre
Know you are destined for bliss unalloyed;
If at the Throat's Center
Lunar light you behold,
Then will your body,
In divine joy intoxicated be. 583: What Kundalini Yoga is
Close the Muladhara orifice below
Center your thought on Sahasrara orifice above
And on that meditate in oneness;
Fix your dagger like vision on that Void Vast;
Thus practising Yoga,
You shall vanquish Time. 584: Kundalini Yoga Destroys Birth
Two finger length above the anus
Two finger length below the sex organ,
Lies the Kundalini Fire
If you can meditate on the light
That burns there,
You shall be one with Lord,
Who all births destroys. 585: Pratyahara
By thought concentrated,
Know clearly apart
Pasa and Pati Luminescent,
Then destroy that Pasa;
Melt in your heart for Lord,
Attain and contemplate on Jnana,
And look inward toward Him;
These the precious Ways of Pratiyahara are. 586: Pranayama Helps Pratyahara
If breath that is exhaled
Is contained within
The thoughts too are contained there
And the Lord shall leave you not. 587: What Pratyhara Can Lead to
In the act of concentrated meditation
All world will be visioned;
Be rid of the despicable darkness
And seek Lord,
If your thoughts be centered firm
You shall Divine Light see
And immortal thereafter be.

7 DHARANA

588: How to Practise Dharana
Let unswerving be your thought
Bind it to Muladhara fast
Look into the Void Inside through spinal shaft
See and yet see not;
Hear and yet hear not;
Thus in meditation sit;
That the sure Way to bar death's way. 589: Lord Dances in Sahasrara
From the peaks of Cranium ranges
The heavenly waterfall
Unceasing cascades
Coursing prana through the spinal channel;
There on the stony arena (of Mount Meru within)
The Lord performs His timeless dance;
That unending Bliss Light,
I witnessed. 590: Kundalini in Reverse
She is the Damsel of the Vedas;
She belongs to the astral land of Cranium;
He is the bridal lord;
He sleeps in the land of Muladhara;
Gently rouse Him,
And make Him meet Her,
You shall then be forever young
Upon lordly Nandi I avow,
This true forever and ever. 591: Practice of Kundalini Yoga
Bind the Muladhara
Raise the Prana breath upward
Through the spinal hollow course it
And within in aptness retain,
And like a stork at stream's head
Sit calm
In singleness of thought;
Well may you live forever and ever. 592: Practice Breath Control in Proper Time-Measure
When Pranayama is in proper time-measure practised
Breath retention will appropriate with Prana stand;
He who trains breath that is Prana,
With him shall Time and Life inseparate remain. 593: Practise Breath Control in Silentness
A bull there is,
In the thoughts of those
Who silentness observe;
They who open their mouth wide
Drive it away wind-ward;
But they who are in silentness wrapped
Drive it to the Lunar Peak;
There with its horns it knocks;
And if the Gates of the Cave do not open,
It turns tail in fear. 594: Longevity Gained by Breath Control
If breath that is forked in and out,
Is on mind directed and centered,
Well may you sleep
In the spacious bed chamber
Of the Body Cave
That has doors two and windows seven.
And long, long may you live there too. 595: Mind Control Through Breath Control
If of the ten Vayus that fill the body
Five by exhalation leave,
What avails you fool!
What though you wake and pray?
They who control breath in measure ordained,
Will sure imprison mind-monkey
Within the body-fortress. 596: Make the Body Immortal
All those who came afore
Have met their final end;
What guarantee is there of any other fate,
For those who come after?
What then there to speak of the millions
And their life to be?
What delusion this!
Will the sandy bank ever hold firm? 597: Dharana is Involution
To contain body's harassing senses five
In elements five,
To contain elements five
In organs cognitive internal,
To contain cognitive organs internal
Into its Primal Reals,
To contain Primal Reals
In the Being Uncreated
That, verily, is Dharana
In stages practised.

8 DHYANA

598: Dhyana is of Two Kinds
The ten--
The five elements and the five senses
Being contained, one by the other,
The internal organ Buddhi
In turn contains the senses;
Thus is Dhyana born;
The Para Dhyana first
That is on Sakti centered,
And Siva Dhyana next
That is by Guru blessed,
These two the Ways of Dhyana Yoga. 599: In Dhyana the Divine Light Appears
Through eye, tongue, nose and ear
And the organ Intellect
There is an Ancient One that pervades as Nada,
Inside the palatal cavity
He shows the Cosmic Light;
He gave the fleshly body,
That we redeemed be. 600: In Dhyana Can Be Seen the Jnana Form of Siva
In the undistracted gaze
Appears the Light
Gaze and gaze to heart's content
And mingle one with it;
The Heavenly Stream will then surge
To the spaces infinite of Void Vast;
Then may the Uncreated Being witnessed be. 601: Alas! They Perform not Dhyana
Even for once they meditate not
On the mystery of Jiva within body;
Even for once they meditate not
On Siva within Jiva;
Even for once they meditate not
On Divine Jnana within Siva;
Even once they meditate not
On the Lotus within the Lunar Sphere. 602: Dhyana Brightens All Lamps Within
Light the Lamp of Mind
And dispel the Darkness of Egoity;
Extinguish the Fire of Wrath
And brighten all lamps within
Thenceforth alike,
The Mind's Lamp is an undying Lamp indeed. 603: Look Within in Dhyana
Well may they practise Yoga eight-thousand year
Still they see not Lord,
Sweet as ambrosia
And dear unto apple of eye;
But if within you seek Him enlightened
He within you is,
Even unto reflection in the mirror. 604: Fruits of Dhyana
If your eyes twain are
On nasal point fixed,
No sorrows befall you;
Perishes not your body;
Agitation none shall you have;
Feelings none;
Seekings none;
None that is "I";
You and Siva one become. 605: Dhyana Leads to Cessation of Birth
Fixing the gaze on nasal point
Retaining the roaming breath within
They who can thus still the nadis,
Will sure reach the Goal
No fear of birth to be for them. 606: Varied Sound Experiences in Dhyana
Bell, sea, elephant, flute, cloud
Bee, dragon-fly, conch, drum, and lute
The subtle sounds of these ten are heard
For them alone
Who have stilled their mind in God. 607: Other Sound Experiences in Dhyana
The roar of sea, the thundering of cloud,
The trumpeting of elephant, the euphony of lute,
The music of the orbs
That glow in firmament vast,
The melody of the flute; the resonance of conch,
All these
The yogi true alone hears. 608: Fruits of God-Realization
Those who realize God,
They alone get qualities godly;
They join company of immortals;
Pasa vanishes;
They become immanent in all life
They hear sounds subtlest,
That emanate
Unto fragrance out of flower. 609: Yoga Leads to Nadanta
Nada's End is Sakti divine
Nada's End is Yoga goodly
Nada's End is goal Finale
Nada's End is Lord Seated. 610: Involution Into Nada is Final Stage
As Kundalini Fire glows in Adharas six,
The Primordial Anava Darkness flees,
In tameness followed by Indriyas Five;
Who involute in Tanmatras, their substrate;
And they in turn in Nada;
Then shall you reach Feet of Lord
That is Refuge of All. 611: The Way to Ascension to Void lies through Meditation
The mystic bed-chamber is day-light eternal
No darkness invades;
There is a way
This body to fire-chamber consigned not be;
The light of this knowledge
Is by meditation prolonged;
The Chamber of Void
Knows not end of Light ever. 612: Perfect Meditation Leads to Immortality
Having abated not in the rules of vows,
The Yogi that has to meditate learned,
Coursing Kundalini through spinal column,
And passing Mandalas Three with felicity equal
He in fleshly body forever lives. 613: Meditation Leads Across the Three Spheres
There is a way of reaching the Mandalas Three.
In each is its respective God;
Be you blessed
By the God appropriate
Then each Mandala leads to the other. 614: To Transcend Mandalas is to be Exalted
In the dark chamber of the drooping heart
Are the Mandalas Three,
He who becomes one with them
And peirces Pasas
Shall know weariness none;
To transcend the three stages of heart
Is exaltation exceeding indeed. 615: Immortality Through Dhyana Yoga
Uprooting the gunas three
He who controlls breath in Muladhara
And courses it alternate
Through nadi left and right,
In time measure prescribed
Will be immortal made
By Him that is King of Beings Heavenly. 616: Deep Meditation on Centers Leads to God
Four finger-length above the tremulous Navel-Center
Is the petalled Heart-Center;
Two finger length still above is the Throat-Center;
Those who can meditate on it in sea-like depth
Sure knew Him;
Him the Lord of Body Corporal. 617: Grace Comes From Dhyana
Transcending Tattvas six and thirty unreal,
Destroying Maya's layers thick,
Transformed into Jnana Pure by Grace
Themselves that Grace inseparable Becoming
They who achieved thus
Were the goodly souls
The Way of Dhyana knew.

