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.

Kaalanukku Urraitthal - Addressing the death Deity

காலனுக்கு உரைத்தல்

KAALANUKKU URAITTHAL

[ADDRESSING KAALA (DEATH-DEITY)]

(A CHALLENGE TO DEATH)

Kaala is the term used for the ‘All consuming Death’ (Time).

Time refers to the continuous change that we observe always in everything.

Every object is dying and changing every moment.

The world is nothing but a flux state.

Nothing remains the same even for a second.

This principle of change is known as Kaala. This Kaala is also referred to as the deity of death who will one day end our life on this earth too.

How can we conquer this change? How to become deathless?

By staying as the changeless state of Reality (Brahman-state)!

காலா!உனை நான் சிறு புல்லென மதிக்கிறேன்!

என்தன் காலருகே வாடா! சற்றே உனை மிதிக்கிறேன்!

KAALAA! UNAI NAAN SIRU PULLENA MADIKKIREN

ENTHAN KAALARUGE VAADAA!

SARRE UNAI MIDIKKIREN!

Hey Kaala! I regard you as just a straw piece!

Come close to my foot hey!

I will trample you a little!

I am deathless; and formless. How can you destroy me, hey Kaala?

The spear of knowledge is embedded in my heart. (Kaartikeya is the greatest teacher of knowledge.) And I follow the instructions of the Sages and am always engaged in the analysis of the truth with discrimination.

வேலாயுத விருதினை மனதிற் பதிக்கிறேன்-நல்ல

வேதாந்தமுரைத்த ஞானியர்தமை எண்ணித் துதிக்கிறேன்

VELAAYUDA VIRUDINAI MANADIR PADIKKIREN- NALLA

VEDAANTAMURAITTHA JNAANIYARTHAMAI ENNI TUDHIKKIREN

 I embed

the ‘banner of Lord Kaartikeya who wields the spear’, in my mind.

I remember

those Knowers of the Self, who instructed Vedanta (Upanishads),

and worship (follow) them.

ஆதிமூலா வென்றுகதறிய யானையயைக் காக்கவே

நின்தன்முதலைக்கு நேர்ந்ததை மறந்தாயோ,கெட்ட மூடனே?

AADIMOOLAA VENRU KADARIYA YAANAIYAIK KAAKKAVE

NINDAN MUDALAIKKU NERNDADAI MARANDAAYO KETTA MOODANE?

Hey you wicked fool!

Have you forgotten what happened to your crocodile,

when the elephant bellowed aloud (shouted in distress)

as ‘AadiMoolaa’ (Hey Source of all) (and called on Lord Vishnu to help)?

(Once, there lived an elephant (a Sage who was cursed to be so) which was a devotee of Lord Naaraayana. It daily plucked lotus flowers from a nearby lake and offered it to the deity in a temple. One day when the elephant entered the lake, a crocodile caught its foot on its mouth. The elephant cried aloud and called on the name of Lord Vishnu. Immediately Lord Vishnu appeared seated on his Garuda-vehicle and sliced the neck of the crocodile with his discus weapon.)

Even when ordinary devotion to Gods is there, there are instances of these gods protecting these devotees.

I am really established in the ancient source of all, the real AadiMula, the Aatman.

How can you ever destroy me or my knowledge?

ஆலால முண்டவனடி சரணென் றமார்க்கண்டன்

தனதாவி கவரப்போய் நீ பட்ட பாட்டினையறிகுவேன்

AALAALAMUNDVANADI SARANENRA MAARKKANDAN

TANADAAVI KAVARAPPOY NEE PATTA PAATTINAIYARIGUVEN

I know what all you went through,

when you tried to snatch away the life of Maarkandeya,

who cried out-

“I take shelter at the feet of Lord Shiva,

who consumed the deadly poison of Haalaahala.’

(Sage Maarkandeya was destined to die at his sixteenth year. When Lord Yama came to perform his duty, the boy held on to the ‘Linga’ in the shrine and called on Shiva to rescue him. Shiva appeared and stopped Yama from taking away the boy’s life and blessed the boy to be eternally sixteen years old. )(Lord Shiva took the deadly poison Haalaahala to save all the three worlds, when poison appeared in the milk ocean at the time of churning for the nectar.)

Poison could not kill that Shiva.

He was already drowned in the nectar of Brahman-state.

He even helped his devotees from getting killed.

(Actually, Sage Maarkandeya was instructed by Shiva himself about the Knowledge of Brahman-state; and he remained deathless.)

இங்கு நாலாயிரம் காதம் விட்டகல்! உனை விதிக்கிறேன்!

ஹரிநாராயணனாக நின் முன்னே உதிக்கிறேன்

INGU NAALAAYIRAM KAADAM VITTAGAL! UNAI VIDIKKIREN!

