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The Essence of the Tantra11.15

11.15

मध्यस् तु त्रिधा भोगोत्सुकता यदा प्रधानभूता तदा मन्दत्वं पारमेश्वरमन्त्रयोगोपायतया यतस् तत्र औत्सुक्यम् पारमेशमन्त्रयोगादेश् च यतो मोक्षपर्यन्तत्वम् अतः शक्तिपातरूपता

Transliteration (IAST)

madhyas tu tridhā bhogotsukatā yadā pradhānabhūtā tadā mandatvaṃ pārameśvaramantrayogopāyatayā yatas tatra autsukyam pārameśamantrayogādeś ca yato mokṣaparyantatvam ataḥ śaktipātarūpatā

— the middling (descent), however, is threefold ; — eagerness for enjoyment ; — become predominant ; — the mildness (its mild character) ; — by way of being a means to union with the Supreme Lord's mantra ; — eagerness ; — its culmination in liberation ; — the character of being śaktipāta

The middling (descent), however, is threefold. When eagerness for enjoyment has become predominant, then there is its mild character, by way of its being a means to union with the Supreme Lord's mantra — since there the eagerness (lies in that); and because union with the Supreme Lord's mantra and the rest culminates in liberation, it has the character of śaktipāta.