9 SAMADHI

618: Samadhi is the Final Goal of Ashtanga Yoga
Samadhi is end of Iyama and the rest
Samadhi is consummation of Siddhis eight
Who persevere in the path from Iyama to the end
Will alone the end Samadhi attain. 619: Vision of Light Resplendent in Samadhi
When in the Meru Peak of Sahasrara
Bindu and Nada flourish
In their union will Samadhi be;
And the Light Resplendent of Endless Jnana
Will then visioned be! 620: In Samadhi Mano-Laya is Reached
Where there is mind absorption,
There life's breath is;
Where there is mind absorption none,
There life none is;
They who, in rapture, sit in mind absorption
Are verily fixed in Yoga of absorption. 621: Mystic Vision in Samadhi
They who sit in Samadhi of Pure Consciousness
Vision the Mystic Woods and the Blooming Pond;
They roam in the royal expanse of Void Vast
And there at the foot of Fertile Mountain Meru,
They bridled their Horse of Breath to a stop. 622: In Samadhi They Vision the Void
On top of Spinal Column in the Center
Is built a habitation unique;
Three the compartments it has
Four the doors;
Within these they sit (in Samadhi);
When through the door on top
They vision the Void
No more the word Death, aye, not even in dream. 623: Vision Lord's Dance in Samadhi
Five the Mystic Regions,
Eight the Mountain Ranges,
Six the Adhara tribes that hold them;
With thought centered on Him
They well see Him there stand;
Partaking of the Grace of His Dancing Feet
They shall immortal be. 624: Samadhi Leads to Siva
Within the locked body
Is trapped the life-breath;
Course it to the Land
That no desire knows;
They who fix their gaze on Goal True
Will reach the Mango Fruit
That in the garden there hangs. 625: Ambrosia in Samadhi Leads to God
There is a way to vision the Lord,
The Celestial Beings churned
But with the mountain dark,
And partook of ambrosia;
But they climbed not
The heights of the Mystic Mountain
And partook not of ambrosia there flows,
For, they possess not
The unwavering mind
That soars in Samadhi high. 626: In Samadhi Oneness in God is Attained
He is our Own
He is the Primal One
He taught the Vedas Four
He is the light that glows within the purest gold
They adored Him in love
They approached Him all desires devoid
And climbed the Mystic Tree High;
Their breath halted in Samadhi
They with Him became One. 627: Vision of Mystic Moon in Samadhi
Beyond the Muladhara
Of triple angle shaped
Where Time and Space mingle,
Aloft that Center,
Opposite the forehead
Hangs the Crescent Moon,
Of myriad shape and peerless beauty. 628: Union With Siva in Samadhi
Bereft of distracting thoughts
Ascending the way of Kundalini
Seeking the Creator that created all,
Him that is Light Beauteous,
Reaching the Mystic Moon in union
He becomes one with the Being Uncreated
--That, in sooth, is Samadhi's tranquility. 629: Tranquility in Samadhi
Samadhi attained, Siva is attained;
Sakti too will be caught in its fold;
Distracting passions will be dispelled;
In equanimity perfect,
Like unto a balance
Will be the mind
All this, for those who in Samadhi sleep. 630: Samadhi Leads to Worship by Gods
He stood as the Peerless Pillar of Light;
When Jiva in Samadhi merges in Him,
Brahma that creates
And Vishnu of the ocean-hue,
Both stand adoring him. 631: Samadhi Transcends Siddhis
To those who are in Samadhi
Many the Yogas that come of themselves
And the Siddhis eight that come unsought;
But, Samadhi none is for those who walk with God
Samadhi none is for those who become one in God.

10 FRUITS OF EIGHT-LIMBED YOGA

632: Lord's Devotees Reach Abode of Gods
They who seek Lord
Of the matted locks bedecked with flowers
Will sure reach Abode of Gods;
"What this devotee of mine seeks,
That I grant"
Thus blesses the Lord
That mounts the Bull
And dances to His Lady's delight. 633: Devotees Reach World of Siva (Siva Loka)
Hold fast unto His Feet,
Adore them with love,
Sing His praise
Study His Sacred lore
Constant think of Him
You shall reach the World of Siva,
Received in full regalia
By the sacred Rishi concourse. 634: Devotees Will Be Elevated
Infinite is Lord's Grace
He elevates His devotee unto Indra,
The Lord of Celestials;
And he shall be received,
In pomp and honour
Drums beating and pipes playing,
All glory and bliss upon him raining. 635: Devotee Welcomed by Celestials
When devotee reaches the World of Siva
He shall be received by Celestial throngs,
"Hail! Here comes our Golden Lord"
Thus shall they welcome;
And he in raptuous pleasures shall revel. 636: The Devotee Hailed as Siva Himself
When he reaches the World of Siva
The Celestials,
Who in directions eight stood
Ask, "Who is he;"
And Hara says: "He is Me;"
And the noble Devas forgather and hail him
As well as they met Siva Himself. 637: Even Celestials Have to Follow the Path of Devotees
Seeking the goodly path
They turn away Death's path;
They walk the path of Truth
They seek the path of Liberation;
Of limitless bounty they are;
Well may the Celestials
In directions eight roam
They perforce have to come
To this earth's way of devotees,
And they Him seek. 638: Devotee's Way is the Seeking of Gods
His (devotee's) is the World of Seeking--
Of Vishnu who sleeps on ocean
Of Brahma who creates worlds twice seven
Of Rudra who brings dissolution of life all,
Of Devas who revel in bubbling nectar. 639: In Samadhi Jiva Unites in Uncaused Being
Transcending Jiva's caused experience limitations
Himself the Causal Tattvas Becoming,
Extinguishing the Causal sources themselves,
Thus do tapasvins unite in the Being Uncaused
That, in truth is Samadhi supreme.

