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The Essence of the Tantra2.4

2.4

कश् चात्र उपायः तस्यापि व्यतिरिक्तस्य अनुपपत्तेः तस्मात् समस्तम् इदम् एकं चिन्मात्रतत्त्वं कालेन अकलितं देशेन अपरिच्छिन्नम् उपाधिभिर् अम्लानम् आकृतिभिर् अनियन्त्रितं शब्दैर् असन्दिष्टं प्रमाणैर् अप्रपञ्चितं कालादेः प्रमाणपर्यन्तस्य स्वेच्छयैव स्वरूपलाभनिमित्तं च स्वतन्त्रम् आनन्दघनं तत्त्वं तद् एव च अहम् तत्रैव अन्तर् मयि विश्वं प्रतिबिम्बितम् एवं दृढं विविञ्चानस्य शश्वद् एव पारमेश्वरः समावेशो निरुपायक एव तस्य च न मन्त्रपूजाध्यानचर्यादिनियन्त्रणा काचित्

Transliteration (IAST)

kaś cātra upāyaḥ tasyāpi vyatiriktasya anupapatteḥ tasmāt samastam idam ekaṃ cinmātratattvaṃ kālena akalitaṃ deśena aparicchinnam upādhibhir amlānam ākṛtibhir aniyantritaṃ śabdair asandiṣṭaṃ pramāṇair aprapañcitaṃ kālādeḥ pramāṇaparyantasya svecchayaiva svarūpalābhanimittaṃ ca svatantram ānandaghanaṃ tattvaṃ tad eva ca aham tatraiva antar mayi viśvaṃ pratibimbitam evaṃ dṛḍhaṃ viviñcānasya śaśvad eva pārameśvaraḥ samāveśo nirupāyaka eva tasya ca na mantrapūjādhyānacaryādiniyantraṇā kācit

— what means (could there be)? ; — of (a means) distinct (from the Self) ; — because of its untenability ; — the whole, the entire ; — the principle that is pure Consciousness alone ; — not measured (touched) by time ; — unbounded by space ; — untarnished by limiting adjuncts ; — unconstrained by forms ; — not designated by words ; — not elaborated/established by means of valid cognition ; — by its own will alone ; — the cause of (everything's) gaining of its own nature ; — autonomous, free ; — a dense mass of bliss ; — I (the Self) ; — in me ; — the universe ; — reflected (as in a mirror) ; — of one who discriminates (this firmly) ; — perpetually, always ; — the immersion belonging to the Supreme Lord ; — means-less, requiring no expedient ; — regulation by mantra, worship, meditation, observance, and the like

And what means could there be here, since a means distinct from him too is untenable? Therefore this whole is the one principle of pure Consciousness alone — not measured by time, unbounded by space, untarnished by limiting adjuncts, unconstrained by forms, undesignated by words, unelaborated by the means of valid cognition; and it is, by its own will alone, the cause whereby everything from time up to the means of cognition gains its own nature — autonomous, a dense mass of bliss, that very principle. And that is "I"; and there, within me alone, the universe is reflected. For one who discriminates thus firmly, the immersion belonging to the Supreme Lord is perpetual and entirely means-less; and for him there is no regulation whatsoever by mantra, worship, meditation, observance, and the like.