SIVAVAKKIYAR SIDHDHAR
Sivavakkiyar (sometimes Civavakkiyar) was a great Tamil Poet who lived in the period preceding the 10th Century A.D. Sivavakkiyar was an early rebel against the Brahmanic order, he was resolutely opposed to the Caste system and was opposed to idol worship and temple ceremonies. His rebellion against any kind of orthodoxy meant his work was left out of the Saiva canonical literature however some of his poetry is well read in Tamil literary compendiums. Below are some of his poems
The Ultimate Cause
He is not Hari, He is not the Lord Siva.
He is the Ultimate Cause,
In the Beyond of Beyond,
Transcending Blackness, Redness, and Whiteness.
Immovable.
Try not to understand:
He is not big, He is not small.
He is Infinite Distance,
Immovable,
Transcending even
Supreme Quiescence.
The Supreme It
The slothful Sluggards
Say: He is far, far, farAway!
But the Supreme It Is spread everywhere
on Earth and in Heavens.
O you poor dumb ones,running
stunned and suffering
through towns and fields and forestsin Search!
He is right there within you!
Stand still and feel Him,
feel!
What are temples, tell me!
And what are sacred tanks?
O you poor slaves who worship
in temples and tanks!
Tanks are in the mind.
There is no Becoming,
There is not Unbecoming,
None, none whatever!
Silence
Silence, unmoved and rising,
Silence, unmoved and sheltering,
Silence, unmoved and permanent,
Silence, unmoved and brilliant,
Silence, broad and immense like the
Silence, unmoved and increasing,
Silence, white and shining like the Moon,
Silence, the Essence of Siva.
Melt with the Heart Inside
In the Four Eternal Vedas,
In the study and reading of scripts,
In sacred ashes and in Holy Writs
And muttering of prayers
You will not find the Lord!
Melt with the Heart Inside
and proclaim the Truth.
Then you will join the Light-
Life without servitude.
WHO IS GOD
NATTA KALLAI DEIVAMENDRU, NAALU PUTPAM SAATHIYE;
SUTRI VANDHU MONEMONAVENDRU SOLLUM MANDHIRAM EADHADAA.
NATTA KALLUM PESUMO?NATHAN ULLIRRUKAYIL;
SUTTA SATTI SATTUVAM KARICHUVAYA ARIYUMO?
Means : A planted stones, even you offer flowers to it alongwith Manta utchaadnaas, cannot speak ; but your innerself,where the Almighty resides can speak of Him volumes. The Stone is like a vessel and spoon, which at any time, does not know the taste of food cooked in/with them? But you, yourself with your inner heart know about Him more,which you do not realize.
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2 comments:
Dear Mr Govindan,
Thank you for the fine write up on the great poet Sivavakkiyar Sidhdhar's great thoughts, and his excellent thought- provoking poems; but can the lesser mortals experience such Bliss?
Also thanks for the one on Shiva rathri.
Choodamani
I'm thiruppathy from ponnamaravathy. I like this article very much. Anbe sivam. Arive kadavul. Ithai unarvom anuthinam.
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