Manattirku Kattalai- Commands to the mind

மனத்திற்குக் கட்டளை

MANATTHIRKU KATTALAI

[INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MIND]

பேயாயுழலுஞ் சிறுமனமே

பேணாயென்சொல் இன் றுமுதல்

  PEYAAYUZHALUMJCHIRUMANAME

PENAAYENSOL INDRU MUDAL

Hey you lowly mind, roaming like a ghost!

From today onwards, heed to my words.

Hey mind! You are not there I know; you are just like a ghost imagined by me; and you alone imagine the world and its objects. You hanker after the pleasures like a ghost seeking its prey.

You never are satisfied also ever. I have found out now all your tricks. You cannot fool me any more.

You will now start listening to my words.

From now onwards I will be the Master and you will be my obedient slave.

நீயா ஒன்றும் நாடாதே

நினது தலைவன் யானேகாண்

NEEYAA ONRUM NAADAADE

NINADU TALAIVAN YAANE KAAN

Do not go after anything by yourself.

Understand that I am your Master.

Hey mind! I am your master from now on. Not a single thought will rise from you without my knowledge.

I will keep a strict watch over you always.

I will direct you in the correct path. I will tell you what to think of.

You are an idiot as such.

You imagine joy and pleasure in the objects which are inert and which are just sense perceptions.

I will tell you where the true joy is.

Listen to me.

தாயாம் சக்தி தாளினிலும்

தருமமெனயான் குறிப்பதிலும்

ஓயாதே நின்றுழைத்திடு வாய்

TAAYAAM SHAKTI TAALINILUM

THARUMAMENAYAAN KURIPPADILUM

OYAADE NINRUZHAITTIDUVAAI

Ceaselessly serve the feet of Mother Shakti

and (seek) all those things which I point out as Dharma.

Hey mind! You will always love ParaaShakti as the Mother.

This ParaaShakti is the supreme power of Brahman (Reality) which makes the world exist like this. Everywhere she alone shines as the power of Brahman. See only the formless ParaaShakti in every movement of the world; and stay absorbed in the silent state of awareness where nothing moves.

You will do only those actions which I point out to you.

You will seek the company of the Knowers and learn from them the truths of Vedas and Upanishads.

You will study books of knowledge which instruct you the Knowledge of Brahman.

உரைத்தேன் அடங்கி உய்யுதியால்

URAITTEN ADANGI UYYDIYAAL

I have spoken this much.

Remain subdued and save yourself.

Hey mind! I have told you this much, because I still feel some compassion for you.

I will keep you alive only to enjoy the beauty of Brahman’s power in all.

If you do not listen to me and obey my commands, I will not hesitate to kill you.

Why kill you at all? You are not there as any reality at all.

You are a non-existent imagination that knows to imagine only.

Imagine ParaaShakti everywhere and keep yourself alive; or I will stay without you also as the Supreme state of Brahman, where you have no place at all.