Siddhar Sivavakkiyar Hymns (016)

அஞ்சும் மூன்றும் எட்டதாம் அநாதியான மந்திரம்

நெஞ்சிலே நினைந்து கொண்டு நூறுருச் செபிப்பிரேல்

பஞ்சமான பாதகங்கள் நூறு கோடி செய்யினும்

பஞ்சுபோல் பறக்கும் என்று நான்மறைகள் பன்னுமே.

—சித்தர் சிவவாக்கியர் பாடல் (016)

The ancient mantra of the origin is ‘Om Namashivaya’ formation of five and three*

If you will recite it, letting your consciousness nailed to your heart, with a heart melting devotion

Even if you have committed millions and millions of unforgivable sins

Like cotton, it will all wither away, as said in four vedas.

—Siddhar Sivavakkiyar Hymn (016)

* Though Siddhar Sivavakiyar has not explicitly stated the eight letter mantra, from his other verses one could understand it to be ‘Om Namashivaya’ (ஓம் நமசிவாய), on the other hand, ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ (ஓம் நமோ நாராயணாய) is also one another mantra that is said to prevail from the origin, in both the cases, the letter ‘Om’ forms the substratum, over which the remaining five letters float. In short, the mantra ‘Om’ is a fragmentation of three letters, ‘oooo...’, ‘uuuu...’, ‘mmmm....’. The truth will blossom if one wills to spend time chanting the mantra ‘Om’ sincerely and see for themselves how harmoniously it has evolved into the three letter word ‘Om’.

Note: As an additional insight to the readers, other than what is said in the above hymn, these three letters from the trinity as explained in the verse 2.