KINGDOM OF SITHTHARS

Till now we have seen the basic information regarding Kundalini like: What is called kundalini? Where it lies in the human body? How it looks like? What all it can do?

In next stage, let us see the process of escalating Kundalini, its working, effects and also the experience.

Before that, I request readers to kindly read this intermediate post.  Since, I previously mentioned that 72000 naadis are in our human body, it is highly essential to know about this now.

Naadi, which is a Tamil word has direct meaning as naaduthal (searching), noakuthal (looking). As, it is looking for necessity of human body, it may be named as naadi.  For explaining it further, we can correlate naadi with the nervous system of human body as per our modern science. Unlike nervous system, we cannot see these naadis with naked eyes and it only can be sensed. 

Siththars says, human body is composed of 72000 naadis knotted together. With further explanation, we can say that: 7000 naadi in head, 2000 naadi in right eye, 2000 naadi in left eye, 3330 naadi in nose, 1500 naadi in right ear, 1500 naadi in left ear, 1000 naadis in back neck, 8000 naadis below the neck of back, 3680 naadis in back, 1000 naadis in throat, 8990 naadis in navel, 1500 naadis in right hand, 1500 naadis in left hand, 3000 naadis  in hip ligament, 8000 naadis in between legs, 2000 naadis below bijam, 2000 naadis above bijam, 13000 naadis in kosam and 1000 naadis in ankle and so totally 72000 naadis. 

Among these, Siththars noted 10 naadis as important one viz, pingalai, idangalai, suzhumunai, sikuvai, kaanthaari, purudan, aththi, alampudai, sangini and guru.

Pinkalai flows in right nostril, idankalai flows in left nostril, suzhumunai flows in between the nostrils, sikuvai in inner tongue, kaanthari in left eye, purudan in right eye, aththi in right ear, alampudai in left ear, sangini in genital organ and finally guru flows in anus.

Our Siththars says, our soul energy acts with the interconnected 72000 naadis. All these naadis combined and distributed themselves from seven centres. Siththar’s called these centres as “Aathara maiyyam”, means base centre. These seven pivot points activate our body which lies in between muladhara and thuriyam of head tip.

Kakapusandar explains it as follows;

உச்சிதலை நெற்றிவிழி புருவமத்தி

uchithalai netrivizhi puruvamaththi

உரச்சங்கு மார்புநெஞ்சு உந்திமூலம்

urachangu maarpunenju unthimoolam

பிச்சிகலை யிடுப்பின் கீழ் முழங்கால் பாதம்

pichikalai yiduppin keezh muzhangaal paatham

பெரும்பாடு விரல் நகக்கண் வாசிபாய

perumpaadu viral nakakkan vaasipaaya

கச்சிலை சொன்னாரோ முத்தர் சித்தர்

kachilai sonnaaroa muththar siththar

கால்வாசி கால்யோகம் காணாப்பித்தர்

kaalvaasi kaalyogam kaanaappiththar

கொச்சிநரை சொல்லவில்லை வெளுத்தமார்க்கம்

kochinarai sollavillai veluththamaarkkam

குண்டலியைக் கண்டாக்காற் கருக்கும்பாரே

kundiliyaik kandaakkaar karukkumpaarae

- காகபுசுண்டர் (Kaakapusundar)

1. Muladhara 2.  Svadhishthana  3. Manipura 4. Anahata  5. Vishuddha  6. Ajna 7. Thuriyam are the base centres. These are placed in human body at 1. Moolam (between genital organ and anus), 2. Navel, 3. Upper abdomen, 4. Chest, 5. Throat, 6. Middle of eyebrows and  6. Tip of head respectively,.

Till now, we have seen about the naadis and the basic information about aathara maiyyam. As Kundalini have to pass through these energy base centres, it become essential to introduce this post here.

Original – www.siththarkal.com

Translated by Lalithambika Rajasekaran

We may consider today’s post as the actual starting of Kundalini series. The previous preparatory posts with basic information may help in understanding previous posts.

Siththars who were not talking about Kundalini is very rare in Siththalogy.  Almost every Siththars talks about magnificence of kundalini in one way or other.  They highlight that by uprising Kundalini, ordinary feeling can be escalated to Parabrahma* feeling.

Kundalam refers to the curled jewel used as earring. Similarly, the static energy lies in muladhara as curled and rounded snake, hence named as Kundalini. We can escalate this Kundalini by art of yoga. The energy of Kundalini can be correleated to snake. 

Kaakapusandar says the location of Kundalini in his poem as follows:

குண்டலியைக் கண்டாக்காற் கருக்குமென்பார்

kundaliyaik kandaakkaar karukkumenbaar

குண்டலியி னிருப்பிடமும் மூலமென்றார்

Kundaliyi niruppidamum moolamenraar

குண்டலிதா னென்றாக்கால் நரம்போதோலோ

kundalithaa nenraakkaal narampoathoaloa

குருந்தண்டோமுள்ளெலும்போ பிடரிமார்போ

kurunththandoa mullelumpoa pidarimaarpoa

குண்டலியே யென்றவர்கள் பெயரார் சொன்னார்

kundaliyae yenravarkal peyaraar sonnaar

கொத்தளத்தின் பெருமைதனைச் சொல்லினார்கள்

koththalaththin perumaithanaich sollinaarkal

குண்டலியே வாய்திறக்கப் பேசுமென்றார்

kundaliyae vaaithirakkap paesumenraar

குருவென்றார் வாலையென்றார் குமரனென்றாரே

kuruvenraar vaalaiyenraar kumaranenraarae.

- காகபுசுண்டர் (Kaakapusandar)

Siththars described Kundalini using many names. One of such Siththar Konganavar’s poem is as follows;

சிறந்திட்ட குண்டலியின் பேர் செப்பக் கேளு

siranthitta kundaliyin paer seppak kaelu

சிறப்பான சிவயோக மென்றுபேரு

sirappaana sivayoaka menrupaeru

சிறப்பான வாசி யென்று மிதுக்கே பேரு

sirappaana vaasi yenru mithukkae paeru

சீரான இராச யோக மென்றுபேரு

seeraana iraasa yoga menrupaeru

திறப்பான யரசனென்று மிதுக்கே பேரு

thirappaana yarasanenru mithukkae paeru

சேர்ந்துணர்ந்த சபையென்று மிதற்கே பேரு

saerthunarntha sapaiyenru mitharkkae paeru

வுறப்பாக விதைபார்த்தால் ஞானசித்தி

vurappaaka vithaipaarththaal gnaanasiththi

யுத்தமனே காயசித்தி யுணந்து பாரே

yuththamanae kaayasiththi yunarnthu paarae.

- கொங்கணவர் (Konganavar)

Kundalini can be termed as follows; sivayoga, vaasi yoga, suzhiyoga, rajayoga, arasan, sabai etc,. Konganavar says, one can get kaya siddhi and gnaana siddhi if, we learn and practice Kundalini properly.

We have seen the location of muladhara in human body in the previous post. Thirumoolar’s Thirumanthiram tells the pose of Kundalini in muladhara.  In all humans, at the bottom of spinal cord where muladhara lies; there is Kundalini as 3 ½ curled sleeping snake like energy with its face gazing downwards with tail in its mouth.

The main objective of this Kundalini yoga is to escalate the above said sleeping Kundalini energy.

Let us see this topic elaborately in the upcoming posts.   

*Parabrahma – the Supreme God / one who is disinterested in Worldly concerns                                                                                                                                        

Original – www.siththarkal.com

Translated by Lalithambika Rajasekaran