TANTRA TWO

TANTRA TWO

Verses 337-548

337: The Lord Corrects the Earth's Balance Through Agastya
"Hail! Our Lord Supreme!
This earthly orb from its epicentre sways,
And dangerous on its side swerves"
Thus they bewailed, the Beings Celestial
And the Lord spoke:
"Agastya!
You that sit in tapas hard
Amidst the blazing sacrifice--fire
Hasten to the globe's swerving side
And there be seated, its balance to redress." 338: Agastya--A Pervasive Light
Unfailing at dawn
With the sun that doth in high heavens
Agastya lights the Fire divine;
He is the holy Muni of North
Whence the Primal Fire was born;
And the radiant light, pervasive-all. 339: The Eight Mighty Deeds of Siva--Destruction of Antaka
"Antaka, the Asura
Frightening unto God of Death
Whose name he bore
Armed with boons divine
Harassed worlds all"
--Thus the Celestial Beings moaned to the Lord;
And the Lord,
Lifting high His trident sharp
Pierced him straight to certain death. 340: The Lord Punished Daksha
Daksha, the son of Brahma fatally erred;
Deadly was his sin
To defy the Lord's primacy;
And the Lord smote his head
And consigned it to flames
And then bethought;
"Such like are needed for this world
An object lesson to serve"
And so, fixing a sheep's head to the trunk
Thus let him be. 341: How the Lord Punished Aya and Atchutha
All pervasive are the Lord's feet
All worlds they support
All life they sustain;
That this the Heavenly Beings may know
In mounting anger He nipped Aya's head
And in the skull drained Atchutha's blood
(When they His supremacy defied.) 342: How the Lord Destroyed Jalandhara
The Lord pervades all,
My heart too He fills with joy;
He spoke the Vedas and scriptures all;
Him--the haughty Jalandhara challenged in duel
And the Lord with his toe marked a circle
And into it He saw his final end. 343: The Lord Burnt the Cities Three
The Primal Lord,
Who on His matted crimson locks
Wears Ganga's water sacred,
He destroyed the Cities Three
--Thus say the ignorant;
The Three Cities are the Triple Impurities
It is them He burnt
Who knows this truth thereof? 344: The Lord Unsloughed the Elephant
They lit the Fires Three
The sacrificial blaze roared high;
And from inside it arose
And Elephant of Evil Power,
Whose hide the Lord peeled;
Why the Lord did it, they know not;
Seeking to rival the Lord's might
The Heaven's beings performed a sacrifice unholy
And all those who from that fire arose
The Lord smote for the very fire to consume. 345: The Lord Scorched the God of Death
The Kundalini Fire coiled in Muladhara
Upward He coursed it to Hollow on top;
That Fiery Yoga Way He scorched the God of Death
That was at Kadavoor, the holy shrine here below. 346: The Lord Vanquished Kama, the God of Love
The Lord was seated in Yoga
His thoughts stilled in meditation deep;
Lo! there came Kama
To tempt the Lord with shafts of love.
But the Love-God's wiles, the Lord foiled in Yoga Way;
This He did at Korukkai, the shrine divine. 347: The Benevolent Deeds Of The Lord--
How Sakti Won the Lord
"Of a certain will I espouse
My Lord of Divine Feet" thus saying
As Mountain King's daughter incarnate
Sakti performed penances severe;
For all celestial beings to witness,
For all earthly beings to delight,
In adoration intense to Primal Lord Divine. 348: The Lord is not Beyond Reach
Mighty is the Lord
The Flying Fortess He destroyed.
Thus despair not
That He is your reach beyond;
Sure is the Lord to seekers true
In them He abideth, Grace abounding. 349: The Lord Blessed Aya and Mal
The Lord is the Primal One,
He is the Light Effulgent;
Seeking Him they went--Aya and Mal
Girdling the boundless oceans
And across the endless aeons;
And to Atchutha He granted the Disc Divine
And to Brahma, Jnana's Sword Eternal. 350: Lord Blessed Ravana
Of peerless in might and shoulder twenty
Ravana the Giant lifted lofty mount Kailas;
With toe down, the Lord but gently pressed
And lo! the Giant screamed: "Lord Eternal." 351: The Lord Blessed Chandeswara
Dandi, that knew the way of Hereafter
Heaped sands into linga shape
And poured on it in adoration
The five products of his herd of cows;
His father seeing beat the boy
And kicked his fond image off;
Dandi flew into a blind rage
And smote the parent's leg with sword;
And lo! the Lord
Bedecked Dandi with His own garland of flowers forever to sport. 352: The Lord is the Refuge of the Heavenly Beings too
Faces drawn in care
Hearts stricken with grief
The Devas together rushed and cried;
"Lord! we bow to You"
And thus they prayed, prostrating low;
And He of Renown unsurpassed said;
"Arise, fear not." 353: What Befell Celestials at Daksha's Sacrifice
The Heavenly Father walked in boundless fury
Into the raging blaze of Daksha's sacrifice,
And lo! as the Lord in wrath rose
Helter-skelter ran the Devas
Deranged in directions all
--Their depraved worship unconsummated. 354: What Befell Hari
In a vain attempt to quell
The confusion that ensued
Hari rising bragged:
"Not He, but I am the beginning of things"
And so fell into this world below
A prey to Passion's consuming fetters;
Then repentant he performed tapas
And the Lord that has no beginning nor end
Bestowed His Grace on him. 355: To Each According to His Desert--the Way of Siva's Justice
And so it befell at Daksha's sacrifice,
And so indeed it befell;
A wonder though it be,
Verily that is what there befell;
Thus does the Lord lend His Grace
In the knowledge of each according to his desert. 356: Gods Got What They Deserved
And thus it is with Aya, Mal and the rest of Gods;
And thus it is they came to what they are;
And thus it is that they are there;
And thus does the Lord sit serene within
To reward the heart that daily seeks Him true. 357: The Lord Comes to Those Who Seek Him in Yoga Way
While the heavenly Beings sang of Him
As seated in rapture serene,
He came rushing
To me along the highway of bliss that opened up
As from Muladhara the Kundalini fire shot up
To the crimson spheres of Sahasrara
In the way that is yoga. 358: For Want of Hara's Grace They Lost All
Lacking Lord's Grace
Many the high and handsome
That destruction and disfigurement met;
Thus Hari, Brahma, and Daksha
The Sun, Moon and Fire and Indra as well
All these Gods lost
Head, face, nose, hand and shoulder; some limb or other. 359: Self-Seeking Mantra Has Fatal Consequences
If the holy Devas
Who should Upadesa mantra chant,
Instead in self-seeking power evoke
Sacrificial mantras in Japas numberless
That verily will spell
Their own deadly end. 360: The Lord Destroyed Asuras to Protect the Sacrificial Rites of Devas
The Immortal Many prayed to the Lord;
"O Lord ! protect the nine sacrificial pits
For the holy ones to delight"
And the Lord, who bending His Mountain-bow
Sent forth shafts of fire at Asura's city
Destroying the evil ones, never to rise again. 361: Repent and Pray; Lord Blesses
Well may the learned in lores waver
But waver not;
Melt in love for our Primal Lord
And you shall have him sure;
He destroyed the unholy sacrifice of Daksha
And yet turning back
As they repented and prayed
He blessed them all,
He our Lord of holy speech. 362: The Lord Blesses the Two Who for Primacy Contended
When the swelling deluge at the end of Time
Swallowed the black mountain tops
Hari and Brahma fought
For primacy contending;
And then from amidst the floods arose
As an immeasurable mountain of Light
The One Lord, manifesting the Truth,
And thus blessing both. 363: The Lord Saved Mortals
And as high amidst the surging flood
The Lord as Flaming Mountain stood
His primacy for the Gods to know
The mortal ones
Powerless to stand the Fire-Mountain's radiant glow
Rushed to the surging waters in trembling fear;
The Lord then said to them: "Fear not! you shall be saved." 364: Lord is Ocean of Grace
As the Ocean's swell subsided;
The ocean of immortals and Devas sang;
"Praised be Our Lord;"
Little do they know
That He who created the ocean and the firmament
Rises beyond to the Ocean of his benignant grace. 365: To Quell Rising Tides Lord Placed Primal Fire
The Lord, He creates all
Himself the Being Uncreated--
Who is there in the world below
That thinking thus holds Him to heart?
When the oceans ebbed and roared
He placed the Primal Fire to quell the tides;
How compassionate He was! 366: The Lord Severed Head of Brahma Who Sinned
Brahma that is seated on the lotus comely
Sauntered in the Lord's path in manner unseasonable
--The sinful wretch!
The Lord sought Him
And in his severed head gathered alms
In ways the Gods approved. 367: Through Arrogance Mal Lost His Chakra
Filled with arrogance as Guru Supreme
Mal vaunted his egoism about;
Then away flew his heavenly discus,
Atop the Silver Mountains
Of the Lord of Celestial Beings
That created the seven worlds of delight. 368: The Lord Split Power of Chakra
He bestowed on Damodara the divine discus,
But potent far was it for him to hold
And so he prayed to the Lord in fervour
And the Lord split its power in twain. 369: The Lord Split Power of Chakra*
Splitting thus the power of goodly Chakra
One part He gave to Vishnu,
One part He gave to Sakti,
And that part He on His forehead assumed. 370: At Daksha's Sacrifice Chakra Lost Power
At the crescent-bedecked head of Valiant Lord,
That destroyed the depraved sacrifice of Daksha,
Damodara aimed his discus;
And then the doughty Lord sent forth a sneeze;
