Throbs within - Mantra 37

Sri gurubhyo namaha.
The thirty seventh mantra of the Thirumandiram where a description and comparision is made with the lunar orb of the body.

நானும்நின் றேத்துவன் நாள்தொறும் நந்தியைத்

தானும்நின் றான்தழல் தான்ஒக்கும் மேனியன்

வானில்நின் றார்மதி போல்உடல் உள்ளுவந்து

ஊனில்நின் றாங்கே உயிர்க்கின்ற வாறே. 37

37: Throbs Within

Daily I kneel and chant Nandi's holy Name;

Envisioned, He stands, the Fire-Hued One,

Flaming like the moon in sky; into me He comes,

And throbs and breathes through my mortal flesh.

Com - Daily I kneel and chant Nandi's holy Name Everyday I will worship Siva with a steadily fixed mind Envisioned, He stands, the Fire-Hued One and on doing so, I find that, the Lord reveals Himself to me in His form that has the colour and the glow of Fire. Flaming like the moon in sky; into me He comes He manifests in my body, shining beautifully, just as the moon, with its glowing digits/parts in the sky. And throbs and breathes through my mortal flesh He resides in my body, and is manifest as the Prana (life energy/breath) in the beautiful Sahasrara lotus (crown chakra).

* The sage describes the Lunar orb (Chandra mandalam) located in the body. Hence, he uses the words ‘Flaming like the moon in the sky, into me He comes’, to compare the similarity between the moon (that arises in the actual sky) and the Lunar orb (that arises in the Akaashaa of the body). Glowing light is emitted from the Chandra mandalam (lunar orb) which is located in the Sahasrara lotus, just as glowing light is emitted by the actual moon in the sky.