HARINAARAAYANANAAGA NIN MUNNE UDIKKIREN!

Go off four thousand Yojanas (thousands of miles) from here!

I command you!

I will rise before you as the great HariNaraayana!

Devotion has helped people many times; there is no doubt about it.

I too have devotion for the Great Gods like Kumara, Vishnu and Shiva.

However I also know that the essence within me and the Gods is the same essence of Reality (Brahman).

I do not have to beg any other god for help; I will myself rise up in my knowledge and realize my true essence within. I will remain deathless and formless.

You can kill the body only; but I am not the body at all; I have no name also; I am the supreme state of awareness only without any blemish. You can never ever approach me, the formless Reality-state.

I myself can rise as any Hari or Hara in front of you as the Brahman-state of Reality.

You are powerless before me.

As nothing exists beside the Reality state; you are also non-existent for me.

You are also unreal. How can you kill the real me?

Vendum - I want

வேண்டும்

VENDUM

[I WANT]

மனதி லுறுதி வேண்டும்

MANADILURUTHI VENDUM

I want firmness in mind.

Let me not swerve from my goal of Knowledge, through attachments to the world, or desires for enjoyments. I want to be able to control the restless mind and stabilize it in the path of knowledge.

வாக்கினிலேயினிமை வேண்டும்

VAAKKINILEYINIMAI VENDUM

I want sweetness in speech.

Only when I am in the silent bliss of my true essence, will my words be sweet and reflect that joy. Otherwise my words will be tainted by selfishness and self-conceit.

நினைவு நல்லது வேண்டும்

NINAIVU NALLADU VENDUM

I want good thoughts.

My mind should always be in the knowledge of truth and reflect that auspicious state always. Only when I rest in my true essence, the mind will express itself as unselfish auspicious thoughts.

நெருங்கின பொருள் கைப்பட வேண்டும்

  NERUNGINA PORUL KAIPPADAVENDUM

The goal which is near should be at hand.

The Brahman-state; the Reality that transcends sense-perceptions; and that which shines as the ‘I’ in me; is so near; it is just myself. What can be closer than one’s own self?

I should be established as the true ‘I’ always.

 கனவு மெய்ப்பட வேண்டும்

 KANAVU MAIPPADAVENDUM

Dream should be realized.

Let me realize the true essence within me as instructed by the Vedas and Upanishads.

This world is as unreal as the dream-state that we fall into at every night.

That dream world breaks up when we wake up in this world.

Since this world is also made of sense perceptions only, it is also unreal like the dream.

I want to wake up to the Reality-state which is the true waking state.

The dream of this world should be realized as the state of Reality.

கைவசமாவது விரைவில் வேண்டும்

KAIVASAMAAVATHU VIRAIVIL VENDUM

Whatever is to be achieved should come soon.

Life is very short; death is waiting at every corner.

Before old age and diseases destroy the body and intellect, let me realize my true essence and be liberated from ignorance. Let me realize the true knowledge of liberation fast, without wasting a moment also.

தனமும் இன்பமும் வேண்டும்

THANAMUM INBAMUM VENDUM

I want wealth and happiness.

The greatest wealth is the knowledge of oneself. The greatest bliss is the knowledge of oneself. I want the wealth of true knowledge and the bliss-state of true knowledge

தரணியிலே பெருமை வேண்டும்

 THARANIYILE PERUMAI VENDUM

I want honour on this earth.

The greatest glory one can attain on this earth is the Knowledge-state attained by the Rishis of the yore. I too should attain such a sate and be liberated while living.

கண் திறந்திட வேண்டும்

KAN TIRANDIDAVENDUM

(Knowledge) Eyes should open.

A man without the knowledge of the Reality is blind even if he is endowed with physical eyes. Let my eyes of Knowledge open up; so I can always be aware of the Reality-state as myself.

காரியத்தி லுறுதி வேண்டும்

KAARIYATTILLURUDI VENDUM

I want firmness in actions.

Let me be firm in my actions leading towards my goal of knowledge.

Let me not swerve from the path of knowledge.

பெண் விடுதலை வேண்டும்

 PEN VITUTHALAI VENDUM

I want the woman freed.

Aatman is the Purusha, the embodied Reality; and the body is the Prakrti which binds the Purusha. Every embodied thing is a Purusha bound by Prakrti.

In all the scriptures the word woman or Stree refers to the Prakrti, the inert body that entraps you; and not to the species called female.

Let me be freed from the identity of the body with name and form.

Let me be established in my true essence of formless Reality.

பெரிய கடவுள் காக்க வேண்டும்

PERIYA KADAVUL KAAKKAVENDUM

The Supreme God should protect.

