तन्त्रसार
Tantrasāra
- 1 uktas tāvat tattvādhvā Thus far the path of the principles has been expounded.
- 2 kalādyadhvā tu nirūpyate tatra yathā bhuvaneṣu anugāmi kiñcid … Now the path beginning with the kalā is set forth.
- 3 tad yathā pṛthivyāṃ nivṛttiḥ nivartate yatas tattvasarga iti For example, in the earth-principle there is the kalā of Cessation (Nivṛtti), since it is…
- 4 jalādipradhānānte varge pratiṣṭhā kāraṇatayāpyāyanapūraṇakāritvāt In the group from water up to primordial matter, there is the kalā of Establishment…
- 5 pumādimāyānte vidyā vedyatirobhāve saṃvidādhikyāt In the group from the soul up to māyā, there is the kalā of Knowledge (Vidyā), because,…
- 6 śuddhavidyādiśaktyante śāntā kañcukataraṅgopaśamāt In the group from Pure Knowledge up to the Power-principle, there is the kalā of Peace…
- 7 etad eva aṇḍacatuṣṭayaṃ pārthivaprākṛtamāyīyaśāktābhidham This very set is the four cosmic spheres, named the earthen, the material, the māyic, and…
- 8 pṛthivyādiśaktīnām atra avasthānena śaktitattve yāvat parasparśo vidyate sparśasya … Through the abiding here of the powers from earth onward in the Power-principle, in so…
- 9 śivatattve śāntātītā tasyopadeśabhāvanārcādau kalyamānatvāt In the Śiva-principle there is the kalā Beyond-Peace (Śāntātītā), because it is reckoned…
- 10 svatantraṃ tu paraṃ tattvaṃ tatrāpi yat aprameyaṃ tat … But the supreme principle is autonomous;
- 11 evaṃ pañcaiva kalāḥ ṣaṭtriṃśattattvāni Thus there are just five segments and thirty-six principles.
- 12 tathāhi prameyatvaṃ dvidhā sthūlasūkṣmatvena iti daśa To explain: objecthood is twofold, as gross and subtle — so there are ten.
- 13 karaṇatvaṃ dvidhā śuddhaṃ kartṛtāsparśi ca iti daśa Instrumenthood is twofold — the pure, and that which is tinged with agency — so there are…
- 14 karaṇatopasarjanakartṛbhāvasphuṭatvāt pañca śuddhakartṛbhāvāt pañca vigalitavibhāgatayā vikāsonmukhatve pañca sarvāvacchedaśūnyaṃ … Five (principles) because agency is manifest there with instrumenthood subordinate to it;
- 15 tad yadā upadiśyate bhāvyate vā yat tatpratiṣṭhāpadam tat … When that (thirty-sixth) is taught or contemplated, the ground-station that supports it…
- 16 vijñānākalaparyantam ātmakalā īśāntaṃ vidyākalā śiṣṭaṃ śivakalā iti tritattvavidhiḥ Up to the Vijñānākala is the Ātma-kalā (segment of the self);
- 17 evaṃ navatattvādy api ūhayet iti In this way one should work out by reasoning the ninefold-principle scheme and the rest…
- 18 meyāṃśagāmī sthūlasūkṣmapararūpatvāt trividho bhuvanatattvakalātmādhvabhedaḥ mātṛviśrāntyā tathaiva trividhaḥ tatra … The division of the path into world, principle, and segment, which pertains to the…