One Word Many Meanings

Each Classical Tamil word has many possible meanings

Because in incantation languages like Classical Tamil, each word has many possible meanings to it, with mind humbly invoking Lord Siva's Grace, we just have to look into the classical Tamil dictionary for the meaning of each word in a Tirumantiram verse that yields a coherent and wholesome meaning.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Tirumantiram 134 - Tantra 1 - Guru silently ordains merging into Siva

புரையற்ற பாலினுள் நெய்-கலந்தாற் போல்
திரையற்ற சிந்தை-நல் ஆரியன் செப்பும்
உரையற்று உணர்வு-ஓர் உடம்பு-இங்கு ஒழிந்தால் 
கரையற்ற சோதி கலந்த-சத்து ஆமே.  134.

ஓர் - ஓர்கின்ற
Literal Translation
1  Blemishless milk-within ghee merged akin
2  Waveless mind stringent Preceptor utter-will
3  Word-having-ceased awareness-inquiring (subtle-)body-here ceased-if
4  Boundless awareness merged existence you (are) (!)

Lucid Translation
2  A stringent Preceptor will uttter with
    a waveless mind abiding merged in his disciple,
1  even as ghee abides merged in blemishless milk.

3  If the sublte body, wordlessly inquiring into awareness, ceased (to exist) here,
4  You(!) are the Existence, abiding merged with boundless Awareness.


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