Verses from Scripture on Our Supreme God

04-06-2006, 07:16 AM

Upanishad 2.5.15. VE, 716 He, the Self, is not this, not this. He is
ungraspable, for He is not grasped. He is indestructible, for He cannot be
destroyed,. He is unattached, for He does not cling to anything. He is unbound,
He does not suffer, nor is He injured. Shukla Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka
Upanishad 4.5.15. VE, 421 To Rudra, Lord of sacrifice, of hymns and balmy
medicines, we pray for joy and health and strength. He shines in splendor like
the sun, refulgent as bright gold is He, the good, the best among the
Gods. Rig Veda 1.43.4-5, 64 Now, that golden Person who is seen within the
sun has a golden beard and golden hair. He is exceedingly brilliant all, even
to the fingernail tips. His eyes are even as a Kapyasa lotus flower. His name
is high. He is raised high above all evils. Verily, he who knows this rises
high above all evils. Sama Veda, Chhandogya Upanishad 1.6.6-7. UPH, 183 The
bodily form of the Almighty, being constituted of powers, is not
comparable to ours. Most conspicuous is the absence of anava. His bodily form,
having a head, etc., is composed of five mantras, corresponding each to the
five activities -- Isha, Tat Purusha, Aghora, Vama and Aja. Mrigendra Agama,
Jnana Pada 3.A.8A-9A. MA, 119-20 The Lord He is: Hari, Brahma and Rudra. He
is the Seed of the corporeal world. Distant and near is He. He is
sugar-cane-sweet ambrosia divine. Thus He stands, close to jiva. Tirumantiram
2365. TM As movement within wind, as sugar within sugarcane, as ghee within
milk, as juice within fruit, as fragrance within flower, thus does the Lord
pervade all. Tirumantiram 2639. TM Himself creates. Himself preserves.
Himself destroys. Himself obscures. Himself, all these He does and then grants
mukti -- Himself the all-pervading Lord. Tirumantiram 1809. TM An earring of
bright, new gold glows on one ear; a coiled conch shell sways on the
other. On one side He chants the melodies of the ritual Veda; on the other He
gently smiles. Matted hair adorned with sweet konrai blossoms on one half of
His head, and a woman's curls on the other, He comes. The one is the nature of
His form, the other, of Hers; and both are the very essence of His beauty.
Tirumurai 4.8.10. PS, 105 Bearing Ganga on spreading, matted locks, the
forehead eye sparkling, the breath spirating as tempestuous wind, the
immaculate form shining radiant as the clear sky, the holy feet stretching to
the ends of Earth, the blemishless heart serving as pedestal, the Vedas
chanting aloud of themselves, the right hand that grants refuge and the left
hand that grants favors both appropriately
gesturing, the nada sound of drum filling the air all around -- thus Siva
dances. Tayumanavar 15.4-5. HT, 177 Love of Siva's feet eradicates bad
karma. Love of Siva's feet grants you clarity of mind. Love of Siva's feet
imbues the heart with gladness. Love of Siva's feet is consciousness itself.
Natchintanai, "Love the Feet..." NT, 164 Sivaya Namah
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