And lo! a gusty tempest blew
And down fell discus, powerless against Supreme God. 371: Why The Lord Wears Skull and Bone
He is the Lord of all Celestial Beings,
Who wear bejewelled crowns of dazzling beauty;
But the Lord did bedeck Himself in Skull and Bone
How is it?
If He bears not skull and bone.
Dust unto dust will theirs be. 372: Brahma and Mal Seek His Feet
In ignorance gross, Brahma and Mal
Each bragged Himself as Lord Supreme;
Then as a pillar of Fire the Lord stood before them
And they search and scream
In vain His Feet to behold. 373: But I Knew Lord, By His Grace Abounding
Yet I knew the Lord
Through His Grace abounding;
He who fills the seven heavens
He who stood as Pillar of Fire
The seven worlds pervading,
He of the bejewelled throat. 374: Lord is Omnipresent
The Lord is life, body and consciousness
Fire that enveloped the firmament far
Transcending sun and moon
He pervades the Cosmic space--
Holy thus His Form of yore
Support of Universe vast. 375: The Two Saw not His Form Entire
He stood filling Cosmic space
And the two in fear trembled
They went searching His Form entire
The one seeking the crown
The other His Feet
Neither found them. 376: The Two Contended For Primacy
Vishnu, adored of the Devas,
That asked of Mahabali for three feet land
And Brahma
Whom the rishis in hymnal praise please,
The two in ego contended
For primacy to gain. 377: The Lord Animates Within Brahma and Vishnu Also
The four headed God on lotus seated
The comely lord on dark sea sleepeth
They both are of the essence same
Of the One Great who cognises all,
As unto life within the fleshly body. 378: Know God's Truth and Be Blessed Now and Hereafter
Know afore
The Truth of Divine flame that enveloped all
And hold fast unto that;
Then may you receive
The sceptre to hold domain over earth
And the Grace to follow in heaven above. 379: Only in Self-Surrender Will the Lord Be Truly Known
The Lord granted the Sword of Protection
To Beings Celestial that prayed to Him
But they know Him not entire
As I who His vassal became;
He granted me Himself
He granted me Bliss
And His Feet's grace as final prize;
They approach not His Feet thus. 380: Lord Decreed Brahma's Fate
Inscrutable is the Lord
He defies Time's infinite vistas;
The four-headed Brahma prayed;
"Do reveal Yourself
And on this bowed head decree my Fate,"
And the Lord,
Surpassing far the dazzle of the sun at end of Time
Revealed Himself as Light Pure. 381: Act of Creation by the Primal One
Paraparam that has neither Beginning nor End,
In pure Consciousness consorted with Paraparai
And in that Light Pure arose Param;
And from union of Param with Parai immaculate
Was Nada born. 382: Creation Continues
Nada united with Bindu
From the union of Nada-Bindu
Was Siva and Sakti born;
From them evoluted the three--
Jnana, Kriya and Iccha;
Iccha then sought union with Bindu. 383: Latent Maya Evolutes
From thence evoluted Maya
Latent in Sakti like lustre in crystal
Mighty its power
Beyond power of speech to recount. 384: Evolution of Maan Sakti--the Substratum of Matter
Away in the far distance of Time
Paraparam and Paraparai conjoined
Then did Nada with Bindu;
And further on Sadasiva with Sakti;
Thus was Maan born
The finite support of elements five. 385: Universe of Five Elements--Evolutes
Out of Maan evoluted space
From space, ether
From ether, water
From water, earth's hard crust;
Thus they formed in succession
The elements five;
They were for the universe
The nectar unto Flower. 386: Sadasiva is the Source of Creation
Sada-Siva, the He-She, creates universe all,
He has sons five
The Holy One that creates universe all
Himself as lotus-seated Brahma
The Creator became. 387: In the Union of Sadasiva with Maan Sakti Blossomed the Universe
The Holy Nandi that is Sadasiva
And the Sakti that devoluted Maan
Together in looks united in full;
And from that union arose the universe
As unto a blossom gently opening. 388: How the Elements Five Evoluted
From Fire emanated water
From Wind emanated light
From Space emanated sound
From Water emanated earth
This the way the elements five evoluted. 389: The Primal One Created the Universe With Brahma and Vishnu
With Hari who spat out the seven worlds
With Brahma, the four headed maker
The Primal One, the Lord of Celestial Beings
Created, of yore, this universe vast. 390: Creation is an Act of Pure Consciousness by the Primal One
The Supreme One aloft the Mount Kailas
With Hari in the ocean bed
And Brahma on the blooming lotus
Created life
By Consciousness Pure. 391: The Primal One is Narayana and Brahma as Well
He is the First Cause,
All-pervasive in love;
He is Vishnu; He is Brahma,
He is Veda, the Cosmos, the Abiding One. 392: As Light Within Brahma, the Primal One Creates
A rare Ruby--He is easy of reach,
The One Lord--He is easy of love,
He is the light within Brahma;
And now I know why the Creator does it easy so. 393: At the Creation the Compassionate One Pervades All Space
Death and birth, the Holy One in Grace ordained;
And in that hour when by His Thought
He Commenced the act of Creation
He fills and pervades in eight directions
He, the Compassionate One. 394: The Lord Animates the Body in Justice
The Immaculate One creates all;
And as He created me too,
He animates within me
A support to the body, an heir to karmic ills;
Verily, the Lord is the Just one. 395: Lord is the Refuge of All Departed Life
In the act of creations
He stands adorning death's bones and konrai's blooms,
His resplendent Form out-shines red-hot gold;
A refuge vast of all departed life;
The Lord that performs the act of Becoming. 396: Creation the Play of He-She
He-and-She commenced play
The play of Two produced all;
With seasons changing, diverse the produce;
When He-and-She in holy union join
Complete be the act of creation. 397: The Three Gods Enter Within Us and Know All
The Lord of universe vast enters within and cognises
So does Hari that wields the Chakra;
And so too Brahma on the lotus flower seated;
They Three stood within
As treasure-heap of cognition all. 398: The Five Gods Were Born of Anava Sakti
Out of the union of Anava Sakti with Bindu
The Five Gods were born.
Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Sadasiva and Maheswara.
For the five acts to perform--
Creation, preservation, destruction, obscuration and redemption--
As One from the other in causative succession;
Born as they were of the Anava Sakti,
Of Anava they were not rid. 399: Creation the Play of the Ultimate
Out of Ichcha of the Saktis three arose Maya;
And Maya in union with Bindu yielded
The rest of Mayas three (Suddha, Asuddha and Prakriti)
(The Bindu was of Nada born)
And Nada was of Parai born;
And all this in the Creative play of Parasiva, the Unltimate. 400: The Five Gods Were the Primal Family for Five Duties to Perform
From out of Anava Sakti
Arose the Primal Family;
Sadasiva was the First Born;
With Him came the brothers
Maheswara, Rudra, Vishnu and Brahma--
Each to perform on heaven and earth
His allotted function--Creation, Preservation and the rest. 401: Maya Sakti Born of Bindu Performs the Five Acts
From Bindu by Orderly triangle denoted
The honeyed Sakti Tripurai devoluted;
She it is the Compassionate Sadasiva became;
She it is the five merciful deeds performs. 402: Names of Glories of Maya Sakti
She is Manonmani, the ample-bosomed;
Mangali, the ever auspicious;
Varani of elephant form
Arani of haunting forests
Mohini of tempting beauty
Poorani--the Perfect Being,
Cause-Effect conjoint in one
--She, Consciousness beyond Consciousness. 403*36One Sadasiva Became Five
Sadsiva that stood as One
Animated Maheswara;
And then Hara, Hari and Brahma,
Thus did the One become the familial Five. 404: Sadasiva Alone Performs the Five Functions
The One alone created the worlds seven;
The One alone spanned the worlds seven;
The One alone survived the worlds seven;
The One alone pervaded body and life. 405: Of Red Lotus Hue is Our Lord!
Of red lotus hue is our Lord!
Of Crimson fire hue is our Lord!
He sundered the chain of births,
That the dark cloud hued Mal in pasa bound,
And to flower-bedecked Maya-Crowd, consigned. 406: Sadasiva is in the Heart of Even Those Who Doubt Him
He is Nandi the Great;
In directions eight,
He is life pervasive;
He brings body and soul together in birth;
Even in the heart of those who doubt Him, He is;
And from there He seeks them;
This I have known Him oft perform. 407: The One Holy Family Performs All
The One Family creates the worlds seven;
The One Family preserves the worlds seven;
The One Family destroys the worlds seven;
The One Family pervades all life and body. 408: The Act of Genesis
The One Lord and the goodly two (Maya Saktis)
Together stirred and Commingled the Family Impure (of matter)
The Two then besought of the Lord:
"What shall we make? Command us, O Lord"
And the Lord Himself then spells them out. 409: He Pervades All Creation as Life Within
And so,
Through creations four and eighty lakhs of species
He filled as life within;
Then men who in doubt ask: How is it?
Are verily to enveloping darkness condemned. 410: Varieties of Creation
The Sun, Moon, Agni and rest of celestials,
The space, air, fire, water and earth
The sound, word, mind andd the like
All these were of Maya born,
In union with Bindu.

