தேரான மனமதை நேராக வேநிலை
சேர்த்துவது ஞானமாகும்
வேரான விண்ணிலே போரான வினையிலே
வில்விஜயன் யோகமாகும்
thErAna manamathai nErAga vEnilai
sErththathu gnyAnamAgum
vErAna viNNilE pOrAna vinaiyilE
vilvijayan yOkamAgum.
“The mind that has not been ‘tested/clarified’—to join it into the state that is straight (indeed) is jñāna.
In the sky/space that is the root, in the karma (vinai) that is a battle, the ‘bow‑victor’ becomes yoga.”
To take an unsteady or undiscerning mind and set it upright—held in a direct, unbent steadiness—is itself wisdom (jñāna).
And in the primal inner ‘space’ (ākāśa)—even while one stands in the battlefield of karma—Arjuna’s way (the bow‑victor’s stance: acting amid conflict without collapse) is yoga.
The verse links two paired ideas:
1) **Jñāna as rectification of mind**: “Straightness” (nēram/nērāga) points to an inner alignment—non-crookedness, non-wavering, and a mind that does not bend toward compulsive reactions. “To join (cērttal)” suggests yoking or integrating the mind into a stable ‘state’ (nilai). In Siddhar usage, jñāna is not merely information but a *condition* of mind: clarity and steadiness.
2) **Yoga amid karma’s battle**: “Vinai” is action and also karmic residue; calling it “battle” (pōr) frames ordinary life—duty, desire, fear, consequence—as the arena where yoga must be proven. The phrase “root-sky/space” (vērāna viṇ) can be read as the causal/subtle space that underlies experience (ākāśa as a ‘root’ element), or as an inner yogic ‘space’ where awareness is anchored. Within that, the “bow‑victor” (Vilvijayan, commonly echoing Arjuna) evokes the Bhagavad Gītā’s central image: yoga taught in a battlefield—steadiness in action, not escape from action. Thus, the Siddhar compresses a teaching: **steadied mind is jñāna; steadied action in karmic conflict is yoga**.
A secondary Siddhar-typical physiological hint is possible: the “bow” can suggest the body/spinal axis as an instrument; ‘victory’ then is mastery of the inner aiming (attention/prāṇa) toward the subtle ‘space’—but the text does not force this reading, keeping its cryptic openness.