Our days are numbered - mantrA 191

srigurubhyO namahA |

சென்றுணர் வாந்திசை பத்துந் திவாகரன்
அன்றுணர் வால் அளக் கின்ற தறிகிலர்
நின்றுண ரார்இந் நிலத்தின் மனிதர்கள்
பொன்றுணர் வாரிற் புணர்க்கின்ற மாயமே. I.5.5.191

The sun's rays visit all the quarters ten,
But men measuring with their little sense know this not;
They ponder not nor on the deep mystery muse,
These men on earth--their minds in low passions caught. I.5.5.191

Com - The sun's rays visit all the quarters ten, The siva sUryan moves up and down and the surrounding eight directions within this body and produces cognition. But men measuring with their little sense know this not; People do not realise the truth that the siva sUryan pervades this body as ‘sensation’ and cognises through the medium of the senses. These men on earth—These mortals who populate this earthly realm They ponder not nor on the deep mystery muse, are not aware of the true state of being of the g~nyAnis who have lost the idea of ‘I’ (ahamkAra) or the ego and remain merged in siva. their minds in low passions caught. What a pity and loss for them that they do not realise this?

*The word ‘திவாகரன் ‘meaning sun is a reference to the effulgence that resides in the navel region. It is this principle that travels throughout the body as sensation and enables one to perceive this world through the medium of the senses. Identification with this reinforces the ego or the idea of the ‘I’. The sage indicates that the g~nyAni or realised being has come to a state of being where the wrong notions of ahamkArA have been destroyed and instead the experience of ‘I am siva’ has taken hold. In the last line of the verse, the sage mourns the fate of those ignorant of this distinction, those who foolishly cling to wrong ideas of themselves as the being limited by the world understood through the senses.

thirucchitrambalam ||