10 SUSTENANCE

411: The Spirit Pervades All
As Light and Darkness He pervaded,
As Fame and Blemish He pervaded,
As Body and Life He pervaded,
As my constant thought He pervaded. 412: He is the Totality
Himself as space and celstials stands,
Himself as body, life and matter stands,
Himself as sea, hill and dale stands,
Himself--all worlds' Lord Supreme. 413: The True Way*
As body, life, and world,
As sea, cloud and cloud-laden sky,
Permeating all, indestructible and continuous
The Lord stands in Majesty
The True way that never closes. 414: Sadasiva is in the Heart of Even Those Who Doubt Him
He is Nandi the Great;
In directions eight,
He is life pervasive;
He brings body and soul together in birth;
Even in the heart of those who doubt Him, He is;
And from there He seeks them;
This I have known Him oft perform. 415: Lord is Diverse*
At the end of aeons,
Once He stands as Pure Light,
Once as the tempestuous typhoon,
Once as incessant rain,
Once as Vishu, floating on the deluge. 416: He Stands in Divine Love*
As love, wisdom and meekness He stands,
As pleasure and pleasureable union He stands,
As Time's Beginning and End He stands,
As Five elements filled He stands in love divine. 417: He Fashions Things Big and Small
Himself fashions worlds all in detail minute
Himself fashions life, conferring birth
Himself fashions things big and small
--The cauldron, the pitcher and the pot
Himself He fashions these and more
--He the Architect Almighty. 418: He is Nandi*
He is Life within; He is the body corporeal;
He is Spirit Pure; He is space Infinite;
He is Light Radiant; He is Consciousness inside;
Animating life in the body
He supports me;
--He is Nandi. 419: He Supports All Worlds
A miracle indeed it is
To sustain the myriad lives in the Universe;
Not less so,
When after total destruction
He draws them unto Himself;
He supports too
That Seventh World
The Path of yoga leads to. 420: He Grants Immortal Body to Those Who Seek Him in Love
Well may you seek Him
Through rituals before fires,
Distant only shall He be;
Seek Him in yearning love
Bend low on ground
Hanker after Him life after life,
The great One Shall Grant you the body immortal.