11 THE EIGHT GREAT SIDDHIS

640: Perform Siddhis in Meekness
Pray and seek Lord in directions eight
Adore Lord with constancy in directions eight
Attain Eight Siddhis Great in directions eight
And in meekness perform in directions eight. 641: Nothing Impossible Then
Lord is the Prized Being of Celestials,
I sought His Feet in devotion
All my blemish vanished
And I visioned the Mystic Void
Nothing impossible for me now;
He blessed me with Eight Great Siddhis
And ended my birth to be. 642: Sambhavi and Kechari Mudras for Siddhis
By Muladhara Way,
With Grace of Guru
Vision Sakti,
Seated fragrant and lovely;
Practise Sambhavi and Kechari mudras
You shall attain Siddhis Eight,
That to mighty Siva's goal leads. 643: Power of Transmigration
The Elements, Kalas, Time and Maya
Escape unentangled in them,
That is but Wisdom;
And embrace fast the Truth of Lord
That Uncreated and Unending One;
Then can you transmigrate
Into mortal coils of beings other. 644: Karma Yoga Practices are Inferior to Eight Siddhis
Karma yoga is several, several in number;
Twenty thousand eight hundred kinds they count;
And all they can give is but physical work,
Inferior are they to the Eight Siddhis Great. 645: Twelve Years for Eight Siddhis
On the Moon's nadi to the left (Idakala)
The breath of Prana measures units twelve;
Of this, exhale four;
If the eight saved is within retained,
And that for twelve years continuous practised,
Then shall Siddhis Eight ever abide. 646*36Subtle Sounds Signifying Siddhis
Abounding in wealth of men around,
You but pave the way for birth again;
Nor can Siddhi be attained
By art, learning, genius and wisdom subtle;
At the end of diverse melodies heard in Yoga
For twelve years long
Does it take Siddhi for fullness to attain. 647: Siddhis in the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Years
In the seventh year of his practice
The Yogi becomes fleet of foot like wind;
His footfall touches not the ground
He divines the thoughts of other beings;
In the eighth year he becomes eternal young,
For ever bereft of graying hair and wrinkled muscles
In the ninth, he transmigrates into other coils mortal. 648: Siddhis in the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Years
In the tenth year the yogi can expand and contract into space
In the eleventh he can assume form he meditates on;
In the twelfth all eight siddhis complete he masters;
He then gains the powers to roam the worlds
Seven above and seven below
And take one cosmic form spanning space all. 649: The Eight Siddhis Enumerated
Himself the atom, himself the cosmos
Himself light, himself heavy
Himself invisible air,
Himself migrating into mortal bodies other,
Himself possessing prowess of the Truthful One
Himself immanent in all
--These eight are the Siddhis Great. 650: Anima Siddhi to Mukti
The Yogi assumes atom-size,
Into lives of several beings enters,
And then returns to his form original;
Either way is he least affected;
From that stage reached in Anima Siddhi,
He rises further
Into Nada chanting Aum,
And thus toward Mukti hastens. 651: A Year for Anima
Days are counted by astral Nazhigai sixty
And year by days three hundred and sixty;
Do meditate incessant through time thus reckoned,
And pierce the Chakras upward from Muladhara;
At the Navel-Center arises the power of Anima. 652: On the Way to Siva Mukti
They are Siva Muktas
Who turned their thoughts to Siva
Who became Siva-suffused,
Who attained Mukti
By silentness that leads to it;
They abandoned the senses five
In search of Divine Purity
Their thoughts centered on Dance Cosmic. 653: How the Vayus Stand for Yogis
Nine the Vayus in body equal are,
Dananjaya, the tenth superior is,
When the nine in their channels accord
Life and body well accord, too. 654: Importance of Dhananjaya
Dananjaya pervades other the nine Vayus
Within the body it permeates
Nadis two hundred and twenty four
If Dhananjaya does function not thus,
This body will swell and burst. 655: Diseases Appear When Dhananjaya Does not Function
Boils, itches and leprosy
Anaemia, and like diseases
That swellings show
Paralysis, hunchback, arthritis
And diseases of eye that bulging show
All appear
When Dananjaya in disorder functions. 656: Importance of Kurma Vayu for Eye
When Dananjaya malfunctions
The eye gets diseases like cataract and glaucoma
But Kurma is goodly to the eye;
If Kurma permeates not the eye,
It receives light none. 657: The Three Gods Animate Three Nadis
Through the Nadis that pulsate
In the ear, eye and heart
Animates the one spark of Light Divine
That is God;
The Gods, Rudra, Vishnu, and Brahma
Respective there seated art. 658: Mukti Vision in Center of Nine Nadis
Within the fleshly body
That has gates nine,
There is a Center
Where the Nadis nine meet;
For them who can contain the Nadis nine
Not nine their vision, but several, several. 659: Practice of Kundalini Yoga
Kindle Kundalini Fire
That burns lamnent in Muladhara
Send it up through Sushumna
The spinal column Central,
Course into it Prana breath
That runs through Nadis Sun and Moon,
That the way to reach
The seven mystic worlds in Cranium
To them we bade this
That are wise to learn. 660: Conquest of Bindu Through Nadi
O! Jiva! you seek woman in lust
And Lo! like a fawn are you caught in net;
And you know how to make
Central Nadi the Way Great,
The seed (Bindu) you kept for sale,
May your own be to consume. 661: Raise Nada and Vision Lord Through Nadi
They who raise Nada within the Nadi
In a flash behold the Being One;
There they bibed the mystica nectar
Vanquishing besieging foes all. 662: Reaching Purna Sakti
Up on the stalk of the Mystic Lotus bud
The Nine Virgins sweet as nectar
Joined the Lady (Kundalini)
One by one they climbed the floors
They reached the victorious top
And there into Perfection transformed. 663: Poorna Sakti as the Supreme Cause Expands
Sakti that is Poorna (Perfection)
Filled Herself into Chambers Three times Seven;
The Nine lovely Virgins became a hundred and five
And as the Cause of Vishnu, Brahma
And the rest of the Gods Five
She expanded pervasive. 664: Poorna Sakti Involutes in Nada
The Damsel thus blossomed and expanded;
But if She chooses to hide Herself within,
The elements five and all that expanded out of Her
Will involute in the reverberant primal sound, Nada. 665: Merge in Poorna Sakti
The breath in nadis to Left and Right
When in alternation made to course,
And passes beyond the Adhara barrier Six,
There amidst the Cool Flame
Is seated Sakti of the Lightning Form,
In Her merged you be. 666: Lord Dances in Jiva
Senses controlled,
Thought in oneness centered
If you sit in realization thus,
Prana breath that comes
Circling again and again
Will in Jiva gently merge;
Within that Jiva the Dancer dances
And I stand seeking Him there. 667: Through Nada Yoga I Reached to Sakti
I coursed the breath upward through Sushumna
And to the accompaniment of Nada's sound (Aum)
I sought;
And lo! there the Damsel was
And I had Her
And seized and bound the enemies shielding Her;
And thus I possessed the Jewelled Lamp of Undying Flame
The Lamp that is of salvation's Treasure House. 668: The Eight Siddhis Enumerated
To become tiny as the atom within atom (Anima)
To become big in unshakeable proportions (Mahima)
To become light as vapour in levitation (Lahima)
To enter into other bodies in transmigration (Prapt)
To be in all things, omni-pervasive (Prakamya)
To be lord of all creation in omnipotence (Isavatam)
To be everywhere in omnipresence (Vasitvam)
--These eight are the Siddhis Great. 669: Beyond the Eight Siddhis in the Moon's Nectar
By eight-limbed yoga are Siddhis eight attained
When breath is in accord controlled;
But when Kundalini fire is through the Central Nadi coursed up,
And the Sun's mandala passed
Beyond that is the Moon's
Whence flow the ambrosia that may swilled be. 670: Siddhis Lead to Mukti Only by Sakti's Grace
By eight-limbed yoga way
Not only will Siddhis eight be
And the Goal behind the Siddhis too;
With effortless ease will they all be
If but Tripura Sakti Her Grace grants. 671: Beyond Siddhis is True Goal
They are Siddhas
Who together with Siddhis eight
Attain the Divine;
They reach Para Loka
And within them vision the Dear Lord
Then they reach Him true,
Going beyond the boundaries eight. 672: Siddhis Lead to Kamiya Loka
They who can alternate the course of breath Left and Right,
And send it upward through Spinal Cavity unerring to Mount Meru at top
To them, Kamiya Loka will of itself come;
The world that is reached by Anima and the rest of Siddhis Eight. 673: Anima
Having succeeded in shooting Kundalini to Meru through
The Spinal Cavity
If he perseveres for a year,
He will attain Anima Siddhi;
Lighter than flimsiest cotton wool will he be
Yet invincible will he be. 674: Laghima
If after visioning Thani Nayaki (Adi Sakti)
And the Tattvas that go with Her,
For five years the yogi perseveres steadfast
He attains the Siddhi that is Laghima;
The power to penetrate anywhere at will. 675: Vision in Laghima
When the yogi attains Laghima Siddhi,
He will glow with divine light;
With that glow suffusing milk white radiance
He will vision the heavenly glow
That is Truth. 676: Mahima
A year after attaining Laghima
When Tattvas take their refuge in Sakti of Form Tender,
Will Mahima Siddhi be;
As plain as his palm
It shall be for the yogi to see. 677: Time Transcended in Mahima
Having seen breath transformed into light
No more does Time move; it stops;
While the Past merged into space
Of the Future He becomes the Lord. 678: Finite Attainments Through Mahima Siddhi
Through him all Jnana grows
Through him all world flourishes
Through him all things prosper
Himself in the Grace of Lord stands. 679: Prapti in a Year After Visioning Sakti
He who thus stood in Mahima
Visions the Lady of Tattvas (Tattva Nayaki)
And the Celestial Bhutas,
If the yogi thus perseveres continuous for a year
Then he attains Prapti divine. 680: Time Stops in Prapti
Having visioned the dazzling Light of Sakti,
The Siddha perceives the Cosmos vast
That unto a flower unfolds,
The past merged into Space
And the future Time for ever stops. 681: Experiences in Prapti
No going; No coming;
No death; No aging
No delay in seeing Light of Breath (Nada)
Nothing desired in particular,
Thus it is with Siddhas
Who attained this Siddhi. 682: Prakamya a Year After Prapti
When Prapti is attained
Parasakti resides palpably within;
And all Tattvas flee
When he is for a year thus,
He attains the power to transmigrate into alien bodies. 683: Salvation Easy After Prakamya
They know not how the Being within
Becomes the Light Radiant;
That Light is already within in Muladhara;
With it they can see the Light of Nada above;
Them who thus seek
The Light Above leads to Liberation effortless. 684: Isatva a Year After Prakamya
A year rolls by after the Siddha attains Prakamya
And he perseveres in his adoration
Then he visions Sada Siva Sakti and Her hosts of Bhutas
And attains Isatva. 685: In Isatva Yogi Becomes Moon
At that stage,
The Siddha becomes the rays of the moon
He becomes the moon's kalas in his merge
He himself the moon becomes. 686: Powers Isatva Confers
He acquires the power to create
He acquires the power to preserve
He shall himself be Lord of destruction
He and Isa inextricably one become. 687: After One Year of Isatva Yogi Attains Power to Perceive God in Vasitva
If within the cool kala of the moon
The Siddha contains the elements five
In a year shall he attain
The power rare to perceive the True One. 688: Vasitva Confers Immenence
That power rare to perceive the True One
Is the divine Siddhi that is Vasitva
In beings all that come within his reach
He immanent becomes like God Himself. 689: In Vasitva the Yogi Visions Chit-Sakti
In the days the Siddha stands thus in Vasitva
Radiant as the Sun,
If he attains the rare vision of te True Being,
Golden becomes his body
Dead his sense organs,
And he visions the goodly Sakti
That lke a Tender Vine appears. 690: Kamarutatva (Kamavasayitha)
After attaining Vasitva Siddhi
The Siddha perserveres in the knowledge of Sakti,
And of Siva who Her body shares;
And then a year thereafter
He attains the powers to visit worlds all,
That hang from the golden stalk of the Cosmic Flower;
Sitting inert like a flag of stone
Attains Siddhi Kamarutattva (Kamavasayitva). 691: What Kamarutatva Leads to
Having attained Kamaru Siddhi
You will receive the power to pervade
As unto the flower's fragrance in Space all
Divine Fragrance yours shall be;
Transformed unto Maya Sakti,
You shall be the Lord of Light we adore. 692: Visions in Kamarutatva
Having visioned the Divine Light
He abides in it as in mother's home;
The myriad worlds having visited,
He sees the Supreme light of Siva
Who has His home amidst ghosts and ghouls. 693: When the Eight Siddhis are Attained
He who has mastered the Siddhis eight high.
Will be the Lord of globe entire,
Gleaming shall be his garland of victory
And His breath shall turn to peerless light. 694: Sakti Pervades Prana After Siddhis are Attained
The Way Prana mingles in Jiva
Is through Sakti of the Tender Vine
Prana pervades the five hundred then the ten.
And then the three nadis
And Sakti pervades Prana entire. 695: Nectar Flows When Breath Pervades Body
Inside the head ambrosia flows like a river
In nadi channels a thousand three hundred and five in number
The adharas are the Way to the thousand petalled Sahasrara;
The twin breaths Idakala and Pingala shows the Way. 696: From Ajna Where Sadasiva Nayaki is, Prana Ascends to Sahasrara of Thousand Petalled Lotus
Above the twin-petalled Center
Is the Seat of Sadasiva Sakti;
As breath in double ascends further
There is the Sahasrara of thousand petalled lotus;
And on it are the Letters Fifty and One
That in time became the Letters Five. 697: Description of Sadasiva Nayaki
Five are Her awe-inspiring faces;
Ten Her weapons deadly;
Without the five-lettered mantra
No ascension is,
From the twin petalled Center to the thousand petalled;
The Five Letters in time the One Letter become (Aum). 698: How to Reach Tattva Nayaki
She is the One Being;
She is the Tattva Nayaki (Lady of the Tattvas)
When breath ascends united through Spinal Cavity
Then will that one breath reach the thousand petalled Sahasrara;
Think of Her,
A thousand year shalt thou live. 699: Prana Merges in Kalaicoursed upwards through Sushumna
Reaches the Kalai Nayaki in Sahasrara;
And there it merges with the letters Fifty and One
And then with the Letters Five
That the final end of Prana art. 700: Prana Reaches Tani Nayaki and Remains Exalted
The life breath that rose with the Tani Nayaki
Filled the nadis five hundred and thirty nine
(Before it upward coursed)
And remained in Sakti, total absorbed. 701: Prana Merges in the Five-Letters
When the precious prana reached Siva
It pervaded the nadis two hundred and thirty three
And in the Letters Five
Where Prana finally merges. 702: How Prana Pervaded the Nadis
The Prana that reaches Sakti
Emanating from the four petalled Muladhara
Where Kundalini fire is,
How Prana Pervaded the Nadis
The Prana that reaches Sakti
Emanating fro 703: Samadhi When Prana Reaches the Ninth Center
When Prana course through adharas six
Then will nectar be;
Then Prana reaches the Seventh Center of the Sun
And further onward proceeds to the Eighth Center of the Moon
In the Ninth Center Prana attains Samadhi. 704: In Samadhi Yogi Visions Light Divine
The Moon and the Sun are in the Uncreated Being
The Yogi that visions the Moon at the mystic junction of Nadis three
Is in Light merged;
He, attains Samadhi,
That had its beginning at the Navel Center. 705: Conduct of Aspirant For Yoga Samadhi
To give up thoughts of women
To think no more of kith and kin
To be meek in learning
To abound in jnana
To be sparing of speech
To listen to deeds of Siddhi
To sit unruffled
--These the ways of the aspirant of yoga samadhi. 706: Prowess of Those Who Attain Samadhi
He vanquishes death and age,
He enters into other bodies at will,
He confers paradise to the dead
He assumes form divine of Gods
He becomes learned in the twenty-one branches of Sivagamic lore
He who has mastered the Science of Breath. 707: Seek Lord Within
Vain is it seeking Lord
Wearing away sole of their feet
In pilgrimage to corners four
Of the seagirt world;
Only those who seek Him in love intense
Shall know the City of Lord. 708: Gods in Successive Adharas and Niradharas
Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra
Maheswara, Sadasiva,
Bindu, Nada, Sakti,
Para Bindu and Para Nada
In that ascending order
They all seek
Feet of Para-Para Beyond. 709: Unalloyed Bliss Beyond the Adhara Yoga
Worshipping the appropriate God at Centers
Ascend above;
There the cranial region is
Where Sakti and Siva reside
Shedding Sixteen Kalas of Mystic Moon;
Ascend yet beyond
There lies the region of Effulgent-Light;
Yet above it is bliss
Defying speech and thought. 710: Lord Himself Appears Before Yogis
They who practise yoga
Through Nadis breath in one flowing Moon and Sun
Become Beings Celestial;
To them who perform it unceasing true
The Lord Himself reveals. 711: Immortality for Yogis Who Have Reached the Ultima Thule
They who control breath
Will pervade all everywhere, unseen;
They who pierce the Mystic Lotus
Sending breath up through spinal column
And taste of its fragrant nectar
Will never death know.

