Ninenty million yugas - mantra 82

Sri gurubhyo namaha.

The eighty second mantra uses a word with multiple meanings to suggest transcendence of body as well as extreme longevity.

ஞானத் தலைவிதன் நந்தி நகர்புக்கு

ஊனமில் ஒன்பது கோடி யுகந்தனுள்

ஞானப்பா லாட்டி நாதனை அர்ச்சித்து

நானும் இருந்தேன்நற் போதியின் கீழே. 10.5.82.

Through Ninety Million Yugas

While Time's unbroken chain trailed its nine Yuga's length,

Wisdom's Mistress into Nandi's City passed,

And bathed His Feet in Wisdom's loving stream;

And I sat and watched, under the sacred Bodhi tree. 10.5.82

Com – Wisdom's Mistress into Nandi's City passed I entered the city of Siva, where He is together with Parashakti, the Mistress of knowledge/wisdom While Time's unbroken chain trailed its nine Yuga's length transcending the junction where the nine terminations (kodi) meet. And bathed His Feet in Wisdom's loving stream There, I worshiped the Lord by performing the Abishekam (bathing) using the milk of wisdom And I sat and watched, under the sacred Bodhi tree and I remained there absorbed in the supreme wisdom of Siva.

* The Tamil word Kodi (crore) also means termination/knot/end. Thus, the term nine crore Yuga refers to the nine terminations in the body – namely, the seven chakras along with Vindhu (sperm/ light) and Nada (sound). The term unbroken (i.e. without defects) refers to the transcending of the above mentioned nine terminations. Note – Abishekam is the ritual process where the idol/yantra of the deity is bathed using different liquids (like milk, water, oil, honey, curd, etc). Here the author compares the physical ritual to the bathing of Siva (in consciousness) with pure wisdom, compared here to milk to illustrate its purity. The above mantra shows that the author has transcended the body (which is the junction where the nine terminations meet) and remains fixed in the highest Siva.