11 DESTRUCTION

421: Fire is Lord's Shaft*
With fire the Lord burnt all Space
With fire the Lord burnt the Oceans,
With fire the Lord burnt the Asuras
Fire, verily, is the Lord's shaft on hand. 422: Three are His Layas*
Three are His layas--the moments of Repose
Of them one, karpandha--the end of aeons,
I witnessed;
All things fell uprooted in destruction
This orb then was unto a boiling rice pot
Its mountains and valleys alike burnt to ashes. 423: The Fire Spreads*
The earth on which we tread
The snow-clad mountains eight.
The seven seas whose ebbing tides roar,
Over all these and else
The Fire that resides in Muladhara spreads;
And the spreading conflagration turned
Earth and sky seem alike;
--This the truth, imagination none. 424: The Fire Spreads to the Seas Also
From aloft the cloud laden mountains
She descended--
The benign river Ganga;
Into the earth the waters seeped
In directions eight,
Emptying itself eventually
Into the deep pit that is the Ocean,
That Constant sings the praise of Lord
With Chant of "Aum"
--That Ocean too the fire gulped in fury. 425: Four Forms of Death
Four are the forms of death
Daily death is the state of sense loss in sleep;
Fated Death is no-return to waking;
Pure Death is when the Soul reacheth inertia;
Redeemed Death is being in Lord's Grace True. 426: What Transpires in the Four Deaths
In Daily Death, are bodies gross and subtle transcended;
In Fated Death, is the Mayaic body annihilated;
In Pure Death, Mind and cognates merge in Infinite
In Redemption Death, Siva's Grace descends true. 427: Four Forms of Death
When but birth--impediment uprooted,
Daily Death is unto Fated Death
And Fated Death unto Pure Death
And Pure Death unto Redemption Death
In that alone is the Truth--Jiva becoming Siva. 428: Thus Four are the Deaths
Thus are Deaths Four;
The Daily Death in deep Sleep;
The Fated Death that gives the soul a longer rest;
The Pure Death that puts the Soul in primal quiescence;
The Redemption Death that steeps the Soul in Lord's Grace. 429: Void the Beginning and End
Out of Void, a plant (soul) it sprang,
To the Void it returns;
Yet shall it not be Void again;
In that Void, exhausted, it shall die;
That the fate of Hari and Brahma too,
Who the holocaust of Samhara survvive not. 430: Scorch Your Karmas
Scorch the gathering Karmas
And exhaust them;
There is One who annihilates them
And the city where He does it
He fashioned the body, He pervades everywhere.
He placed the Mind and cognate tattva group besides,
He gave us Wisdom ample to discriminate.

12 OBSCURATION

431: He is Within You Yet You Know Him Not
He is the One within; He is the Light within;
He moves not a wee bit from within
He and your heart are thus together,
Though, the heart His Form knows not. 432: The Lord Gave This Life
The Lord who gave life so sweet
Imprisoned me in pasas miseries;
A skeletal frame He fashioned,
With flesh and skin He clothed it;
Lighting then the spark of life
To annihilation He hastened me. 433: Even the Three Gods do not Know the Mystery of Life
With Hara, Hari and Brahma assembling
The Primal Lord fashioned this body,
The subtle organs of sense built-in;
Why the Holy One did it,
The three know not the mystery. 434: Adore and Attain
The Lord is the light of our eyes
He loves us
He is the Primal One
--Male, Female and Neuter is He;
Tongues praising and hearts melting,
They seek not the path
That leads to the Celestial Lake. 435: He Dispels the Darkness Within
The Primal Lord blesses all
Denizens of earth below and heaven above;
From the black chamber of the Soul
He dispells darkness;
And within radiates the pure rays of His dazzling light. 436: Dispel Darkness and Give Thine Light
Lord! Your Form fills all the worlds
Yet You are invisible;
How my eyes long to see You!
My senses clamour aloud
In desire contending;
Save me, my Lord;
And bless me with Your grace inscrutable. 437: The Hidden One Will Reveal Himself
I held my Lord in me concealed,
I adored Him in my heart's depths,
Lo! He revealed Himself unto me
And blessed me--here below,
Well may you adore Him
Revealing the rapture abounding and love endearing
That too pleases Him far. 438: One Became Five*
The Sadasiva that stood as one
Animated Maheswara;
And then Hara, Hari, and Brahma
Thus did the One become the familial five. 439: He is the Pure One
He is the Pure One
The Siddha in whom Pasa lies prostrate;
Be firmly seated on land here below
And Seek Him in ways falicitous--
That you may vision the Land Beyond;
Not doing this,
You are like one
Who is seated on the banks of Ganga,
Yet remains unwashed and impure. 440: The Eye Sees Not Itself
One clay, many the receptacles
One God, pervades species all;
The eye sees things several
Yet itself it sees not;
Thus it is, we see not the God in us.