12 KALA UNWAVERING

712: Yoga Leads to Divine Nectar
The Lord of the Fore-head-eye
That showed the path of Love Divine;
Seek Him in love intense;
The Ganga in cranium will in grace flow;
And in love exceeding, He your saviour will be. 713: Anchor Thoughts Firm on Lord
Anchor your thoughts firm on the Lord
Impregnable then you shall be;
Impregnable shall be your cognition organs four;
Impregnable shall be Kalas six and ten of the Moon within;
Impregnable shall be the Prana that is of life breath. 714: Way to Steady Kalas
Straight through Sushumna
The Prana stood unwavering
As a steady flame
And unto a still stone;
They who know
How the Lord stood commingled with Kalas
Know the Way True;
Even those in despair
Will espouse that Way. 715: Steady Prana Breath, Sankara Appears When life breath is coursed up
Through the single channel Sushumna,
The Lord of Bhuta hordes,
Sankara of matted locks
Appears before you
Mounted on the Sacred Bull. 716: Sadhaka's State in Samadhi They know not the time that passes in Samadhi
They look forward to the Big Time ahead,
Thus they direct the breath
Through the single channel Sushumna
To the void in cranium
There he stands, all conflicts resolved,
He truly is the Sadhaka. 717: Perform Yoga Penance and Reach Lord
Thus toward that goodly state
Practise yogic penance;
If you succeed in coursing breath
Into the lotus in cranium,
You shall gain the Lord
That remains hidden in Vedas. 718: Stages of Prana's Ascending Course
The breath has stages three
As Prana it courses upward
In single stream through spinal nadi;
And then spreads into cranial space
For the lotus there to blossom
And finally merges into the Divine Flame there. 719: Kundalini Yoga Turns the Body into Temple of Siva
The Kundalini Sakti that thus arose
Made her way aloft through the fleshly coil
And yet within me remained;
And She who created the worlds of Devas
Churned the mystic ambrosia within;
Drinking deep of it
This body became Siva's temple. 720: Know the Mystery of Prana Merging in Nada
The breath that glows within
None knows how it merges
When you know how it merges
Then can you reach the region
Where Nandi holds His sway. 721: Treasure Guru's Guidance for Yoga
As through breath you pierce the adharas
You shall vision clear;
Prana leaving the Kundalini Sakti
On its upward journey through Sushumna;
That you gain through the Guru guiding;
Take that as treasure precious gained. 722: Immortality Through Samadhi Yoga
The breath that arose twelve matras long,
If you control and absorb within,
Well may you live a thousand years on land and sea;
The body perishes not;
True this is,
Upon Lord Nandi I declare. 723: Experiences of Yogi When Prana Ascends
When Prana and Sakti their departure take
One from the other,
The yogi knows it this way;
Seven sounds he hears
Five colors he sees
Three odors he smells,
Two tastes he knows
Thus has the Lord of Light
The symptoms indicated.

13 WAY TO KAYASIDDHI

724: Importance of Preserving Body
If the body pershes, so does Prana
Nor will the Light of Truth be reached;
I learned the way of preserving my body
And so doing, my Prana too. 725: Why I Preserve Body
Time was when I despised the body;
But then I saw the God within
And the body, I realised, is the Lord's temple
And so I began preserving it
With care infinite. 726: Purification of Internal Organs of Body
Churn the intestines in Suddhi practice
Your bowels become clean;
Then control the breath in the heart's region
And make it pervade the nadis entire;
They who can do this
Will gain a body
That no fire can burn. 727: Effect of Practising Yoga at Dawn, Noon and Dusk
As body wax-like suppleness attains,
Practicing yoga in dusk
The phlegm leaves;
At noon leaves the wind that is treacherous;
At dawn practised, the bile leaves;
Thus all poison from body expelled
And you shall know no greying, nor wrinkling. 728: Yoga Leads to Imperishable Body
Three the coils of serpent Kundalini
Ten the Vayus that agitate the body;
Twelve finger-length the Prana breath;
When the two bags of spiration
Are tight controlled,
And you sit in meditation unwavering
The body perishes not ever. 729: How to Live for 166 Years
Breathe by the Right Nadi a hundred and sixty six matra
Breathe by the Left a hundred and sixty six matra
And then reverse the rhythm
If you do it in alternation thus
You shall live long
A hundred and sixty six years. 730: Divine Music in Yoga Practice
In the body-temple where Sakti is seated
If you practise transference of breath from right to left and vice versa,
You can hear the mystic sounds from Forehead Center
And Lord Siva will Himself reveal
Dancing to rhythmic music;
This we declare true
In the name of Sadasiva. 731: In Yoga Practice Soham is Chanted
In the Bindu that is pure by far
Shines the sound "Ha"
In the Nada that abides
Lives the sound "Sa"
Together they become the mantra "Soham"
The yogi who silent chants it while breathing
Sure attains the Holy Way. 732: Course Prana and Apana Through Meditation
Rouse the Prana that resides in the Navel Center
By meditating and chanting Siva mantra;
Retain that breath in the Ajna frontal
Then rouse the apana breath by meditation;
That way you Siva become. 733: Center Thy Thoughts on Muladhara
Two finger length above the anus
Where faecal matter leaves not;
And below the male organ
Is the Linga in Muladhara;
Meditate on that Center;
There resides the Lord of the six adharas;
This my upadesa, rare revealed;
Do take it and vision the Lord. 734: Eternal Youth Through Yoga
They who effect the mystic union
With the azure-hued Sakti within
Will shed greying and wrinkling
And regain youth for all to see;
This I say is true, by Nandi the Great. 735: Continence Leads to God-hood
If the seminal seed thickens by sexual absention
It shall never be destroyed;
If the body is lightened by austere discipline
Long shall the life be;
If food is eaten sparingly
Many the good that flow;
You may verily become
The Lord of Dark-Hued throat. 736: Yoga Gives Comeliness of Body
If Kundalini that is in Muladhara
Is sent upward often to reach the space in cranium,
Comely your body becomes;
A desire-object for damsels bedecked with flowers
Around which bees swarm humming. 737: Imperishable Life in Yogic Vision
The Lord, of yore, spurned the mighty God of Death
Who ever harasses life;
The Lord rides the Chariot of Fire within;
If you vision His Holy Feet,
Decked with triumphal anklet
You shall for ever live
In the canopied terrace above. 738: Yogi Vibrates With Youthfulness
The Fire I saw in Kundalini radiates Kala four
The Prana I kindled and coursed through Centers seven
Pervades the body entire;
With divine life that suffuses the fleshly body as ambrosia;
I grow unto a tender fawn. 739: Meditate on Appropriate Mantra to Attain Kaya Siddhi
If you in ardor pursue
The search for power to acquire Kaya Siddhi,
You shall flourish far and wide
Like a seed of paddy planted
In a million, million fields;
Do you therefore meditate single-minded
On the mantra that conquers Fate.

