The Essence of the Tantra · Chapter 12

The Essence of the Tantra — Chapter 12

तन्त्रसार

Tantrasāra


Chapter 12 10 verses

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  1. 1 dīkṣādikaṃ vaktavyam iti uktam ato dīkṣāsvarūpanirūpaṇārthaṃ prāk kartavyaṃ … It was said that initiation and the rest must be expounded;
  2. 2 snānaṃ ca śuddhatā ucyate śuddhatā ca parameśvarasvarūpasamāveśaḥ And bathing is said to be purity;
  3. 3 kāluṣyāpagamo hi śuddhiḥ kāluṣyaṃ ca tadekarūpe 'pi atatsvabhāvarūpāntarasaṃvalanābhimānaḥ For purification is the removal of turbidity;
  4. 4 tad iha svatantrānandacinmātrasāre svātmani viśvatrāpi vā tadanyarūpasaṃvalanābhimānaḥ aśuddhiḥ … So here, in one's own self — whose essence is sheer consciousness, autonomy, and bliss —…
  5. 5 tatrāpi ca ekadvitryādibhedena samastavyastatayā kvacit kasyacit kadācit ca … And there too, by a division into one, two, three, and so on — taken jointly and…
  6. 6 sa ca aṣṭadhā kṣitijalapavanahutāśanākāśasomasūryātmarūpāsu aṣṭāsu mūrtiṣu mantranyāsamahimnā parameśvararūpatayā … And it is eightfold: in the eight embodiments having the forms of earth, water, wind,…
  7. 7 vīroddeśena tu viśeṣaḥ tad yathā raṇareṇuḥ vīrāmbhaḥ mahāmarut … But with reference to the hero there is a special variant;
  8. 8 punar api bāhyābhyantaratayā dvitvam bahirupāsyamantratādātmyena tanmayīkṛte tatra tatra … Again there is a twofoldness, as outer and inner: it has been said that the immersion in…
  9. 9 viśeṣas tu ānandadravyaṃ vīrādhāragataṃ nirīkṣaṇena śivamayīkṛtya tatraiva mantracakrapūjanam … But the special procedure is this: having made the substance of bliss held in the hero's…
  10. 10 ābhyantaraṃ yathā tattaddharādirūpadhāraṇayā tatra tatra pārthivādau cakre tanmayībhāvaḥ The inner (bathing) is such that, by holding fast the respective forms of earth and the…