13 ARULAL

441: Life and Death are Acts of God
He is the Wind that Blows in Directions Eight
He is the wavy ocean that girdles the earth,
He is fire, earth and sky;
Know this:
He is the One that binds and unbinds
The body that holds life precious. 442: Lord is the Substance and Architect
Who seeks the luminous Nada atop
And of its sweetness savour
Know of death--no more;
The Lord is the seed of all
Of Sun, Moon and Fire
Of the Universe Vast
That Architect that builds all as well. 443: Potter Fashions as His Fancy Takes
The potter mounts the clay on the wheel
The potter fashions as he conceives
Even as the Potter our Lord Nandi is;
He sways the world, this way and that
The way His Fancy takes. 444: He Dwells in My Thoughts
He is Lord Supreme;
He has bull for His mount;
Mighty demons for army;
Boundless is His munificience
He gifts the world for us;
His goodness alone is goodness;
He is of matted locks;
He dwells in my thoughts. 445: In Love, He Created
In fondness for us He created the seven worlds,
In fondness for us He created the several aeons
In fondness for us He created the five elements;
In fondness for us He created this body and breath. 446: God Created All, Himself the Param Uncreated
Of yore He created worlds seven
Of yore He created celetials countless
Of yore He created species numberless
He who of yore created all
Himself stood as Primal Param uncreated. 447: He Who Created, Sustained As Well
The Primal One created the elements five;
The Primal One created the endless aeons past;
The Primal One created the countless heavenly beings,
The Primal One created and sustained as well. 448: The Pervasive Siva is Here as Well
The infinite spaces of the Seven worlds
He filled in oneness, expanding limitless
Yet is He not easy of reach;
Siva Himself into myriad Jivas pervaded
In this worlds as well, He our Lord. 449: He is the Object of All Knowledge
He is the light within
He is the body without
The precious object, beloved of immortals above,
The Holy Form, adored of saintly beings below,
He is the pupil of your eyes;
He the Object of all Knowledge. 450: The Lord Pervades All in Partiality to None
His is the Cosmic Form that none know
He is the infinite space that fills the universe;
He is the space in the tiny pot too;
Inseparable as water in milk
He pervades all in union close;
Impartial indeed His Goodness;
Unwearied His bliss--I knew.

14 KARU URPATTI

451: God Creates From Within the Womb
He conjoins the tattvas five and twenty
That in life past departed from me;
To my dear life awaken;
Thus He creates, seated within the globular womb
He the Primal One creates
Knowing what I am to be. 452: The Lord Grants Breath and the Child is Born
Above the Muladhara
The Kundalini fire abides;
There in the water-filled womb
The infant lay, its tiny feet entangled;
That the sweet life in patience waiting
Its onward course may seek,
He ordained, releasing the Pranas ten. 453: The Course of Life Was Ordained at Time of Union
When parents two in pleasure united,
Then was ordained, this body,
The sorrow-house of vexing pasa;
When that is to be,
At that hour of union, He ordained;
He, the Heavenly Lord. 454: Through That Union Entered the 25 Tattvas to Make the Infant Body
They who birth's finale saw,
Alone knew how purusha,
Of Tattvas five and twenty
The body Corporeal entered;
None else know,
That which sought woman's birth-pit,
In form twain, rushed within. 455: The Tattvas Remained in the Forehead of the Foetus
The penis pierced; the vagina opened,
And together they rushed in
The Tattvas in groups of Five--
The Elements Five,
The tanmatras Five,
The sense organs Five gross,
And the Five Subtle,
And cognising organs four--Mind, Intellect, Will and Egoity
And in the Centre of Forehead they all lay, concealed. 456: Prana Enters Jiva at Birth
As unto when flower blossoms, the breeze spreads fragrance,
In spaces all around
So does Prana over Jiva extend,
Gently unfolding at the time destined. 457: The Lord Drives in the Tattvas into the Infant Body
The eight constituents of body subtle
That ultimately leave,
The eight and ten Tattvas that sneak in,
With Purusha in them immersed
The orifices nine,
The Kundalini that serpent-like coils,
The life breath twelve-finger breadth long,
--If these, the Divine Charioteer drives not in,
Verily may the infant be less than human (say, pig). 458: The Child With the Three Gunas in Balance is Fit for Rulership
When in sex union,
The male flow in force dominates
The infant is born with Tamasic qualities of Rudra;
When the flow in reverse is,
The Sattvic quality of Hari dominates;
When the two in balance flow,
The Rajasic quality of Brahma prevailes;
He is to kingship born
In whom gunas three proportionate sway. 459: Into the Foetus Mayaic Mind was Placed
There two in accord united;
And from their vital flows
Emerged the infant form;
But when into it Jiva,
Who in myriad bodies has dwelt of yore,
Now entered,
Lo! it is dominated by Mind;
Maya subtle pervades it. 460: Jiva Gets Consciousness and Desires
There in the pregnant womb,
The soul lay in Primordial quiescence (Turiya State)
From that State Maya and Her tribe aroused it;
And conferred Consciousness;
And Maya's evolutes eight--Desires and the rest,
Thus say scriptures, holy and true. 461: How the Body is Fashioned
With skeletal bones He erected the frame;
With tendons circuitous He fastened it;
With blood and flesh He cemented it;
Thus did Lord fashion this body-mansion,
For dear life to dwell
Him I seek forth, endearment increasing. 462: The Lord Contains the Fire in Muladhara
He is milky white in hue,
Effulgent is He unto the sun;
He is benignant;
He pervades the entire body
And diffuses His tenderness;
He contained the rage of fire in Muladhara
This He ordained, in ways diverse. 463: The Lord Preserves the Foetus
Even the day, ruinous Karma trailed after Jiva,
He designed ways of preservation numerous;
He surrounded the foetus with water
Kept it safe from burning Muladhara Fire,
He drew charmed circles eddying,
Around the budding life, from Pasa harassing
And so preserved it safe and cool. 464: Breathing and Size of Infant
The Silvery semen welled up
And met the vaginal flow, alike surging,
And lo! then was born the infant
Inhaling eight and exhaling four
Finger-length of breath,
And measuring eight finger-span
Of its own tiny palm. 465: Body of 25 Tattvas
In to the union, the Holy One entered;
Gathering Tattvas five and twenty
Fashioned the (five)-sheathed body;
Munificient indeed was his gift!
A veritable Bundle of Desire He made. 466: After Death, Senses End With Body; Jiva Ends in Nada
The five senses with their foolish ways
Are in this body born;
And there they subside;
So does Jiva
That permeates macrocosm
Surely subside in Nada. 467: The 35 Tattvas Introduced
As on to a leaf-like device
He mounted my life;
And there;
With balance like precision planted,
Subtle senses five;
And other Tattvas thirty;
And thus fashioned a body;
A steaming cauldron with openings nine. 468: Lord Creates
In union's rapture they kneaded the clay
For Him to fashion sorrow's tenement;
The kiln burnt, the pitcher emerged,
With channels nine and Tattvas eighteen. 469: Lord Placed the Six Adharas
You know not the six centers within;
You realise not the great good that wells therein;
You seek not the Siddhis within them;
Know this,
The fleshy body is but of ten senses made. 470: Lord Placed Divine Jnana in Cranium
He fashioned this body,
Into that body He breathed life;
And set gates nine;
And then into the lotus-like cranium
He lit the Fire (of Divine Jnana),
The Lord made these,
And Him I salute in endearment intense. 471: Lord Creates Life From Primal Seed of Causation
The Lord is Limitless Light;
He kindles all life from Primal Womb;
He stirrs the liquid-seed of Causation;
He endows it with form expansive;
Him I seek in heaven and earth. 472: Body's Impermanence
In the union of sexes opposite
The light of life is born shielded true;
A bubble it is in Life's watery expanse;
A shadow that spreads on earth below;
Sheathed in the subtle Body-Eight. 473: Lord Gives and Lord Takes Life
Of the eight organs of Body Subtle,
Are senses protean five
And cognitive instruments three--
Mind, will and cognition;
Know the dear Lord
Who fastened this body-bag,
With Desire's sticky glue
Will in time unfasten it too. 474: Lord Gave Means of Redemption
The Lord made the body,
A name and form it assumed;
Then, for Jiva his redemption to seek
He created earth and Tattvas many,
--Thus speak the Vedas. 475: He Placed Jiva in Care of Two Foster-Mothers
None the Grace but Hara's,
None Hara's but the Grace,
And so as He bestows life,
He bestows, too,
The Loving care of foster mother twine,
(Maya and Mamaya.) 476: Then Siva and Sakti Pervaded Jivas
Sakti, the Conjoint Cause of creation,
The Luminous One that dispelled darkness total,
Together created the myriad lives,
Their genus and species,
And having done that, they pervaded them too;
Oh! magnificience non-pareil! 477: He Printed the Sex of the Infant
The seed of life,
As a steady flame in womb burns
It takes shape one of three
Male, female and hermaphrodite;
How the father and mother at union were,
Even so He printed the sex,
Righteous indeed was that Lumninous One. 478: Sex Determined at Sexual Union
The masculine flow dominates, the infant is male born,
The feminine dominates, the infant is female born;
When the two are in force equal, a hermaphrodite is born;
When masculine flow gushes in plenty,
The infant born will sway the world entire;
When masculine flow is scanty,
Naught indeed conception is. 479: Age is Determined
If after emission,
The male's breath five finger-length extends,
The infant born lives a hundred years;
When breath to four finger measure stretches,
To age eighty the infant lives;
The Yogi who knows the science of breath control
If in sex act He indulges,
He, the vital flow, accordingly regulates. 480: Birth Imperfections Explained
When after intercourse, the man is short of breath,
The infant born a dwarf will be;
When breath spires feeble,
The issue may, of defective limbs be born;
When breath halts in mid-act
A hunch-back will be born;
All these apply not,
To woman's breathing rhythm. 481: How Deaf, Dumb, and Blind are Born
When at the time of union,
The mother's bowels are heavy exceeding,
A dullard will be born;
If urine exceeds,
A dumb will be born;
If both exceed,
A blind will be born;
Thus is it for the infant born
The mother's condition according. 482: Breathing at Union Decides Sex of Baby
If breath spires leading on nostril right,
The infant born will a male be;
If on the nostril left,
A female will be born;
If the descending current Apana,
Opposes the ascending current Prana,
Twins there shall be;
If in measure equal the breath rhythm runs,
Through nostrils right and left,
Hermaphrodite shall be the baby born. 483: How a Handsome Baby is Born
If in Male and Female breath runs
In measure equable,
The infant born will exceeding handsome be;
When in both breath rhythm falters,
No Conception will there be. 484: How Infant in the Womb Grows
The infant-seed,
The damsel in her womb bore
Nourished by bright milk
That is fed by Sakti in Eye-brow Centre
Grew,
Beaming like the golden rays of rising sun
Inside, it took form appropriate. 485: Maya Fosters the Baby
In months ten, it forms full
And then on earth in time appointed, it lands;
And grows, Maya fostering;
But who knows that Formless Maya! 486: Maya's Hidden Act
He who planted seed, knew it not;
She who received saw it not;
The Creator knew, but he told none;
The Lord who Truth reveals is also there;
Yet I saw not Maya,
How cunning was her stealthy Conduct! 487: In Manhood Jiva Seeks God
Seeking pleasure, the two met;
In pasa's misery was it born and bred;
And having grown to stature
Grew to manhood here below;
Well may it seek the Ancient One
That before all worlds was. 488: How Maya Fosters Babe
The koil bird leaves its egg in the crow's nest;
The crow hatches it, nurses it, suspecting nothing;
It does not move it, does not reject it,
Does not ask why,
So does Maya the young one foster. 489: God Protects Jiva at All Stages
The Lord is the Primal One;
The root, the shoot, the plant and fruit;
Thus He blesses all life;
To each, He grants his life's pleasure,
With each, He stands according. 490: Lord Appears in Prayer and Penance
My Lord is of infinite greatness,
Yet is He within the littleness of this fleshly body;
Beyond the ken of Celestials is He;
Yet in prayer and penance
He himself shall appear before you. 491: Birth is by Lord's Grace
Even unto the salt that from wavy sea emerges,
Out of Tattvas that arose in Para,
Was this body formed;
To be born thus is His Grace indeed!

