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The Essence of the Tantra20.8

20.8

तत्र कृतदीक्षाकस्य शिष्यस्य प्रधानं मन्त्रं सवीर्यकं संवित्तिस्फुरणसारम् अलिखितं वक्त्रागमेनैव अर्पयेत् ततः तन्मयीभावसिद्ध्यर्थं स शिष्यः सन्ध्यासु तन्मयीभावाभ्यासं कुर्यात् तद्द्वारेण सर्वकालं तथाविधसंस्कारलाभसिद्ध्यर्थं प्रत्यहं च परमेश्वरं च स्थण्डिले वा लिङ्गे वा अभ्यर्चयेत्

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra kṛtadīkṣākasya śiṣyasya pradhānaṃ mantraṃ savīryakaṃ saṃvittisphuraṇasāram alikhitaṃ vaktrāgamenaiva arpayet tataḥ tanmayībhāvasiddhyarthaṃ sa śiṣyaḥ sandhyāsu tanmayībhāvābhyāsaṃ kuryāt taddvāreṇa sarvakālaṃ tathāvidhasaṃskāralābhasiddhyarthaṃ pratyahaṃ ca parameśvaraṃ ca sthaṇḍile vā liṅge vā abhyarcayet

— to the disciple who has received initiation ; — the principal mantra, endowed with potency ; — whose essence is the pulsation of consciousness ; — unwritten ; — he should impart only by oral transmission (mouth to ear) ; — for the sake of accomplishing identity with That ; — the practice of identity-with-That at the junctures (of the day) ; — for attaining such a (purifying) sacrament at all times ; — he should worship (the Lord) upon the altar-ground or the liṅga

There, to the disciple who has received initiation, he should impart the principal mantra, endowed with potency, whose essence is the pulsation of consciousness — unwritten, by oral transmission alone. Then, in order to accomplish identity with That, that disciple should practice identity-with-That at the junctures of the day; and by that means, in order to attain such a sacrament at all times, he should daily worship the Supreme Lord upon the altar-ground or upon the liṅga.