14 WHEEL OF TIME OR KALA CHAKRA

740: Ascension of Jiva from Moon's Sphere
Seeking the Mountain Ranges Five (Siva Tattvas)
Here am I in the Moon's Sphere;
Leaving this I reach the Region of the Great Void of Twelve
That lies in the Sphere of Pati Supreme;
And from thence I pass on to the Farthest Beyond
--These I seek to search here. 741: Life Wasted Away in Pursuit of Worldly Knowledge
Knowledge that comes of senses five,
Knowledge that comes of discrimination that is sixth
Knowledge that comes of judgement that is seventh
Knowledge that comes by learning that is eighth,
Knowledge that comes from experience that is ninth
Knowledge that comes from attachment that is tenth
--Thus does knowledge that comes in diverse ways,
But erode life span in succession;
Knowing this not, they perisge
Knowledge that comes of senses five,
Knowledge that comes of discrimination that is sixth
Knowledge that comes of judgement that is seventh
Knowledge that comes by learning that is eighth,
Knowledge that comes from experience that is ninth
Knowledge that comes from attachment that is tenth
--Thus does knowledge that comes in diverse ways,
But erode life span in succession;
Knowing this not, they perish away. 742: Critical Years of Life
Many are the stages when death assails man;
From twenty five to twenty eight;
From thirty to thirty three
From sixty to sixty two
From hundred and beyond
These are the critical ages in man's life span;
When death may visit him. 743: Days Appropriate for Commencing Yoga
The birth day, The first, second, third and the eight day following it
Any one of these is day appropriate for commencing yoga;
Find the day suitable most,
And easy shall be your entry
Into the Mystic House within. 744: Yoga Explained
You who enter the land of yoga practice!
Know that it consists in this
The measure of breath inhaled is twelve angula
Having measured accordingly
Exhale eight matra consciously
The four matras retained
Are in the six adharas to suffuse
And thus breathing examine the Tattvas twenty and five. 745: God is Beyond Adharas and Tattvas
Beyond the Muladhara of the four pointed Center is He;
Beyond the barriers of Tattvas twenty and four is He;
Beyond the twenty and five Tattvas is His Guna
Beyond the six adharas that rise like the spreading banyan tree is He,
Who ever does know Him! 746: The Days it Takes the Yogi to Traverse Adharas and Mandalas
The days that take to pierce the Centers nine are this:
Twentieth day adharas six;
Twenty-fifth day Seventh Center of Fire Mandala
Twenty-sixth day the Eighth Center of Solar Mandala
Twenty-seventh day the Ninth Center of Lunar Mandala
--These the days for yogi's Prana to reach Centers nine. 747: Vision of the Three Mandalas
On the twenty-eighth day
You gain the vision of Mandalas Three, each apart
On the thirty-third day
You gain their collective vision;
Do Center your thoughts further
And vision the tattvas twenty and four
That to Earth and the rest of elements in order belong. 748: Practise Yoga in Time and Order Stated
Thus if in succession and stages
The yogi aspires not
Impossible it be for him to become God;
Much less to near Him;
No other secret the Vedas hold
Trumpet this not;
But in meekness accomplish it. 749: Kindle Kundalini Lamp Within
They who know not this Way to the goal
And try other Ways
Are but fools;
They search with blazing torch
While within them is the hand-lamp
They who can kindle the Kundlini Fire within
Will abide ever in this fleeting world. 750: Journey Through Six Adharas in Two Stages
Unto the girth of the little finger
Is the spinal cord, taut like the string of bow;
There the adharas are
Traversing the first three
Do you reach the Heart's Center.
And, be in constancy fixed;
When you journey further onward
To the three Centers that end with Forehead
You shall firm be
As unto a picture painted. 751: Importance of Spinal Cord in Yoga
Know thou the Consciousness that is Perfection;
The sinners know not its goodness;
This body no doubt is evil Karma's product;
Yet it holds the stalk (Spinal Cord) of the sacred Lotus
That blossoms in the Mystic Regions Three within.
The Lord, of yore, spurned the mighty God of Death
Who ever harasses life;
The Lord rides the Chariot of Fire within;
If you vision His Holy Feet,
Decked with triumphal anklet
You shall for ever live
In the canopied terrace above. 752: Collective Vision of Mandalas End Karma
The Yogi who through the spinal column
Ascends the adharas above
Sees the Mandalas Three together, rapture bound;
Those who say that vision
Saw the end of Karmas;
Those who saw that not;
But die to be born again. 753: Missing the Vision, the Body Perishes
Do you know how this body perishes?
Hear this:
A pretty damsel the man has for wife;
And like the sun his prosperity spreads;
And all bow to him in respect;
A body that waxed in a life like thus
Became a prey for prowling dogs to consume. 754: Those Who Vision Can Become the Dancing Lord
They who knock about
Reach not the Refuge of Blossom Feet;
Containing not the Kundalini fire within
Their body a pray to fire becomes;
They who know the Way
And seek His Victorious Feet
See the Heavenly Dancer
Through their spinal hollow. 755: Seek the Dancing Lord as Goal and Become One With Him
They who sought the Dancer as their goal
Gained many things goodly;
And so stood in the path of the holy scriptures;
Seeking Him within and experiencing His presence
In eagerness they sit
And one with Siva become. 6Seek the Dancing Lord and Become One With Him
They who sought the Dancer as their goal
Gained many things goodly;
And so stood in the path of the holy scriptures;
Seeking Him within and experiencing His presence
In eagerness they sit
And one with Siva become. 756: God Vision at the End of 33 Days of Yoga
Countless are the gains that flow
From single-minded meditation;
Hear yet;
And thus if for Three and thirty days
You well and deep meditate
The Dancer on top of the Mountain of Gold
Will appear,
And You one with Him become. 757: Vision of the Hundred Petalled Lotus of Sahasrara
Knowing the secret of reaching the Dancer,
They meditate on the tenth Center
They see the directions eight in rapturous vision
They glimpse the Lord seated on Lotus,
And attain radiance a hundred fold.
1758: Eternal Life Through Yoga
They who thus attained radiance a hundred fold
Will live a thousand years in body robust;
And they who saw a thousand years thus
May well live a million, trillion years. 759: Thus They Live Through Timeless Aeons
Well may they thus live for aeons and aeons,
And they tire not in their devotion;
And thus see the mind's end
And within see Him as Entity Inseparate;
And as one with Siva they live filled in divinity
And so see countless ages of Life Exalted. 760: Worldly Thoughts do not Lead to Sakti
Some seek to exalt themselves
Pursuing ways worldly;
Some seek the fruits of enjoyment
Knowing not what they do;
Some strive after action
With no thought of goal whatsoever;
But none of them will see
The Sakti of lovely eyes. 761: Worldly Wealth is Perishable
They who see Her not
Wasted away their lives;
They who seek not
Spent away in artful talks;
The riches and possessions of those who see not
Vanished away unseen and untraced. 762: Treasure Within is Imperishable
They who do not see the Treasure that surpasses all,
But seek the treasures that perish,
If within their melting heart they seek inside
They will see the Treasure that dies not. 763: Seek Siva-State
He is the One with the Fore-head eye
He is Birthless
He is Nandi within, Know this;
He in solitariness pervades spaces all
He stands as Siva, the goal unwavering
That state you shall attain
If you but seek. 764: Fruits of Seeking
They who seek
Know death none; evil none;
They who seek
Will become lords of earth;
They who seek
But know this true;
And well may it be told
To those that aspire. 7653*6Seek Lord Through Aum
These the things worthy of telling:
Ahara or the sound "A" that is Siva
Uhara or the sound "U" that is Sakti
Let these in your thought abide
And Mahara or the sound"m"
Let them through thy Spinal Cavity rise upward;
The six adharas will then be reached
And you shall gain the Lord. 766: Know Lord Within and Become One With Him
None know where the Lord resides;
To them who seek Him
He resides eternal within;
When you see the Lord
He and you one become. 767: Way to Become One With Siva
They know not how He and you one become;
This the Way how He and you one become:
Hearken!
He stands in your hearing and sight
He stands in the Mystic Circle within you. 768: Vision the Lord in the Seven Adharas
You know not how to reach His abode;
Transfixing your thoughts within you in the yogic way
The seven circles inside will open
And you shall see the abode of Lord
Sweet as sugar-lump. 769: Vision of Gods in Adharas
TYu may see Him as Brahma and Vishnu
You may see Him as Rudra blue-throat and Mahesa,
You may see Him as Sakti and Sadasiva
You may see Him within you immanent (in Adharas).