15 THE THREE CATEGORIES OF JIVAS

492: Play of Sakti-Siva Infuses Divine Spirit
Out of Sakti-Siva Play
Life blossomed;
And Jiva who was in pure Kevala state
Of Turiya quiescence
Was freed and consigned to the folds of Maya,
And the Lord then entered Jiva's thought
And suffused his being with Divine Spirit. 493: The Three Categories From Ten Classes
Vignanars true are of groups four
Pralayakalas are of three;
Sakalars below are another three
Thus are Jivas grouped, ten in all. 494: The Four Classes of Vijnars
Vijnanakalars are of classes four;
Those who are in Kevala (Anava) state,
Next are those who are Self-realised;
Those who reached the state of Eight Vidyeswaras,
And finally are those who rank as the Seven Crores of Manthra Nayakas;
Those who are of Egoity Impure rid
Are the truly realised beings (no more are they Jivas). 495: The Three Classes of Pralaya Kalas
Of the Pralayakalars three,
Are those who Mukti attained;
Another, by malas twine (Egoity and Karma) bound;
Yet another, the Rudras Hundred and Eight;
The Sakalas have all malas three. 496: The Three Classes of Sakalas
Sakalas three are:
Those who have attained Siddhis miraculous,
Those who have attained Mukti (Jivan)
Those who have attained neither
--All powerless to conquer Malas three
And in sound and other senses immersed. 497: Stages of Attainment in Mala Riddance
They who are of five malas hard rid,
Themselves Siva become;
They blemishless become,
They become Siddhas,
Attain state of Mukti Finale,
They uproot Jiva's bondage,
End cycle of births;
They alone are,
Who truth of peerless Tattvas realised. 498: Nine Gradations of Jivas
Vijnanakalas are of gradations three;
Those who in quiescent Anava alone abides; (the Pralayakala among Vijnanas)
So are Pralayakalas of gradations three;
And Sakalas too;
Thus are there nine classes of Jivas,
Evolving in gradations separate. 499: How Sakalas Among Vijnanakalas Attain Siva-State
Vijnanakalas may by karma assume form corporeal;
But by performing holy deeds,
Acquire Celestial frame
And higher Jnana Form;
And Constant striving thus,
Gain wisdom perennial
And in the end Siva Himself become. 500: How Jivas Reach Siva
Rid themselves of Anava entire
And consciousness lost of all Jiva memory,
They Bindu and Nada become,
The highest heavenly goal
Of one-ness with Siva Tattva;
Albeit all three, Sakala and the rest of yore possessed,
The primal impurities triple,
Anava, Maya and Karma.

