*Tirumular and the Prana Yama in Tamil* *PDF edition from Kawai Hindu monastery USA*
TANTRA THREE If anyone is interested, I can send the Tamil version also and since the verses of Tirumular is well translated in English and it will enable every reader to understand that amil version is not given here. K Rajaram IRS 25 6 23 *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. xxxxxxxxxxxxx *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. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *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. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *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, dispels 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.) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *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. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *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. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *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. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *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 142 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. 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