This is the eighty fourth mantra of the Thirumandiram where the sage reveals that the words which make up the body of scripture known as the Vedas and the meanings of those words are ever revealed by the grace of the supreme Siva.
சித்தத்தின் உள்ளே சிறக்கின்ற நூல்களில்
உத்தம மாகவே ஓதிய வேதத்தின்
ஒத்த உடலையும் உள்நின்ற உற்பத்தி
அத்தன் எனக்குஇங்கு அருளால் அளித்ததே. 12.5.84.
Immortal Body
Of Books that glow and thrill the heart,
The Vedas stand in truth unsurpassed,
The Lord who, the center holding,
Bodied forth the Vedic chants;
Likewise in His Grace to me gave this body-temple to hold.
Com – The Vedas stand in truth unsurpassed, Of the Vedas that have been held as the best of Of Books that glow and thrill the heart,all the books that delight the soul and bestow incomparable wisdom Likewise in His Grace to me gave this body-temple to hold the Lord out of His grace towards me (in this body) Bodied forth the Vedic chants revealed the body (of the Vedas) namely the word/sound The Lord who, the center holding and the meaning (of the word) that is born out of the body of the Vedas.
* The term ‘body of the Vedas’ refers to the words/sound that the Veda is composed of and the term ‘which is born from within the body’ refers to the meaning of the words. That is to say that the Lord out His grace, revealed the words and the meaning of the words that make up the Vedas. In this mantra the concept that shabdha (word/sound) and its artha (meaning) are in a state of constant union or sAmarasya is detailed. In the tantra sastras it is explained in much clearer detail as to how the shiva (shabdha or sound) and shakti (artha or meaning) are forever united in a state of co equality.
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