Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation · Chapter 2

Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation — Chapter 2

स्पन्दकारिकाः

Spandakārikāḥ


Chapter 2 7 verses

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  1. 1 tad ākramya balaṃ mantrāḥ sarvajña-bala-śālinaḥ / pravartante 'dhikārāyaṃ … Taking hold of that power (Spanda), the mantras — invested with all-knowing energy —…
  2. 2 tatraiva sampralīyante śānta-rūpā nirañjanāḥ / sahārādhaka-cittena tenaite śiva-dharmiṇaḥ … There alone — peaceful, stainless — they dissolve together with the mind of the…
  3. 3 yasmāt sarva-mayo jīvaḥ sarva-bhāva-samudbhavāt / tat-saṃvedana-rūpeṇa tādātmya-pratipattitaḥ // Since the individual soul is all-pervading — because all things arise from it — by the…
  4. 4 tasmāc chabdārtha-cintāsu na sāvasthā na yā śivaḥ / … Therefore, in (any of) the thoughts of words and meanings, there is no state which is not…
  5. 5 iti vā yasya saṃvittiḥ krīḍātvenākhilaṃ jagat / sa … Or, he who has the realisation that the entire world is the play (of Consciousness), and…
  6. 6 ayam evodayas tasya dhyeyasya dhyāyi-cetasi / tad-ātmatā-samāpattir icchataḥ … This very arising of the object-of-meditation in the meditator's mind is the attainment…
  7. 7 iyam evāmṛta-prāptir ayam evātmano grahaḥ / iyaṃ nirvāṇa-dīkṣā … This indeed is the attainment of the nectar of immortality, this is the grasping of the…