तन्त्रसार
Tantrasāra
- 1 atha parokṣasya dīkṣā dvividhaś ca saḥ mṛto jīvaṃś … Now, the initiation of the absent disciple;
- 2 tatra kṛtaguruseva eva mṛta udvāsito vā abhicārādihato ḍimbāhato … There, the injunction is that one who has done service to the guru and then died, or has…
- 3 atra ca mṛtadīkṣāyām adhivāsādi na upayujyate And here, in the initiation of the dead, the preliminary consecration-rite and the rest…
- 4 maṇḍale mantraviśeṣasannidhaye yatra bahulā kriyā uttamam upakaraṇaṃ puṣpādi … For the presence of the particular mantra-deity in the maṇḍala, these are declared, each…
- 5 samuditatve tu kā kathā syāt iti parameśvareṇa uktam But when they are all combined together, what need is there to say (how much more potent…
- 6 tato devaṃ pūjayitvā tadākṛtiṃ kuśādimayīm agre sthāpayitvā gurvāsāditajñānopadeśakrameṇa … Then, having worshipped the deity and set before himself an effigy of that soul made of…
- 7 yāvad dhūmābhirāmapracitataraśikhājālakenādhvacakraṃ sañchādyābhīṣṭajīvānayanam iti mahāñ jālanāmā prayogaḥ Insofar as one veils the wheel of the cosmic path with a dense net of flame-tips lovely…
- 8 etenācchādanīyaṃ vrajati paravaśaṃ sammukhīnatvam ādau paścād ānīyate cet … By this rite, what is to be veiled comes under control, turned to face (the operator).
- 9 ākṛṣṭāv uddhatau vā mṛtajanaviṣaye karṣaṇīye 'tha jīve yogaḥ … The method called the Net — for the drawing-in or the raising-up, in the case of a dead…
- 10 bahir api itthaṃ kathaṃ na bhavati ākarṣaṇādau vinābhyāsāt … If one objects: "Why, then, does this not also come about externally, in attraction-magic…
- 11 tato niyatiniyantritatvāt abhyāsādyapekṣā syād eva Therefore, because (the worldly operator) is constrained by Necessity, there would indeed…
- 12 iha tu anugrahātmakaparameśvaratāveśāt tathābhāvaḥ But here, that result comes about through absorption into supreme lordship whose very…
- 13 parameśvara eva hi guruśarīrādhiṣṭhānadvāreṇa anugrāhyān anugṛhṇāti For it is the Supreme Lord alone who, through the medium of presiding over the guru's…
- 14 sa ca acintyamahimā iti uktaprāyam And that he is of inconceivable majesty has already been all but stated.
- 15 evaṃ jālaprayogākṛṣṭo jīvo dārbhaṃ jātīphalādi vā śarīraṃ samāviṣṭo … Thus the soul, drawn in by the ritual of the Net, comes to occupy a body made of…
- 16 atra paraṃ pūrṇāhutyā tasya dārbhādyākārasya paratejasi layaḥ kartavyaḥ But here the special point is that, by means of the full oblation, the dissolution of…
- 17 evam uddhṛto 'sau pūrṇāhutyaiva apavṛjyate yadi svarnarakapretatiryakṣu sthitaḥ Thus, that soul, once drawn up, is liberated by the full oblation alone, if it was…
- 18 manuṣyas tu tadaiva jñānaṃ yogaṃ dīkṣāṃ vivekaṃ vā … But a human being, at that very moment, attains knowledge, yoga, initiation, or…
- 19 adhikāriśarīratvāt iti mṛtoddharaṇam (This is so) because the human body is that of one qualified (for liberation).
- 20 jīvato 'pi parokṣasya utpanne śaktipāte 'yam eva kramaḥ … Even for one who is living but absent, when the descent of grace has arisen, this very…
- 21 dhyānamātropasthāpitasyaiva asya saṃskāraḥ The sacrament is performed upon this one, who has been made present by meditation alone.
- 22 dīkṣā ca bhogabhokṣobhayadāyinī And the initiation is one that bestows both worldly enjoyment and liberation.
- 23 svavāsanābalīyastvāt bhogavāsanāvicchedasya ca asambhāvyamānatvāt bahubhiḥ dīkṣāyām ūrdhvaśāsanasaṃskāro balavān … Because one's own latent impressions are the stronger, and because the severing of the…
- 24 paroṣasyāpi dīkṣitasya tathaiva jñānādyāvirbhāvaḥ iti Even for the absent one who has been initiated, the manifestation of knowledge and the…