तन्त्रसार
Tantrasāra
- 1 evaṃ samastaṃ nityaṃ naimittikaṃ karma nirūpitam Thus the whole of ritual, both the regular and the occasional, has been set forth.
- 2 adhunā asyaiva āgamasya prāmāṇyam ucyate Now the authoritativeness of this very scripture is stated.
- 3 tatra saṃvinmātramaye viśvasmin saṃvidi ca vimarśātmikāyāṃ vimarśasya ca … Now, since the universe consists of nothing but consciousness, since consciousness has…
- 4 kecit māyocitabhedaparāmarśātmani vedāgamādiśāstre rūḍhāḥ anye tathāvidha eva mokṣābhimānena … Some are settled in the Veda, the Āgama, and like scriptures, which consist in the…
- 5 bhedavāde 'pi samastāgamānām ekeśvarakāryatve 'pi prāmāṇyaṃ tāvat avasthitam … Even on the doctrine of difference, indeed even granting that all scriptures are the work…
- 6 brahmahananatanniṣedhavat saṃskārabhedaḥ saṃskārātiśayaḥ tadabhāve kvacit anadhikṛtatvam iti samānam … Just as with the killing of a brahmin and its prohibition, there is a difference of…
- 7 iti riktasya jantoḥ atiriktā vācoyuktiḥ tāsāṃ kāñcana prasiddhiṃ … Hence the (denial of conviction) is, for an empty creature, mere superfluous quibbling.
- 8 saṃvitprakāśaparamārthatayā yathaiva bhāty āmṛśaty api tatheti vivecayantaḥ Discerning that, with consciousness-light as the ultimate reality, just as it shines…
- 9 santaḥ samastamayacitpratibhāvimarśasāraṃ samāśrayata śāstram anuttarātma — you who are good, resort to that scripture whose very self is the Unsurpassed, whose…
- 10 jissa daḍhapasiddhighaḍie vavahāre soi asmi ṇīsaṅko (In Apabhraṃśa:) In worldly practice framed by one's own firm common conviction, that…
- 11 taha hohi jahuttiṇa pasiddhirūḍhie paramasivo then, established in a conviction that transcends the common crowd, he becomes the…
- 12 nijadṛḍhaprasiddhighaṭite vyavahāre loka asti niḥśaṅkaḥ (The Sanskrit gloss:) In worldly practice framed by one's own firm common conviction, a…
- 13 tadā bhavati janottīrṇaprasiddhirūḍhaḥ paramaśivaḥ then, established in a conviction that transcends the common people, he becomes the…