15 MEASUREMENT OF LIFE SPAN

770: Breath--Astrology
Put your hand on forehead
And look,
If you see the breath rhythm unchanged
Well and good;
If you see it enlarged,
Death awaits in six months;
If you see it doubled,
In a month shalt life depart. 771: Transcend Nada and Realize God
Nada and God are one in Consciousness
Only they who transcended Nada
Will on God centre;
God appears in the heart
Of them who Nada transcend
This the truth I realized
And so merged in Nada. 772: Course Breath Upward and See Light of Jnana
The breath that is in vain spent
If turned upward to flow
Will give the good that of fixity of mind comes;
The Jnana that comes from cranial spaces will beam;
And the yogi becomes Lord of earth. 773: Importance of Nadi Suddhi for Longevitiy
None there the Jiva who practices Nadi Suddhi,
Breathing from left to right and right to left;
He who does it visions Sakti;
The senses five his way come;
To a hundred years, he sure lives. 774: Exhalation Measure for Ages 80 and 60
If Prana flows outward
To matra six in length,
Eighty the age you live up to;
If seven, sixty;
These two know clearly. 775: Exhalation for Ages 50 and 33
If to eight matras Prana runs out
Through nostril left
Fifty the age; know you;
If nine, leaving three matras inside,
Thirty and three but the age. 776: Exhalation for Ages 28 and 25
If in matra ten, it flows out in nostril left
Twenty and eight the life here below;
If fifteen,
Then for twenty and five years only do you see him. 777: Kumbhaka of Ten Matras Leads to Concentration
Breathing inward in measure twelve
The ten may you retain inside
And direct into oneness upward;
Thus may you practise
The entire day of thirty naligas! 778: Effect of Ten-Matra Kumbhaka for Three Days
If for two days continuous,
The ten matra of Prana is inside retained,
It will no obstacle from apana encounter;
If for three days this is maintained glowing
Then may you be certain
The ascension through Centers Six come soon. 779: Vision of the First Three Adharas in the Fourth and Fifth Day
If thus the practice is for days four continued,
The four petalled Muladhara will visioned be;
If further continued,
On the fifth day,
The Second and Third adharas visioned art. 780: Collective Vision of Five Adharas on the Fifteenth Day
When ten days thus pass
Two more adharas (Fourth and Fifth)
May visioned together be;
On the fifteenth day,
Shall be the collective vision
On the five together. 781: Visions of the 20th, 25th and 26th Days
On the twentieth day
The Sixth Adhara (Ajna) will visioned be;
On the twenty-fifth day
The Three Mandalas (Sun, Moon and Fire) will visioned be;
On the twenty-sixth day
The Two, Siva and Sakti, will visioned be. 782: Visions of 27th and 28th Day
On the twenty-seventh day
May well be revealed the One Being Supreme
That collectively rises in centers all;
On the twenty-eighth day
May revealed be
The ten centers together
In vision Collective rare. 783: On the 29th Day and 30th Day
If the journey upwards resumes
Ten the days that apana stands as impediment;
If the journey takes thirty days
Seven the days that take the apana to leave. 784: On the 31st Day and 32nd Day
On the thirty-first day of the journey upward,
Three the days that still delay the union
On thirty-second day that Prana takes to reach,
Two the days that are still in the way. 785: Jiva's Union in God on 33rd Day
Thus when Prana reaches the cranial heights
In a month and three days;
From within the fountain of nectar
Nandi bellows aloud;
If in the space within He reveals Himself,
You shall truly be one in Lord. 786: Greatness of Kundalini Yoga
None knows Kundalini that spans high
None knows the science of breath control
They who know it not perish away
I knew the truth that none know. 787: God as Knowledge
The Lord is the Knowledge
He stood as knowledge of elements five--air and the rest;
He stood as knowledge pervading world all and life
Inseparate from them;
If sought within,
That knowledge will in pervasive richness glow. 788: Sakti Grants Grace
That God who is knowledge--All thus
Grants this world that is unreal;
For the goodly ones of high praise
He grants the vision of His Dancing Hall;
The Sakti that grants all this
Is the fragrant flower-bedecked Grace
That is the Consort of Lord.

16 BREATH RHYTHM IN DAYS OF THE WEEK

790: Days of the Week and the Course of Breath
Through Left and Right Nadis
On Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays
Prana dominates in the nadi that is to left;
On Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays
It courses high in the right;
On Thursdays
Prana flows in the left
In the waxing moon's fortnight;
And in the right in the waning moon's fortnight. 791: Breath Rhythm For Glowing Health
If on Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays
Breathing dominates in nostril left,
The body will no harm know
And it will in health glow;
Thus did Lord Nandi tell us,
In manner delectable. 792: Yogi Corrects the Breath Rhythm
Contra,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays
Breath flows high on the nostril right;
The Yogi who knows this is God indeed;
If this rhythm in the days stated
Does obtain not,
Let the Yogi force it into nostril right by skill subtle;
Then shall he know nothing but joy. 793: Changing Rhythm on Sundays and Mondays
in Alternate Fortnights
If on a Sunday in a fortnight
The breath runs high on the right nostril,
In the fortnight next it runs high on the left;
If on a Monday in a fortnight
The breath runs high on the left nostril
In the fortnight next it runs low on the right;
Thus do they alternate from fortnight to fortnight
If this rhythm thus obtains,
Prana its strength derives;
Know well this
And according regulate breathing. 794: How to Regulate When Breath Rhythm Changes Course
The breath that rises in the Nadi Right
While its course into the Left changed
May a sudden jolt know
And in fear trembling flow;
Then leave the practice and rest a while;
If on the Right itself it flows
Faster than in rhythm appropriate
Then know the speed and suitable regulate. 795: Yogi Who Regulates Breath Will See Finite Light
The Prana runs helter-skelter
To Right and to Left;
If Yogi gathers it proper
And regulates to reach Kundalini,
He shall stand before the Finite Light;
Thus He said, Nandi Holy. 796: Choose Appropriate Time for Piercing Adharas
The Lord that you search
Is on the Flower Above seated;
Sixteen the Ways of breath control;
The Breath coursing upward in strength
With mind in concentration united,
Pierce the adharas;
The days apt for thus reaching the Centers
And the hour apropriate, know you well. 417 HOSTILE WEEK DAYS 797: Directional Dangers in Days of the Week
On different days of week
The Soola lies in directions different
On Mondays and Saturdays it is in east;
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays in north
On Sundays and Fridays in west. 798: Dangers None if Breath Runs High in Right Nostril
On Thursdays menacing trident is in direction south;
Little effect Soola has
If breath to Left flows low,
No harm befalls if Right dominates;
Much good may actually swell.

