Mastery of Life? - mantra 66

Sri gurubhyo namaha.

The sixty sixth mantra comes as the last in the section titled 'on the greatness of the Agamas' and as a final word hints at the limitation of the agamas and goes further to explain the momentary nature of this thing we call 'life'.
From the next mantra we will begin to see the description of the glory of the lineage or guru parampara to which the sage belongs and through which the Thirumandiram has come down from guru to disciple.

அவிழ்கின்ற வாறும் அதுகட்டு மாறும்

சிமிட்டலைப் பட்டுயிர் போகின்ற வாறும்

தமிழ்ச்சொல் வடசொல் எனும்இவ் விரண்டும்

உணர்த்தும் அவனை உணரலு மாமே. 10.66.

Key To Mystery Of Life

Life takes its birth, stands preserved awhile,

And then its departure takes; caught

In that momentary wave of flux, Him we glimpse,

The Lord who in Tamil sweet and northern tongue

Life's mystery revealed. 10.66.

Com – Life takes its birth The soul in its state of bondage, stands preserved awhile the soul in its state of freedom from bondage, And then its departure takes; caught In that momentary wave of flux, in its state called life, which is as momentary as the blinking of an eye, Him we glimpse is not able to realise the Supreme Siva, The Lord who in Tamil sweet and northern tongueLife's mystery revealed who is revealed through the Agamas in the Tamil and Sanskrit language.

* Through the above mantra, the sage hints at the limitations of the Agamas by making it clear that it is not possible to realise the supreme Siva, by the knowledge gained through the Agamas – as the time, in between the birth and death, that is called life is but momentary. Making it impossible to comprehend that being who is Himself responsible for the birth, death and so called life of the jiva.

Here ends the third section of the Payiram (Proem) titled ‘On the greatness of the Agamas’.