Sanku - (Blow) the conch

 சங்கு

SANKU

[(BLOW) THE CONCH (AND PROCLAIM ALOUD)]

Is there life after death? Can a man go to the God-world after death?

Oh! Why even wait for getting a heaven after the death?

Only the ‘dying people’, who imagine that they will turn into spirits after death, will recommend the heaven after death! They are all foolish and ignorant! They are blabbering like ghosts only.

Worshipping stone statues to get their selfish wants fulfilled, they keep away knowledge of the Truth and live as slaves for their ghost-mind.

They believe that all the merits that they gained through visiting holy places and the meaningless ascetic practices will bestow on them a life in a ShivaLoka or Vaikuntha after they die.

How idiotic they all are!

They do not understand at all, that the bliss of the God-world can be had here, now, this moment, if one makes the slightest effort.

You will never ever die! That is the wonderful truth!

Control the senses; understand that the perceived phenomenon is a false picture painted by the senses by the power of Maayaa, the Supreme power of Brahman.

You will always be in your original nature of Self, blissful quiet and liberated while living on earth.

No more will you be attracted by women or gold, and waste your time and health in chasing after them; for you will know that they are worthless and momentary.

Even after the realization of the Truth, you will keep on doing the duties that are yours in the world, without attachment, without the identity of the limited ego.

You will be in the (unaffected) witness state watching all the events of the world, without getting affected by them within. 

Blind devotion to deities without an iota of knowledge leads to no good ever.

செத்தபிறகு சிவலோகம் வைகுந்தம்

 சேர்ந்திடலா மென்றே எண்ணி யிருப்பார்

 பித்த மனிதர்,அவர் சொலுஞ் சாத்திரம்

 பேயுரை யாமென்றிங் கூதேடா சங்கம்!

SETTHA PIRAGU SIVALOKAM VAIKUNTHAM

SERNTHIDALAAMENRE ENNIYIRUPPAR

PITTHA MANITHAR AVAR CHOLLUM CHAATTHIRAM

PEYURAIYAAMENRINKOODEDAA SHANKAM

Hey conch, blow loudly here that

the teaching of the foolish men

who think that one can reach Kailaasa or Vaikunta after death,

is the prattle of the dead spirit!

இத்தரை மீதினி லேயிந்த நாளினில்

 இப்பொழு தேமுக்தி சேர்ந்திட நாடிச்

 சுத்த அறிவு நிலையிற் களிப்பவர்

 தூயவ ராமென்றிங் கூதேடா சங்கம்!

ITTHARAIMEEDILEYINTHA NAALINIL

IPPOZHATHE MUKTI CHERNTHIDA NAADICH

SHUTTHA ARIVU NILAIYIR KALIPPAVAR

THOOYAVARAAMENRI KOODEDAA SHANKAM

Hey conch, blow loudly here that

 those who enjoy the bliss of the taintless Knowledge-state of the Self,

desiring the state of liberation,

at this very moment, on this very day, on this very earth,

are the purest of all.

Purity does not get attained by visiting temples, worshipping deities, by wearing religious symbols, by doing ascetic practices like bathing in the holy rivers, getting up at Brahma Muhurta, fasting, or by reciting hymns. These people imagine that they are collecting merits by doing all this, and that they will attain some god-bestowed pleasure-filled heaven for their enjoyments A bliss that is in no way comparable to any heaven can be attained at this very moment, here, now.

You can get the best of the bliss even before attaining death; and that is possible only by acquiring the Knowledge of the Reality called Brahman. Those who through the process of rational analysis have attained the Knowledge Supreme, are indeed the purest of all. They have no need of following any religion for namesake.

Those who are stuck to blind religion and ceremonial worships carry impure hearts.

Their ignorance cannot be cleansed even by bathing in the sacred Ganges River.

பொய்யுறு மாயையைப் பொய்யெனக் கொண்டு,

 புலன்களை வெட்டிப் புறத்தில் எறிந்தே

 ஐயுற லின்றிக் களித்திருப்பாரவர்

 ஆரிய ராமென்றிங் கூதேடா சங்கம்!

POYYURU MAAYAIYAIP POYYENAK KONDU

PULANGALAI VETTI PURATTHIL ERINTHE

AIYURALINRI KALITTHIRUPPARAVAR

AARIYARAAMENRIN KOODEDAA SHANKAM

Hey conch blow loudly here that

those who have understood that the Maayaa

which is in the form of this unreality (world and the false ‘I’)

 is unreal;

   those who have cut off the senses and thrown them away,

and remain in the blissful state,

without any apprehensions or doubts;

are truly the noblest of all.

Nobility does not get attained by birth or wealth.

The glories of the earth are just the delusion that covers the intellect of all. They are worthless. If one can understand the power of Maayaa deluding us at all times; understand that the world is nothing but a picture painted by senses; and is always in the bliss of the true ‘I’ where no ‘I’ exists at all; that person is the noblest of all.

மையுறு வாள்விழி யாரையும் பொன்னையும்

 மண்ணெனக் கொண்டு மயக்கற்றிருந்தாரே,

 செய்யுறு காரியம் தாமன்றிச் செய்வார்

 சித்தர்க ளாமென்றிங் கூதேடா சங்கம்!

MAIYURU VAALVIZHI YAARAIYUM PONNAIYUM

MANNAENAK KONDU MAYAKKARRIRUNTHAARE

SEYYURU KAARIYAM THAAMANRI SEYVAAR

SITTHARKALAAMENRING KOODEDAA SHANKAM

Hey conch, blow loudly here that

those who consider

the pretty girls with sword-like eyes decorated by collirium, and the gold,

both as equal to worthless mud;

and remain without any attraction;

  are the real Siddhas   

(who have accomplished the Highest goal of life -‘attaining the Supreme’)

and they perform all the actions without the idea of doership!

Siddhas are not those who perform miracles or magic; but are those who have attained the highest goal of life, namely the Knowledge of Reality.

They do not believe in the reality of the world which is nothing but a continuous pattern of sense-perception. They are not interested in acquiring Siddhis also which are just some magical feats connected the world-existence.

World-existence (Samsaara) is nothing but what you sense as sound, image, taste, smell and touch. These sensations are produced by the brain alone in the emptiness of nothingness.

To know what is across these sense-perceptions and shines as Reality is real ‘Siddhi’, the real accomplishment.

These Siddhas see women as mass of flesh only.

They see gold as some shining piece of metal only.

Women or wealth have no effect on them.

They do not go after name or fame.

They stay in the world, unnoticed by anyone, engaged in their duties that belong to them to the best of their abilities.

Their body and mind may be engaged in work may be; but they stay as witness only for the actions of the mind and body, and stay motionless as the Brahman-state.

They are JeevanMuktas. They are liberated while living.

They are the greatest of all.

They are the true Siddhas.