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The Great Liberation Tantra3.32

3.32
अतोऽस्यार्थञ्च चैतन्यं कथयामि शृणु प्रिये । अकारेण जगत्पाता संहर्ता स्यादुकारतः ॥३२॥
ato'syārthañca caitanyaṃ kathayāmi śṛṇu priye | akāreṇa jagatpātā saṃhartā syādukārataḥ ||32||
— therefore ; — its meaning and ; — the living force ; — I tell ; — listen ; — O beloved ; — by the letter A ; — the protector of the world (Viṣṇu) ; — the destroyer (Śiva) ; — is ; — by the letter U

Therefore I tell its meaning and its living force; listen, O beloved. By the letter A is meant the protector of the world; by the letter U, the destroyer;