18 KECARI YOGA,

799: How to Practise it
Control the spiration
And see that breath is wasted not;
Bind it tight,
Dam the source of Kundalini at Muladhara,
Lock the chimney up in the mouth;
Bolt the cavity above with thy tongue's tip
And sit erect in yoga Samadhi
No more shall be death for you. 800: Technique of Kecari Yoga
On the square plank of Muladhara,
Where Jiva the washerman performs the cleansing act,
Erect bunds that the sluices leak not (apana);
And then let in the heavenly stream for the lake to fill;
Thus sit looking skyward
Be thou rid of impurity, all. 801: Immortality in Yoga Way
Alternating breath's course from left to right and vice versa,
They who can force breath through spinal Sushumna
Shall know tiring none;
They can abolish sleep for ever
And attain God-awareness;
They die not;
Immortal they shall be. 802: Nectar in Kecari Mudra
If skillfully rubbed by the tongue's tip
The mystic nectar will begin to ooze;
When it comes, with care manage it
That you may swim in Moon's Region mystic;
And that which flowed and roared
May preserved be. 803: Vision of Gods in Kecari Mudra
Fan tongue's tip upward in palate centre;
There abides Jiva and Siva;
The Gods Three, and Devas three and thirty crores
Will there appear;
No death shall there be;
A million, billion years this fleshly body will be. 804: Transform Fleshly Stream Into Heavenly Stream
From the lofty peaks of the cranium
Flows the stream that is of the flesh;
It is a heavenly stream;
They know not how to make it so;
They who know that art
Will swill the divine nectar
And be forever, doubt free. 805: Kecari Mudra Leads to Youthfulness
If you can send the breath twain
Into the mouth's upper cavity
You shall then know death none;
And the gates of nectar will open be;
Greying and wrinkling will disappear
For all to see;
Young will the Yogi be
True this, I say, in the name of Nandi Holy. 806: Leakage of Restrained Breath Leads to Evil Consequences
With Nandi to guide
If we upward ascend
We shall meet Lord;
We shall then hold sway over world all;
They who let the restrained breath out
Through the Sun Nadi
And yet meditating sit
Art verily to Evil Fate decreed. 807: Perfect Practice of Kecari Leads to Immortality
They who sat bewildered
Overwhelmed by Karma Evil,
Let them perform the Karma of Tongue
(That Kecari Yoga prescribes);
Then no more is there room for death;
They who seek proliferating Karma
And render life useless,
Will remain unto sugarcane
Of its juicy sweetness pressed away. 808: Erect Posture for Kecari Mudra
The Yogis who thus divine sweetness experienced
If in a bud-like formation
Send tongue upward
Their spinal chord erect as a stiff rod
Then will trickle nectar from within
And body becomes sweet as sugarcane. 809: Chant Sivayanama as You Swill Nectar
Upward twirl
Tongue's interior
Through which saliva flows
And drink of nectar welling up
And remain chanting "Sivaya Nama;"
The waters that breath brings
Streams as unto Ganga flow;
Learn this Way
To the flow of the Heavenly nectar. 810: A Cave Temple Within
Knowing way appropriate
Those who worshipped thus within
Will receive shower of Grace
That is Jnana ripe;
If they but know how to bolt the door within
And check the flowing stream,
Well then may they become
Abiding cave temples within. 811: God's Attributes
He who takes His abode within that temple
Is kindlier than mother for world entire
Good is He, even when harsh,
He is within them too,
Whom He deals harsh;
For those of evil deeds,
He is deadlier than fire itself. 812: God's Abodes
He is seated at the Forehead Center
Of those who perform yoga with Kundalini Fire;
He is in the Golden City
Of those who reach the Flower of cranial spaces;
He is in the imagination
Of those who sing of Him;
He is in the intelligence
Of those who perform deeds rare. 813: He Sat Supreme
He sat like the Moon
Beaming Kalas Sixteen;
In His Mansion that is body,
Art Kala worlds two hundred and twenty four;
And within that Divine Mansion shedding rays,
He sat Supreme in accord within. 814: In Praise of Sakti7There sat Sakti
Kalas enveloping Her too;
There She sat, the Virgin in the midst;
There She sat, the Divine Fawn,
Her Visage shedding rays soft;
There She sat,
Herself too streaming ambrosia down. 815: Guard Nectar From Flowing Out
Within the Golden Regions of Cranium
The sparkling nectar flows in cascades silvery;
There it was inside,
In the astral sphere above;
They who can guard it from flowing out,
Will become eternal young;
That its blessing, for sure, for sure. 816: With Sakti Stood Siva
If Sakti that is unto a tender Vine of Goodness
Resides within in fragrant delight;
Then Lord that is a treasure-house of Tattva Jnana
Also stood in amity within. 817: Prana Reaches Moon's Region
Prana within if made to rise,
Through Sushumna cavity
To blossoming Lotus at cranial heights,
Then opened Moon's Mystic Region;
And there may you for long live. 818: Practise Uddiyana Bandha
As Prana stand in Mystic Moon's Region
Practise Uddiyana Bandha,
And dam the course of downward Apana;
Then in dazzling brightness of sun
The Lord with Kundala in his ear lobe
Stands transfixed in their awareness,
His dance having ceased to a stop. 819: When to do Uddiyana Bandha
The exhaling breath will inside retained be;
The retained breath will from escape prevented be;
In due time,
From the Moon's Region starts ambrosial flow;
When it ceases,
Undo the Uddiyana Bandha. 820*36Open a Wicket Gate Within and See Light
Within the body-bag
If you but open a wicket gate,
The Light will shine inside;
If breath that is controlled spurts there upwards
Then will this dark body
As a temple lamp lustrous bejewelled be. 821: Inexplicable Experiences of Kecari Yoga
Course Prana upward
And retain breath through Kumbhaka
In the mystic regions of Fire and Sun
Around navel and throat;
And there be fixed in thought
What stood there, how possible to say? 822: Distant Vision of Five-Element Combination
Well may described be air in the body
Well may described be earth and water
Well may described be all these elements five;
But when all these together combine,
Well may then be
The power of Vision in cranium distant. 823: Nature of Distant Divine Vision
That Distant Vision I shall here describe:
Having attained Grace of Sakti of collyruim eyes
If thought is centered on the Divine Light that is Lord
Then may you vision worlds all
As in day-light bright. 824*36Reach Nada Through Kundalini
Twelve finger measure below the navel
The light bright as day (Kundalini)
Thus say Vedas;
If with that Light
The Nada Lamp above is lighted
You become the Master
Of Mansion that rises within you.

19 PARIYANGA YOGA

825: Pleasures of Sex Union Will Abide
If Breath Control is Properly Practiced
Anointing her body with unguents diverse
Bedecking her tresses with flowers fragrant
Do you enjoy the damsel in passion's union;
If you but know how to shoot
Prana breath through the Spinal Cavity
Your enjoyment never ceases. 826: If Breath is Controlled Delicious Enjoyment
For Partners in Sex Union Results
When they seek enjoyment
The breath stands still;
The full breasted damsel and the goodly man
Stand in union exalted;
As liquid silver and gold
Their passion's emissions
In rapture commingles. 827: Duration of Enjoyment Lengthens
If Breath is Controlled
In the copulatory yoga that is practised
By the hero and the heroine
Upward they drive the coach of breath
That has its wheels in regions right and left;
There they collect the waters of the heaven
And never the organs tiring know. 828: Restraint of Semen Flow Through Breath Control
This the meaning of that union;
When in the sex act semen flows
The yogi lets it not;
But checks it
And attains within;
And a Master he then becomes. 829: Effect of Restraint of Semen Flow
He becomes master of Jnana all
He becomes master of enjoyment all
He becomes master of himself
He becomes master of senses five. 830: Sex Union Through the Pariyanga Lasts Five Ghatikas and is Bliss
This is Pariyanga Yoga
That lasts five ghatikas;
Beyond in the sixth
The damsel sleeps in the arms of lover
In union blissful
That fills the heart
And passes description. 831: Successful Practitioners Alone Can Resort to Pariyanga Yoga
Unless it be,
He had in success practised
The Pariyanga yoga
Of five ghatika length
No yogi shall
A woman embrace. 832: Lord Siva Practised Pariyanga Yoga
Who may you ask,
Is He that achieved this audacious Yoga;
The lord is He that wears heavenly Ganga on His matted lock;
For ghatika* five
He embraced Sakti of speech ambrosial sweetness
Thinking and thinking not of the act performed.
*070a time span of 24 minutes or nazhi kai 833: The Age of the Couple for Pariyanga Yoga
For practise of this yoga,
Twenty the age apt for damsel
And thirty for lover;
Then does high rapture ensue;
The five senses of woman desert her,
Her mind exhausted becomes,
When she climax reaches;
But no weariness the man knows
Neither does his silvery emission flow. 834: Only Those Who Have Practised Kecari Can Resort to Pariyanga
Lest the silvery liquid into the golden flow,
The artful goldsmith (practitioner) covered it up with yogic breath
The sparks (Kundalini) that flew travelled up by the way of Spinal tube
There above,
He contained them with tongue's tip (Kecari). 835: Pariyanga Yogi is Exalted
The Yogi who is in ecstatic joy
Unexcited performs this yoga with woman
Becomes radiant like the sun,
An acknowledged master in directions ten,
And of Ganas of groups eighteen. 836: Pariyanga Yogi Practiced With Kecari Yoga Also
Espousing Wisdom that is denoted by Budha*, (Mercury)
Who stands middle of sun and saturn
The youthful Yogi who embraced the damsel
Knew joy infinite;
Lest the male silvery liquid flow not
Ahead of female golden one
He had his red mouth buried in the Mystic Moon.
(Note: This Budha spelling is the author's dub on Buddha) 837: Pariyanga Yoga is Yogic Wisdom That Retains the Semen
They who perfect wisdom
And embrace woman in wisdom's beauty
Will know grief none,
Though by woman's side he be;
The liquid silver remains unspent
And flows not into the vaginal bag of woman. 838: Freedom From Sexual Union is Attained by Pariyanga Yoga
This body that melts like wax over fire
(By sexual union)
Will no more indulge in it,
When wisdom dawns;
To those who have attained Wisdom of Void
The liquid silver no exit knows. 839: Vision of Void in Pariyanga Yoga
When You know the Void
And the light in that Void
Your mind shall be strong as a chistle of bronze;
After having tasted of the nectar
I saw the Void
With goodly Nandi guiding;
Beyond, I knew not. 840: Pariyanga Yoga was Expounded by Sadasiva to Sakti
Who are those that rank high above?
Mal, Brahma and Nandi (Rudra) art they;
In the Fourth is that Sadasiva,
Who to the slender-waisted Sakti
This expounded. 841: Immortality for Those Who Unite in Sivasakti in Cranium
If you can get to Sakti and Siva
Inside the Golden Circle within (Cranium)
And then join them in union,
You may live on earth
A million, trillion years. 842: Yogis Offered Themselves Entire to God
Inhaling, exhaling and retaining the breath inhaled
--None knows its technique of control
And those of skill who know it
Offered themselves to Lord entire. 843: Yoga Dispels Worldly Longings
Knowing the way of self-oblation,
If they get into the Mystic Circle
Of Siva and Sakti,
They reach the True Way;
And dark their hair turns
In youthfulness eternal,
And the One Sakti will inward abide;
In due accord
Dispelling worldly longings all. 844: Lotus Cranial
There is a lotus
That neither land nor water knows;
No stalk, no root, the lotus blossomed yet!
City there was none; yet Light there is one!
Neither above nor below is a flower, none had heard of.

