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The Essence of the Tantra15.2

15.2

समस्तम् अध्वानं शिष्ये न्यस्य तं च क्रमेण शोधयित्वा भगवतीं कालरात्रीम् मर्मकर्तनीं न्यस्य तया क्रमात् क्रमं मर्मपाशान् विभिद्य ब्रह्मरन्ध्रवर्ति शिष्यचैतन्यं कुर्यात्

Transliteration (IAST)

samastam adhvānaṃ śiṣye nyasya taṃ ca krameṇa śodhayitvā bhagavatīṃ kālarātrīm marmakartanīṃ nyasya tayā kramāt kramaṃ marmapāśān vibhidya brahmarandhravarti śiṣyacaitanyaṃ kuryāt

— the entire path ; — having installed in the disciple ; — and having purified it in sequence ; — the blessed goddess Kālarātri ; — who severs the vital junctures (marmans) ; — having installed ; — by her, step by step ; — having cut through the bonds at the vital junctures ; — abiding at the brahmarandhra (the crown aperture) ; — he should make the disciple's consciousness

Having installed the entire path in the disciple and purified it in sequence, having installed the blessed goddess Kālarātri who severs the vital junctures, by her, step by step, he should cut through the bonds at the vital junctures and make the disciple's consciousness abide at the brahmarandhra.