Let The Reality which shines in me as the true ‘I’ lead me towards the realization of my true essence. Of course, I myself as the Reality state should reveal myself to me!

மண்பயனுற வேண்டும்

MANPAYANURA VENDUM

Earth should be benefited.

Let my life on this earth become beneficial to all, by inspiring all towards the acquirement of knowledge.  A man who has realized the truth benefits all, by his very presence on earth.  Let me also bring glory to this earth like the Rishis of the yore.

 வானமிங்கு தென்பட வேண்டும்

VAANAMINGU TENPADAVENDUM

Heaven should appear here.

The Gods and Rishis in the heaven are always happy, because they are established in the knowledge of Reality. Let that ‘knowledge of Truth’ descend down to this earth also; and let this miserable place turn into a heaven.

உண்மை நின்றிட வேண்டும்

UNMAI NINRIDAVENDUM

Truth should stand firm.

The truth of the Supreme Reality-state should be firmly established in me.

That alone is!

ஓம் ஓம் ஓம் ஓம்

OM OM OM OM

Aatma Jeyam- Self-control

ஆத்ம ஜெயம்

AATMA JEYAM

[SELF-CONTROL]

‘AatmaJeyam’ means ‘Conquering the Self’.

Aatman means the true ‘I’ in each one of us.

Aatman means the essence within you that makes you a you acting in this world; like the water (liquidity) in all juices is the basic essence of all juices.

Juices can be of many varieties; good and bad.

Egos are also of many varieties. This ego that makes you think you are the body and its connected things is the false you; the mind made juice using the water that is the real you.

To stay as the liquidity is the realization for the orange juice.

To know itself, its essence is the Moksha for that orange juice.

All of us are identified with the physical form and name and believe it to be the real ‘I’.

This false ‘I’ should be conquered and the true ‘I’ has to be realized as the ‘I’.

What is the ‘I’ in all?

The pure awareness-state that shines in all beings is the common essence of all beings.

This awareness which makes you aware of the world around you and yourself as a form, is the common essence refereed to by the term Aatman. 

Aatman means that which knows or understands.

It is also known as Brahman. This Brahman is not any deity or god or ‘Kadavul’, but shines as the awareness in all.

Everyone says ‘I’ at all times; but do not know the true ‘I’ at all!

The false ‘I’ has to be conquered and thrown out and the true ‘I’ should shine forth,

This is AatmaJeyam.

ஆத்ம ஜெயம்

கண்ணில் தெரியும் பொருளினைக் கைகள்

கவர்ந்திட மாட்டாவோ?-அட

மண்ணில் தெரியுது வானம், அது நம்

வசப்பட லாகாதோ?

KANNIL THERIYUM PORULINAIK  KAIGAL

KAVARNTHIDAMAATTAAVO? ADA

MANNIL TERIYUDU VAANAM, ADU NAM

VASAPPADALAAGAADO?

Will not the hands grab that thing which is in immediately in sight?

Ah-

Heaven itself is sighted down on this earth!

Will it not be ours by any chance?

We need not search for this Aatman anywhere outside.

It is not reached by visiting temples, closing the eyes in meditation, or inside the icy caves of Himalayas.

It is the very ‘you’ who are searching for it outside somewhere.

The problem is that you like a mad person think of you as someone else and have forgotten the real ‘you’.

It is like the desired object is just in front of you; but you cannot grab it ever.

Aatman is just ‘you’; but you still cannot know it! Is it not the greatest tragedy?

Once we know it as the truth, this earth will turn into a heaven indeed.

No trouble on earth can ever touch a man who has understood his true ‘I’.

 எண்ணி யெண்ணிப் பல நாளு முயன்றிங்

கிறுதியிற் சோர்வோமோ,

விண்ணிலும் மண்ணிலும் கண்ணிலும் எண்ணிலும்

மேவு பராசக்தியே!

ENNIYENNIP PALA NAALU MUYANRIN-

KIRUTHIYIR SORVOMO,

VINNILUM MANNILUM KANNILUM ENNILUM

MEVU PARAASAKTIYE

Longing again and again for many days,

will we fall exhausted at the end?

Hey Supreme Goddess of Power, hey ParaaShakti!

You are in the sky, in the earth, in the eyes, in the thoughts!

I am doing effort again and again; but still the form-identity does not disappear at all.

Ah! The impossible task!

Should we give up? Can such a state be ever attained as mentioned by the Scriptures like Upanishads?

Hey power of the Supreme! Mother ParaaShakti!

You are in everything! You are the power of Brahman.

You are Brahman who is shining as all the perceived objects.

You are the power by which even gods exist in heaven, humans exist in the earth.

You are the one who sees the world as me.

You are the thoughts that run in the mind.

Where you are not?

