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The Essence of the Tantra11.8

11.8

भेददर्शन इव अनादिशिवसन्निधौ मुक्तशिवानां सृष्टिलयादिकृत्येषु मन्दतीव्रात् शक्तिपातात् सद्गुरुविषया यियासा भवति असद्गुरुविषयायां तु तिरोभाव एव असद्गुरुतस् तु सद्गुरुगमनं शक्तिपाताद् एव

Transliteration (IAST)

bhedadarśana iva anādiśivasannidhau muktaśivānāṃ sṛṣṭilayādikṛtyeṣu mandatīvrāt śaktipātāt sadguruviṣayā yiyāsā bhavati asadguruviṣayāyāṃ tu tirobhāva eva asadgurutas tu sadgurugamanaṃ śaktipātād eva

— in the dualist view ; — in the presence of the beginningless Śiva ; — of the liberated Śivas ; — in the functions of emanation, dissolution, and the rest ; — from the mild-intense (descent) ; — the desire to go (resort) to a true guru ; — when (the desire) is directed to a false guru ; — concealment (the obscuring power) ; — the going to a true guru

Just as in the dualist view the liberated Śivas, in the presence of the beginningless Śiva, (engage) in the functions of emanation, dissolution, and the rest — (so here): from the mild-intense śaktipāta arises the desire to resort to a true guru. But when that (desire) is directed toward a false guru, it is mere concealment; whereas the going from a false guru to a true guru is itself solely from śaktipāta.