16 THE WORTHY SOULS

501: Give Freely to Sivajnanis
Give a wee bit to Sivajnani,
You shall attain Siddhi, Mukti and heavenly bliss;
Give a world of gold to the witless,
You shall become poor losing all joys. 502: Lord's Devotees are Elevated Souls
Death waits for the moment due
And seizes lives;
But the Lord seizes Death's life;
Such indeed, His Prowess is;
He blesses all who know Him true;
They who sought Him, immortals became. 503: Lord's Feet are unto a Self-Effulgent Lamp
I gave Him not up even while in womb;
I forgot not the truth of His holy Feet;
I gave up falsehood and sought them;
The Feet of Lord of matted locks
Are a Lamp no oil feeds. 504: Lord does Things Appropriate to Those of Tender Love
Those that are destined to be
Let them be;
Those that are destined not to be
Let them not be;
Those that are destined to go
Let them go;
Those that are destined to come
Let them Come;
The Mighty Nandi shows all
And witnesses all:
All things appropriate,
He does
To those of tender love for Him.

17 THE UNWORTHY SOULS

505: Giving to Unworthy is Undesirable
Well may you tender her;
And with fresh grass feed her,
The barren cow can no milk give;
Even so is giving
Unto those who neither good nor holy are;
Unto a crop they are,
Raised in season improper. 506: Do not Give to Those Who Have no Love for God
Give only unto those
Who follow the way of Yoga, Iyama, and Niyama,
And who adore Lord, in constancy abiding;
To give those who have no love for God,
A heinous crime, indeed it is. 507: He Who Gives to Sivajnanis will Become a Jnani
He who gives to Gods, Guru,
And the Goodly ones
Who are of passions rid,
Will a Jnani become,
Imparting Jnana appropriate to disciples several;
For him is not the burning hell,
That is destined for perpetrators
Of deadly sins five,
Who know not consequences dire. 508: Do not Give to Unworthy; the Giver and the Receiver Both Reach Hell
You may give away wealth
As massive as a mountain;
Yet if you give it
To those that adore not our Lord,
You shall with them reach
The Seventh Hell of ineffable pain.

18 HOLY WATERS

509: The Holy Waters are Within Us
Within this body are many Holy Waters;
They take not gentle dips in them
And drive Karma away;
Vainly do they roam hill and dale,
Witless men of confused mind they are! 510: Lord Abides in Jnana Thought
To them who love Him dear,
The Lord will appear delicious cool;
To them steeped in worldly pleasures,
He will appear never;
To Yogis who breath control;
But sure does He
In thoughts abide,
Of Jnanis, who doubt-free see. 511: Men of False Faith do not See Lord Within
The Lord is within them,
Yet they know Him not,
They of faith false;
Limitless the flow of their evil deeds;
Down down the deep drain it goes,
Never its destination to know. 512: Bathe in Ganga and Be Purified
They who adore Him,
Reach His heavenly abode;
Thus it is,
Immortals know Primal Lord;
Bathe in pellucid waters of Sacred Ganga
That from Lord's crest here descend;
You shall holy become,
Saved of impurities sinful. 513: Seek not Lord Elsewhere; He is Within Thee
They dropped gold in sea,
And looked hard for it in pond;
Nothing indeed to match their folly;
Within you is Nandi,
Firm as rock of ages,
Yet they know Him not, and seek Him not
Lacking in Grace, they sure are. 514: Water Within Forms Vital Body Constituent
Water that mixes in body, black urine becomes,
Water that mixes in body, red blood becomes
Water that mixes in body, white semen becomes,
Water that primal arose,
Land, wind and rest of elements became.

19 THE HOLY TEMPLE

515: Dangers of Transplanting Linga
Let them beware who transplant
A Linga at a Shrine 'stablisthed;
Even before the transplant is completed,
The Kingdom will to disaster fall;
And disease fell chased culprit to sure death;
Thus did He declare,
Nandi, the Divine Protector. 5163*6Dangers of Destruction to Temple
As they move away,
A single stone from temple wall
That shall spell the Crowned King's ruin;
Be he a sage, be he one learned in Vedas,
Sure the crisis; certain the ruin;
--So Ordained Lord. 517: Dangers of Skipping Performance of Puja
Rains fail; epidemics spread;
The mighty king his prowess loses;
All this sure happens,
If worship in Lord's temples falters,
--The Lord who spurned the very God of Death. 518: Dangers of Puja Ceasing
When in Siva's temple worship ceases,
Harm befalls the ruler;
Scanty the rains;
Theft and robbery abound in land,
Thus did my Holy Nandi declare. 519: Puja to be Performed Only by Qualified Priests
If he is but a priest in name
Who, Lord's worship performs,
Deathly wars rage in fury
Fell diseases spread;
Famine stalks land--
Thus did goodly Nandi in truth declare.

20 DARSHAN OF DOWNWARD-LOOKING FACE

520: Manifestation of Downward-looking Face
"Hail our Lord! Our God!
Deathly is might of Padmasura
Save us, help, oh!"
Thus did Celestials to Primal Lord pray!;
And the Primal Lord to the Six-faced God
Of coral hue beckoned;
And said, "Proceed and smite the enemy." 521: Blue Throat of Downward-looking Face
He sports the garland of white skulls,
His spreading locks are matted;
He supports Universe vast,
He fills Space in directions eight,
On the throat of His Downward-directed Face
Darkness suffuses;
They say, "He swallowed poison;"
They are ignorant, they know not truth. 522: The Truth of Lord's Blue-Throat
Ye men!,
Who in this sea-girt globe live
In falsehood and flattery!
Why His throat gleams dark,
He knows who made it so;
When you realize the truth
He will make,
Celestial beings bow to you. 523: The Downward-Looking Face is of Sadasiva
Inside Primal Fire that is Siva
Nandi rises in the centre, gleaming
He pervads worlds all,
His hue is of the twilight sun
Who the world in glory ambulates,
He is the Lord of the Downward-looking Face--
Athomukha. 524: The Face Creates All
The Ancient One of Athomukha
Created Universe vast here below;
In Athomukha He animates all life;
He is Lord of Athomukha Sakti of lotus eye;
He is Lord of Aeons' End. 5253*6It Blossomed Into a Hundred Worlds and Impregnated Them With Energy
Hearken to this,
How Athomukha blossomed into a Gigantic Flower
Then, it transformed itself into a hundred worlds;
And into Limitless Energy
Animating them;
And then as Athomukha,
The Lord remained as their Support as well.

