तन्त्रसार
Tantrasāra
- 1 tatra yā dīkṣā saṃskārasiddhyai jñānayogyān prati yā ca … There, regarding the initiation that is for accomplishing the sacrament — toward those…
- 2 tatra nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyam iti trividhaṃ śeṣavartanam antyaṃ … There, the post-initiatory conduct is threefold: the obligatory, the occasional, and the…
- 3 tatra niyatabhavaṃ nityaṃ tanmayībhāva eva naimittikaṃ tadupayogi sandhyopāsanaṃ … There, that which arises at fixed times is the obligatory rite, which is precisely the…
- 4 tad api nityaṃ svakālanaiyatyāt iti kecit That too is obligatory, because of the fixity of its own appointed time — so say some.
- 5 naimittikaṃ tu tacchāsanasthānām api aniyatam tadyathā gurutadvargāgamanaṃ tatparvadinaṃ … But the occasional rite, even for those abiding in that dispensation, is not fixed in…
- 6 tatra niyatapūjā sandhyopāsā gurupūjā parvapūjā pavitrakam iti avaśyambhāvi There, the fixed worship — worship at the junctures of the day, worship of the guru,…
- 7 naimittikam jñānalābhaḥ śāstralābho gurutadvargagṛhāgamanaṃ tadīyajanmasaṃskāraprāyaṇadināni laukikotsavaḥ śāstravyākhyā ādimadhyāntā … The occasional (occasions are): the attainment of knowledge, the obtaining of a…
- 8 tatra kṛtadīkṣākasya śiṣyasya pradhānaṃ mantraṃ savīryakaṃ saṃvittisphuraṇasāram alikhitaṃ … There, to the disciple who has received initiation, he should impart the principal…
- 9 tatra hṛdye sthaṇḍile vimalamakuravad dhyāte svam eva rūpaṃ … There, when the altar-ground that is the heart is visualized like a spotless mirror,…
- 10 ādarśe hi svamukham aviratam avalokayataḥ tatsvarūpaniścitiḥ acireṇaiva bhavet … For one who gazes ceaselessly at his own face in a mirror, certainty as to its true form…
- 11 paramantratanmayībhāvāviṣṭasya nivṛttapaśuvāsanākalaṅkasya bhaktirasānuvedhavidrutasamastapāśajālasya yat adhivasati hṛdayaṃ tad eva … For one absorbed into identity with the supreme mantra, in whom the stain of the…
- 12 adhiśayya pāramārthikaḥ bhāvaprasaraṃ prakāśam ullasati yā Resting upon the outflow of being, the ultimately real light that surges forth —
- 13 paramāmṛtadṛktvaṃ tayārcayante rahasyavidaḥ — by her the knowers of the secret worship the state of vision of the supreme nectar.
- 14 kṛtvādhāradharāṃ camatkṛtirasaprokṣākṣaṇakṣālitām āttair mānasataḥ svabhāvakusumaiḥ svāmodasandohibhiḥ Having made (consciousness) the supporting earth, cleansed in an instant by the…
- 15 ānandāmṛtanirbharasvahṛdayānarghārghapātrakramāt tvāṃ devyā saha dehadevasadane devārcaye 'harniśam — with the offering, vessel, and priceless argha-water that is my own heart brimming with…
- 16 iti ślokadvayoktam artham antar bhāvayan devatācakraṃ bhāvayet Contemplating inwardly the meaning stated in these two verses, he should contemplate the…
- 17 tato mudrāpradarśanaṃ japaḥ tannivedanam Then, the displaying of the mudrā, recitation, and the offering-up of that recitation.
- 18 bodhyaikātmyena visarjanam The dismissal (is effected) through oneness with that which is to be cognized.
