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The Essence of the Tantra20.7

20.7

नैमित्तिकम् ज्ञानलाभः शास्त्रलाभो गुरुतद्वर्गगृहागमनं तदीयजन्मसंस्कारप्रायणदिनानि लौकिकोत्सवः शास्त्रव्याख्या आदिमध्यान्ता देवतादर्शनं मेलकं स्वप्नाज्ञा समयनिष्कृतिलाभः इत्य् एतत् नैमित्तिकं विशेषार्चनकारणम्

Transliteration (IAST)

naimittikam jñānalābhaḥ śāstralābho gurutadvargagṛhāgamanaṃ tadīyajanmasaṃskāraprāyaṇadināni laukikotsavaḥ śāstravyākhyā ādimadhyāntā devatādarśanaṃ melakaṃ svapnājñā samayaniṣkṛtilābhaḥ ity etat naimittikaṃ viśeṣārcanakāraṇam

— the attainment of knowledge ; — the obtaining of a scripture ; — the coming of the guru or his circle to (one's) house ; — the days of their birth, sacrament, and passing away ; — a worldly festival ; — the exposition of scripture, at its beginning, middle, and end ; — a vision of the deity ; — an assembly (of adepts/yoginīs) ; — a command (received) in a dream ; — the obtaining of release from a pledge-breach ; — the occasion for special worship

The occasional (occasions are): the attainment of knowledge, the obtaining of a scripture, the coming of the guru or his circle to one's house, the days of their birth, sacrament, and passing away, a worldly festival, the exposition of scripture at its beginning, middle, and end, a vision of the deity, an assembly, a command received in a dream, the obtaining of release from a pledge-breach — this occasional (set) is the occasion for special worship.