21 ABUSE OF SIVA

526: Abuse of Siva Brings Misery
Those who have Jnana attained,
Rid of all doubts in their thoughts
Seek Him in love intense
Shall reach the World of Celestials;
If the low-born think any the less of Him,
Dismal indeed is their fate--
Unto the parrot in cat's claw. 527: Adore Lord and Attain Jnana
The Devas and Asuras wasted their lives
And finally died;
They attained not Jnana true;
They alone can attain Truth
Who adore Primal Lord in devotion intense. 528: Abuse not Siva Even in Fun
They defied the Lord,
Devas and Asuras,
And they defied themselves one another
And destruction met;
However little, defy not Lord,
Not even for fun,
They snow-ball, one into ten. 529: Dare not Forget Lord However Holy
Learned are they in Vedic lore;
Knowing God is within them,
They bethought themselves to be God
And Plunged into pleasures distracting
Forgetting all thought of God.

22 ABUSE OF GURU

530: The True Disciples are Blessed
The lowly ones
Care not for their parents,
They abuse their kith and kin in words foul
Only those who take to the way of Guru learned,
Are in truth blessed,
None else indeed. 531: Consequences of Abusing Guru
The Guru taught the wisdom
Of One-Letter mantra (Aum);
He who speaks derisive of Him
Will be born a lowly Cur;
And having led a dog's life for a Yuga entire,
He will be a worm born;
And then to dust shall be consigned. 532: Consequences of Abusing the Good
The virtuous wife, devotee true, and Jnani Great
Those who have done exceeding harm to shock them
Their life and wealth will in a year disappear,
True this is,
Upon Holy Nandi, I swear. 533: Do not Abuse Guru
Those who wounded feelings,
Of Holy Guru who taught,
The One-lettered mantra, "AUM"
Will be a dog born,
And after a hundred dog incarnations
Will die a human out-caste. 534: Harm to World by Maltreatment of Gurus
If Gurus who are devout of God
Are caused pain in heart
The country, people and their greatness
Will all as one destroyed be;
The thrones of heavenly king Indra,
And of kings mighty here below,
Will alike Crumble down;
Sure This is,
I swear by our Nandi true. 535: Do not Utter False-hood in Gurus Presence
Utter not falsehood in holy Guru's presence;
Then will goodness and wisdom depart;
Forgotten will be,
The time-honoured path of righteousness,
And all else that to prosperity leads;
The land a prey to famine falls. 536: Jnana Guru is the Real Guru
Who will throw away the precious Gem in hand
And carry a heavy stone instead?
Who will part with milk, curd and ghee on hand
And prefer the bitter poison, fatal?
Such indeed are the Gurus of Karma path;
Will they ever with Jnani compare?

23 ABUSE OF SIVA JNANI (MAHESVARA)

537: Consequences of Abusing Mahesvara
The Lord's devotee lives by alms,
Those who show animus to him,
However humble his condition be,
And those who abuse him as they will,
Shall into lowly hell fall. 538: Blessings of Jnani's Presence
Those who deride Jnani
Are rid of benefits of goodly deeds done;
Those who revere him as holy,
Are rid of harm of evil deeds done;
Those who reach Jnani's presence.
Will verily taste of Siva Bhoga.

24 TO BE POSSESSED OF PATIENCE

539: Patience is the Sheet-anchor of Yogis
In the hearts of those who are firm of mind
Lie the (Varmamus) lizard of Yoga Vairagya
It lay besieging nose and tongue--(in Kesari Mudra)
In the troubled thought that knows but torture,
The only thing that stands still
Is devotional Patience Exceeding. 540: Celestial Beings Worship Lord*
The Lord was seated on His throne;
He was of milk-white hue;
Surrounding Him stood
Celestial Beings in number countless;
Hari and Brahma too,
Whose King He is;
And low they bowed at His Feet,
And prayed for His Grace,
And the Lord blessed,
"They shall on earth prosper high." 541: Lord Grants Grace to Those Who Adore Him
The Lord is of wisdom ripe;
He is our King,
As unto an army they swell,
In directions all to pray;
He creates the fleshly body,
He is the Primal One of Celestial Beings,
If you adore Him in love earnest,
He will His Grace grant. 542: Lord's Patience
Inside home and outside
By force and means gentle
The Lord prepared you--(in patience surpassing)
He dances on the burning ground;
Many and varied are His play.

25 TO SEEK THE COMPANY OF THE HOLY

543: Walk With the Holy
I walk with those who go after God,
I live with those who sing His praise,
The Lord blesses those who seek Him,
With them I consort,
Their feet I seek. 544: Holy Company Saves You From Distress
You may in distress
Unto a tender leaf quiver,
What avails you if you are distressed,
My Heart!
Yet you love not Lord;
Do you go with me,
To where the Lord succours. 545: Holy Company Leads You to Bliss
The Jnanis seek the Lord of Celestials;
They who seek the Company of Jnanis
Will attain Siva Truth;
They indeed Walk in the Path of Virtue
And are truly blessed;
To consort with such
Is indeed Bliss Supreme. 546: The Holy are Kin of Lord
The Holy are kin of Lord
They reach Golden Feet of Father;
He, of flowing matted locks;
Whose fame envelopes worlds all,
He blesses those,
Who seek Him in silentness of their hearts;
Reach the King Almighty,
You shall attain the Regal Goal. 547: Siva Welcomes Devotees of His Devotees
I walked with them--
Devotees of Lord's devotees
And reached the City of Fire-hued Lord
Sporting weapons divine
They who stood at gate saw me,
And announced me to the Lord;
And the Lord said "Come in"
And they all cried "Hail! You are the Refuge." 548: I Joined the Company of the Rich in Grace
The Devout Supreme will in, be;
The Devout Eminent will master eddies of birth,
Devout Dear realizing self will immortal, remain;
With them who are Rich in Grace
I joined to consort.

TANTRA TWO ENDS

 

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