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The Essence of the Tantra16.8

16.8

एतेनाच्छादनीयं व्रजति परवशं सम्मुखीनत्वम् आदौ पश्चाद् आनीयते चेत् सकलम् अथ ततो ऽप्य् अध्वमध्याद् यथेष्टम्

Transliteration (IAST)

etenācchādanīyaṃ vrajati paravaśaṃ sammukhīnatvam ādau paścād ānīyate cet sakalam atha tato 'py adhvamadhyād yatheṣṭam

— by this (rite) ; — that which is to be veiled ; — comes (is brought) ; — under another's control ; — into a state of being turned-toward (facing the operator) ; — at first ; — afterward ; — is brought ; — entire (the whole soul) ; — from the midst of the path ; — as desired

By this rite, what is to be veiled comes under control, turned to face (the operator). First (it faces him); afterward, if the whole soul is to be brought in, then from the midst of the path it is brought in as desired.