
The Fourth Tantram deals with Mantras and
Chakras. The Ajaba Mantra forms the seed of all the Mantras. It is called the
dumb Mantra as it could not be recited except in conjunction with others.
Tirumular deals in this chapter with Panchakkara Mantra and other Beeja
Mantras. He seeks also to explain Chakras, Such as Tiruvambala Chakra, Tripurai
Chakra Yeroli Chakra etc., and their appropriate letters, besides giving
guidance on various methods of reciting
them.
In the section dealing with Archanas (worship
according to rituals), Tirumular takes pains to stress that real worship
consists not in the formal observance of elaborate and complicated rituals, but
in inward seeking with humility and perseverance. Incidentally, Tirumular also
refers to Sakthi Mantras such as Balai, Tripurai, Bhuvanai, Navakshari. Panchakshari,
Sodasakshari etc., and their roots.