என்ன வரங்கள்,பெருமைகள்,வெற்றிகள்

எத்தனை மேன்மைகளோ!

தன்னை வென்றா லவை யாவும் பெறுவது

சத்திய மாகுமென்றே

முன்னை முனிவர் உரைத்த மறைப் பொருள்

முற்றுமுணர்ந்த பின்னும்

தன்னை வென்றாளும் திறமை பெறாதிங்கு

தாழ்வுற்று நிற்போமோ?

ENNA VARANGAL, PERUMAIGAL, VERRIGAL,

ETTANAI MENMAIGALO!

THANNAI VENRAALAVAI YAAVUM PERUVATHU

SATTIYAMAAGUMENRE

MUNNAI MUNIVAR URAIITTHA MARAIP PORUL

MURRUMUNARNDA PINNUM

THANNAI VENRAALUM THIRAIMAI PERAATHINGU

THAAZHVURRU NIRPOMO?

What boons, what honours, what victories,

what great things are there!

‘All that can be attained in truth, if one conquers oneself’

Even when this Vedic statement uttered by the Sages of the yore,

has been understood fully,

will we still remain in a wretched state,

without getting the talent of conquering oneself?

The Sages have declared that Self-realization alone leads to all the glories a man can aspire for!

No boon, no honour, no victory of the earth can match the greatness of the realization state ever; so the Upanishads state.

To know the true essence of oneself is the most glorious state that can be attained ever; it is understood well by my intellectual sharpness! I know that I have to stop believing in the inert body as the ‘I’.

I have to realize that I am the Brahman the Reality, which is formless and nameless.

But can I do it? Or will I give up?

Can I control my mind? Can I make it thoughtless?

Can I realize my true nature of Brahman ever?

Even after knowing that the Rishis of yore have declared that everything gets attained by conquering the lower ‘I’ and realizing the Supreme truth, can I waste even a moment in wasteful ventures?!

Maharshi Bhaarati

BHAARATI THE MODERN RISHI

The world we see around us is just a collection of sense-input only, which is made to look like a life and its events. This function is known by the name of the mind.

Mind is not any visible organ like heart or lung; but still exists like a ghost and creates havoc without a break.

Mind always misinterprets Reality and presents us a solid world of people and objects.

It never for a moment is silent. It survives on anxiety and wants.

It is like the idiot deer which run after the mirage-river and burn in the hot sands.

Every man is a slave to this idiotic mind, which is expertized in telling lies only.

Mind is another name for a liar.

It misinterprets Reality.

This Reality is referred to by the term Brahman in Upanishads.

Brahman means the Reality-state which has expanded as this world-view.

World is a rainbow produced by the dusty mind using the sun-light of Brahman.

To understand the Reality, you have to get control over the mind-mechanism. You have to see that it remains silent and free of thoughts, so you can have a glimpse of Reality.

Of course Reality-state cannot be seen or entered; but can only be experienced when there is no experiencer at all.

Reality state of Brahman is not a God-entity.

You cannot worship or propitiate it like a deity.

Reality-state has no mind, or intellect; but it stays as all the minds and intellects of any world anywhere.

Reality-state is not an inert thing or a conscious entity; but it stays as all the inert objects and conscious entities of any world anywhere.

Reality-state has no name or form.

It cannot be thought about by the mind; it cannot be understood by the intellect; it cannot be perceived by the senses.

It is the essence of Knowledge as all.

It is the essence of all that exists as the perceived world.

It can be realized only when the mind-functions are transcended.

Upanishads refer to it as Brahman, that which is all this.

Bharati refers to it as Parashivam – the supremely auspicious state.

It is auspicious because it is not corrupted by the inauspicious thought process.

Bharati refers to the power of this Reality to exist as the world as ParaaShakti, the Supreme power of Parashivam state.

The word Shivam of Parashivam does not refer to God Shiva; and the word ParaaShakti does not refer to Shiva’s spouse Paarvati.

Reality is not a god-entity or a trance state or something outside of you that you can search for it in the caves of Himalayas like hunting for a treasure.

It is here, now as you reading these very words written here.

It is you, the reading and also the words.

It is undivided.

To realize it means to stay as the undivided reality state in supreme silence even amidst the noisy sense created world.

Bharati always was in that silent state even as his life boat struggled across storms and floods bringing about endless difficulties.

Bharati was well versed in Sanskrit; had studied the Upanishads, Geetaa, had done a lot of research on these texts and was a Rishi in modern costumes

One should raise above all religious beliefs and superstition to understand Bharati’s concepts. 

He is a mountain of knowledge. 

You cannot gauge him with an ant-brain, based on limited wisdom.

His poems are no less than any Upanishads, if and only you understand the concealed meanings of his wonderful Vedantic poems.

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.