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The Essence of the Tantra13.15

13.15

अगुप्ते तु बहिःस्थाने सति प्रविश्य मण्डलस्थण्डिलाग्र एव बाह्यपरिवारद्वारदेवताचक्रपूजां पूर्वोक्तं च न्यासादि कुर्यात् न बहिः

Transliteration (IAST)

agupte tu bahiḥsthāne sati praviśya maṇḍalasthaṇḍilāgra eva bāhyaparivāradvāradevatācakrapūjāṃ pūrvoktaṃ ca nyāsādi kuryāt na bahiḥ

— when the outer site is unguarded (exposed) ; — having entered ; — right before the maṇḍala-altar ; — the worship of the outer retinue and the wheel of door-deities ; — the imposition and the rest ; — not outside

But when the outer site is unguarded, having entered, right before the maṇḍala-altar itself he should perform the worship of the outer retinue and the wheel of door-deities, and the aforesaid imposition and the rest — not outside.