Chapter 3

Sages in Moksha - (தன் நாபி)

மோக்ஷத்தில் முனிவர்கள்
Verses: 2717 to 2721
Grammar: Kaliveṇpā / கலிவெண்பா
  • Verse 5:
    2717. The god created a shining lotus on his navel and the four-headed Brahmā on it. (5)
  • Verse 6:
    2718. Brahmā created the four Vedās that show the path to Dharma (righteousness, moral values), Artha (prosperity, economic values), Kama (earthly pleasure, love, psychological values) and Mokshā (liberation, spiritual values). (6)
  • Verse 7:
    2719. Last out of the said 4, Mokshā can only be attained after the body has gone to the other world. Those who want to reach it should eat fallen fruits, dried leaves, make their bodies thin, sleep in a hut roofed with leaves (7)
  • Verse 8:
    2720. and do tapas standing in the heat of the sun and plunging into the water in ponds. One can only say that these are the people who could reach Mokshā. This is what one knows. No one can tell others could reach Mokshā by any other way unless they see them there. (8)
  • Verse 9:
    2721. If you know any people who have reached Mokshā, crossing / piercing through the world of heat of sun (9) tell us who they are. Without knowing their names just to say that we know that they reached Mokshā shows that they are ignorant. We will talk about them later. (9-10)