- 19 mukhyaṃ naivedyaṃ svayam aśnīyāt sarvaṃ vā jale kṣipet … He should himself eat the principal food-offering, or cast it all into water;
- 20 mārjāramūṣakaśvādibhakṣaṇe tu śaṅkā janitā nirayāya iti jñānī api … But when (the offering) is eaten by a cat, mouse, dog, or the like, the doubt thereby…
- 21 atha liṅge tatra na rahasyamantraiḥ liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayet viśeṣāt … Now, regarding (worship) upon the liṅga: there, he should not consecrate a liṅga with the…
- 22 tatra gurudehaṃ svadehaṃ śaktidehaṃ rahasyaśāstrapustakaṃ vīrapātram akṣasūtraṃ prāharaṇaṃ … There he may worship, as a liṅga, the body of the guru, his own body, the body of the…
- 23 tatra ca ādhārabalād eva adhikādhikamantrasiddhiḥ bhavati iti pūrvaṃ … And there, precisely by the strength of the support comes an ever-greater accomplishment…
- 24 sarvatra parameśvarābhedābhimāna eva paramaḥ saṃskāraḥ In every case, the firm sense of non-difference from the Supreme Lord alone is the…
- 25 atha parvavidhiḥ Now, the procedure for the festival days.
- 26 tatra sāmānyaṃ sāmānyasāmānyaṃ sāmānyaviśeṣo viśeṣasāmānyaṃ viśeṣo viśeṣaviśeṣaś ca … There, the festival day is sixfold: the general, the general-general, the…
- 27 pūraṇāt vidheḥ (It is called parva) from its fulfilling of the prescribed rite.
- 28 tatra māsi māsi prathamaṃ pañcamaṃ dinaṃ sāmānyam caturthāṣṭamanavamacaturdaśapañcadaśāni … There, month by month, the first and fifth day is the general (parva);
- 29 citrācandrau maghājīvau tiṣyacandrau pūrvaphālgunībudhau śravaṇabudhau śatabhiṣakcandrau dityau rohiṇīśukrau … (The befitting conjunctions, month by month, are:) Citrā with the Moon, Maghā with…
- 30 yadi mārgaśīrṣādikrameṇa yathāsaṅkhyaṃ bhavati āśvayujaṃ varjayitvā tadā viśeṣaviśeṣaḥ If, in the order beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa, (the conjunction) occurs respectively —…
- 31 anyaviśeṣaś cet anyaparvaṇi tadā tat anuparva ity āhuḥ If there is a different distinguishing feature on another sacred day, then they call that…
- 32 bhagrahayoge ca na velā pradhānam And in the conjunction of an asterism and a planet, the hour is not the principal…
- 33 tither eva viśeṣalābhāt anuyāgakālānuvṛttis tu parvadine mukhyā anuyāgaprādhānyāt … Since the distinguishing feature is obtained from the lunar day alone, the continuance of…
- 34 tatra guruḥ tadvargyaḥ sasantānaḥ tattvavit kanyā antyā veśyā … Therein the guru, one of his lineage endowed with the initiatory succession and a knower…
- 35 tatra madhye guruḥ tadāvaraṇakrameṇa gurvādisamayyantaṃ vīraḥ śaktiḥ iti … There, in the center is the guru, and by the sequence of his enclosures — from the guru…
- 36 tatra ādhāre viśvamayaṃ pātraṃ sthāpayitvā devatācakraṃ tarpayitvā svātmānaṃ … Having set the vessel that is the universe upon the base and satiated the circle of…
- 37 tato 'nte dakṣiṇātāmbūlavastrādibhiḥ tarpayet iti pradhānatamo 'yaṃ mūrtiyāgaḥ Then, at the end, one should gratify (them) with the sacrificial fee, betel, garments,…
- 38 adṛṣṭamaṇḍalo 'pi mūrtiyāgena parvadināni pūjayan varṣād eva putrakoktaṃ … Even one who has not seen the maṇḍala, worshipping on the festival days by the rite of…
- 39 atha pavitrakavidhiḥ Now the procedure of the pavitraka (sacred thread-offering).
