Merging with Śiva

Sūkshma Śarīram
सूक्ष्म शरीरम्

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The Astral Body

Into the union, the Holy One entered. Gathering tattvas five and twenty, Śiva fashioned the five-sheathed body. Munificent indeed was His gift! A veritable bundle of desire He made.§

Tirumantiram 465§