20 AMURI DHARANA

845: Effect of Urine Therapy in Yoga
The urinary liquid within the body
Is unto a picot of small well;
Dipped into sea vast
If that is fed once a day
In way appropriate,
Life will know distress none;
Well may you seek it. 846: Goodly Effects of Amuri Dharana
If this divine water clear is inside taken
The body glows in a year;
No harm befalls it;
Prana control will realised be;
The mind will center in Letter "A" (Pranava)
And will uplifted be
And the body into gold will turned be. 847: Consume 100--Pepper Measure (drops) a Day
Drink of this divine-water
A hundred pepper measure
No medicine beyond this, know men;
But rub it clear on crest of head
Your greying vanishes away
And fresh black hair shoots forth. 848: Only the Ignorant Dissuade the Practice
The water on the banks of body
Is unto a mirage on the sea
Away, Away, from it--thus they say
The men who know not truth;
They who can drink the midstream
Rid of foam and wave
That arises first and last,
Will immortal be;
And all greying and wrinkling disappears. 849: Effect of Mixing Ingredients
Oh! damsel of flowing tresses and slender forehead!
Hear you a miracle this!
In this Water hidden in the body
Mix pepper, amla, turmeric, and neem
Soft will your body be;
And dark thine hair on head. 850: Greatness of Amuri Dharana
He the Nandi called it: the Hero's recipe, Heaven's exlixir, and Sakti's potion
Some know it as the Medicament Primus
It is specific that is of radiant light
Hard to describe to world at large.

21 CHANDRA YOGA

851: When Breath Turns Subtle
When Prana ascends to Moon's Kala
It turns subtle (Sukshma)
The two breaths through Ida and Pingala run gross;
They rise and fall unto the kalas that wax and wane;
Pure is that Sukshma (Subtle)
Gross is that runs in the body. 852: Yogi Experiences Kalas of Moon, Sun and Fire
Sixteen the Kalas of Moon
Twelve of the Sun
And Ten of the Fire
The Yogi experiences them all
In the upward journey of Prana through Sushumna
And all that becomes his mystic knowledge. 853: Kalas of Fire Merge into Sun, Which in Turn Merge into Those of Moon
The twelve Kalas of Sun
Absorb Kalas ten of Fire
Together are they absorbed
In Sixteen Kalas of Moon;
Those who have thus learnee to merge
In Moon's Kala
Verily become Masters of Earth,
All Kalas entire filled. 854: Kalas of Sun, Moon and Fire Enumerated
Twelve the Kalas of Sun
Sixteen the Kalas of Moon
Ten the Kalas of Fire
Thus are the Kalas in number,
Know you well and true. 855: The Disparate Kalas Merge into One
Ten the Kalas of Fire
Twelve of the scorching Sun
Sixteen that emanate from Moon;
All these Kalas which alike are not,
Into oneness merge. 856: Kalas Enumerated in Total, Including Those of Jiva and Tattva
Ten, twelve and sixteen
Are Kalas that appear in Agni, Sun and Moon;
And Four art Kalas of the Star (Jiva)
The fettering Tattvas six and ninety too
Are Kalas to count. 857: Rouse All Kalas and Reach God
All Kalas from the Left and Right Nadis
Pass through the Central Nadi;
Kindle the Kundalini Fire in Muladhara;
They reach the Cranium at top,
To pay homage at Feet of the Goodly One. 858: Nine Kalas of Nava Chakra
Two each of Kalas,
Fire, Star, Moon and Sun,
And Kala of Parai
Who is unto a Star
Together are the nine beams of Parai
In the Nava Cakra this World below.
*070 Jiva 859: Constituents of Pranava
Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space
Sun, Moon, Agni and Star
These nine constitute Pranava
The Way that is Great. 860: Transformation into Star of Stars
When moon wanes, the stars twinkle bright
When moon waxes, they do not
Unto stars (innumerable) are Jivas of universe,
Unto Star of Stars is the Divine Manifestness. 861: Mystery of Fifteen Kalas of Moon
In the waxing fortnight Kalas shoot and expand
In the waning fortnight they shrink and small become;
They who can know the mystery of Kalas Fifteen
May well reach the Feet of Lord
Of glory indescribable. 862: Chandra Yoga Described
Rouse Kalas of Fire,
Merge them in Sun,
Merge all in Moon,
Merge Jiva Star
Of senses and sense organs rid,
That verily is Chandra yoga. 863: Know Sixteen Kalas Within Body
They know not the Kalas sixteen within the body
They seek not to reach them
The despicable men!
When Death his trap lays
Then there they fall,
Forever bewildered. 864: In Chandra Yoga Jiva-Star Merges in Siva
When Fire-Kalas pass through Moon's Nadi
The Sun receives them;
Kalas of Fire and Sun together merge in Moon's Kala;
When Kundalini Fire unites in Siva
The Kalas of the Star merge;
And the Jiva who resides in Star,
Becomes life all. 865: Chandra Yoga in Kundalini Yoga
Twelve the female Kalas (of Sun)
Sixteen the male Kalas (of Moon)
Seize them both sitting unmoved,
And consign them to the Kundalini Fire,
In that yoga wells up the ecstasy beyond recount. 866: Practice Nadi Suddhi
Course breath running in Sun's Nadi in the right
To the Moon's Nadi in the left,
And vice versa,
If you can do this erring not
You may live a thousand years
This body well preserved be. 867: The Aspirant Hears Nada Sound in the Ninth Center
In that Ninth Center,
Your heart shall resound
To the triumphant beatings of Sound Divine;
There Lord that is Supreme of Celestials all,
Is in exaltation high,
There you shall stand as Starry Light;
And the Sun shall blow the conch
To announce your arrival. 868: Beyond Nada Sphere is Lord
The Sun and Moon but measure Time;
Into him who has great become,
Rains the nectar of Grace;
When he travels beyond the spheres
And knocks,
There he meets Lord
In His very Abode. 869: Knowledge of Aum Takes to Lord's Presence
The Light of Aum that rises in the navel-lotus
Is Mantra Finite;
None know this;
When they know that mantra secret,
Then is the Son that is Jiva
In the presence of Father that is God. 870: Greatness of Kundalini Yoga
It profits not to tell,
They listen not to advice,
They are deaf-mutes;
If you but learn how to merge,
The Primal Kundalini with the Being Finite
The Holy One will before you appear. 871: Merging Moon's Kalas in Kundalini
The Kundalini serpent consumes Kalas of Moon
The Fire consumes Kalas of Sun, too
If you can resolve the conflict of Serpent and Moon
Merging the Kalas of Moon in Kundalini
The Lord will leave you not, ever ever. 872: Kundalini Devours and Throws Out Moon
The Kundalini that moved up
Devours Moon
Sleep not until it throws it out;
When the Moon comes out
Then may you take your sleep;
Your mind shall then luminous as full moon be
Then the Mystic Moon inside
Will shed its dazzling Kalas full. 873: Time for Sleeping and Eating When Moon is Devoured by Kundalini
Sleep not until the Moon comes out;
Eat not until Moon rises;
Sleep not until Moon moves;
Sleep the Yogi may
When but the Moon moves. 874: By Chandra Yoga Death is Conquered
The Yogis who thus practise incessant
Conquer Death;
They will live in this world aeons beyond;
They are worthy of our obeisance,
They who, this Moon's Yoga in success practises. 8753*6The Yogi Sees Vision of Past, Present and Future
They traverse Spheres of Sun and Moon
And see vision of Past, Present and Future earth;
And in that Full Moon day the nectar ripens;
Until the Moon drops back from Kundalini,
Time stands to a stop. 876: Moon Drops Out With 12 Kalas From Kundalini's Mouth
The waxing Kalas six of Sun
The waning Kalas six of Moon
Woke to life to twelve angula running
And then the Moon droped out
Who knows this! 877: He Conquers Bindu
If Yogi thus achieves this goal
In the day of Full Moon
The Yogi's semen flows not where it lists;
Devoid of passions, it firm collects in Muladhara;
Chanting Aum in heart's silentness,
He remains Pure, Awareness filled. 878: The Emitted Moon has 16 Kalas Ultimately
To the Six waxing Kalas of the fiery Sun
Will be the Four Kalas of Fire
To these ten Kalas goodly
Will be the Six Kalas of Moon
Thus are they Kalas Sixteen
In the Full Moon emitted. 879: Sun's Kala in Sex Union
In the mingling of male semen and woman's fluid
Emits Sun's Kala,
If Sun's Kala is low, semen ejects quick;
When mind and body balanced stand
Never will they let semen flow. 880: Effects of Chandra Yoga
If with mind centered they course their breath,
In direction of Nada sound
That from Siva's Conch emanates,
The five senses that run blind
Will their restraint meet;
And the interminable bliss of delectable Nectar
Leaves them not ever. 881: Greatness of Chandra Yoga
On the banks of River
Where waters of Nectar flow
Course the Five Pranas
Through central Sushumna,
They who thus remain,
Death do not have;
Good their Kalas arr;
Time-bound they are not. 882: Alternating Breath to Samadhi End
Opening the springs where Nectar wells up
They walk toward the Lotus Feet cool as water;
Sitting in undisturbed Samadhi;
Coursing through the Spinal channel
They alter the breathing right and left. 883: Benefits of Yoga
If breaths of Moon (Ida) and Sun (Pingala)
Course their way through Spinal channel unhindered,
Thine body imperishable shall be;
And abiding joys well up here below,
This the Way of Yoga True.

TANTRA THREE ENDS

 

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