- 40 sa ca śrīratnamālātriśiromataśrīsiddhāmatādau vidhipūrvakaḥ pārameśvarājñāpūrakaś ca uktaṃ caitat … And that (procedure) is enjoined according to the prescribed rule in the venerable…
- 41 tatra āṣāḍhaśuklāt kulapūrṇimādināntaṃ kāryaṃ pavitrakam tatra kārttikakṛṣṇapañcadaśī kulacakraṃ … In this matter, the pavitraka is to be performed from the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha up…
- 42 māghaśuklapañcadaśī iti śrībhairavakulormividaḥ The full moon of the bright fortnight of Māgha — so say the knowers of the venerable…
- 43 dakṣiṇāyanāntapañcadaśī iti śrītantrasadbhāvavidaḥ The fifteenth lunar day at the close of the sun's southern course — so say the knowers of…
- 44 tatra vibhavena devaṃ pūjayitvā āhutyā tarpayitvā pavitrakaṃ dadyāt … On that occasion, having worshipped the deity according to one's means and gratified him…
- 45 tac ca tattvasaṅkhyagranthikaṃ padakalābhuvanavarṇamantrasaṅkhyagranthi ca jānvantam ekaṃ nābhyantam … And that pavitraka is knotted to the number of the tattvas, and knotted to the number of…
- 46 tato mahotsavaḥ kāryaḥ cāturmāsyaṃ saptadinaṃ tridinaṃ ca iti … After that a great festival is to be performed — lasting four months, seven days, or…
- 47 yadā prāpyāpi vijñānaṃ dūṣitaṃ parameśaśāsanaṃ tadā prāyaścittī When, even after attaining the gnosis, the teaching of the Supreme Lord is corrupted,…
- 48 iti vacanāt — so the scriptural statement runs.
- 49 ity eṣa pavitrakavidhiḥ Such is the procedure of the pavitraka rite.
- 50 jñānalābhādau laukikotsavānte 'pi sarvatra saṃvidullāsādhikyaṃ devatācakrasannidhiḥ viśeṣato bhavati … On the attainment of knowledge and on like occasions, and even at the conclusion of…
- 51 atha vyākhyāvidhiḥ Now, the procedure of scriptural exposition.
- 52 sarvaśāstrasampūrṇaṃ guruṃ vyākhyārtham abhyarthayeta so 'pi svaśiṣyāya paraśiṣyāyāpi … One should petition, for the purpose of exposition, a guru who is accomplished in all the…
- 53 tatra nimnāsanasthitebhyaḥ tatparebhyo niyamitavāṅmanaḥkāyebhyo vyākhyā kriyamāṇā phalavatī bhavati … There, the exposition, when given to those who are seated on a lower seat, wholly intent…
- 54 tataḥ sāmānyārghapātrayogena cakraṃ tarpayet tato vyācakṣīta sūtravākyapaṭalagrantham pūrvāparāviruddhaṃ … Then, by means of the general argha-vessel, he should gratify the wheel of deities.
- 55 tato 'pi pūjayitvā vidyāpīṭhaṃ visarjya upalipya agādhe tat … After that too, having worshipped, he should dismiss the deities from the seat of…
- 56 iti vyākhyāvidhiḥ Such is the procedure of exposition.
- 57 atha samayaniṣkṛtiḥ Now, the discharge for a breach of the observances.
- 58 yady api tattvajñānaniṣṭhasya prāyaścittādi na kiñcit tathāpi caryāmātrād … Although for one established in the knowledge of reality there is no expiation or the…
- 59 atattvajñānī tu caryaikāyattabhogamokṣaḥ samayollaṅghane kṛte prāyaścittam akurvan varṣaśataṃ … But for one who lacks the knowledge of reality, whose enjoyment and liberation depend…
- 60 iti samayaniṣkṛtividhiḥ Such is the procedure for the discharge of a breach of observance.
- 61 atha gurupūjāvidhiḥ Now, the procedure for the worship of the guru.
- 62 sarvayāgānteṣu upasaṃhṛte yāge aparedyuḥ gurupūjāṃ kuryāt pūrvaṃ hi … At the conclusion of all the worships, once the worship has been wound up, on the…
- 63 iti tāṃ sarvathā caret Therefore he should by all means carry out that worship of the guru.
- 64 tatra svāstikaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā tatra sauvarṇaṃ pīṭhaṃ dattvā … There, having made a svastika diagram, having set a golden seat upon it, having…
- 65 ita gurupūjāvidhiḥ Such is the procedure for the worship of the guru.