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The Essence of the Tantra11.12

11.12

अभ्यासवतो वा तदानीं सद्य एव प्राणवियोजिकां दीक्षां लभते सा तु मरणक्षण एव कार्या इति वक्ष्याम इति

Transliteration (IAST)

abhyāsavato vā tadānīṃ sadya eva prāṇaviyojikāṃ dīkṣāṃ labhate sā tu maraṇakṣaṇa eva kāryā iti vakṣyāma iti

— of one possessed of practice ; — then, at that time ; — the initiation that separates (one from) the vital breath ; — obtains ; — at the moment of death ; — to be performed ; — we shall explain

Or, for one possessed of practice, he then obtains at that very instant the initiation that separates (him) from the vital breath; but that is to be performed only at the moment of death, as we shall explain.