तन्त्रसार
Tantrasāra
- 1 yad etat prakāśarūpaṃ śivatattvam uktam tatra akhaṇḍamaṇḍale yadā … As for that Śiva-principle of the nature of Light which has been described — when one is…
- 2 na hi sa raso mukhyaḥ tatkāryavyādhiśamanādyadṛṣṭeḥ For that taste is not the real one, since its proper effects, such as the curing of…
- 3 nāpi gandhasparśau mukhyau guṇinaḥ tatra abhāve tayor ayogāt … Nor are that smell and that touch real, since in the absence there of the substance…
- 4 na ca tau na staḥ dehoddhūlanavisargādidarśanāt And yet it is not that those two do not exist at all, since one observes such things as…
- 5 śabdo 'pi na mukhyaḥ ko 'pi vakti iti … The sound too is not the real one, since the echo is heard as though coming from…
- 6 evaṃ yathā etat pratibimbitaṃ bhāti tathaiva viśvaṃ parameśvaraprakāśe Thus, just as this appears as a reflection, in exactly that way does the universe appear…
- 7 nanu atra bimbaṃ kiṃ syāt mābhūt kiñcit "But surely, what would the original object here be?
- 8 nanu kim akāraṇakaṃ tat hanta tarhi hetupraśnaḥ tat … "But surely, then, is it without any cause?
- 9 svarūpānāmarśane hi vastuto jaḍataiva syāt āmarśaś ca ayaṃ … For if there were no reflection upon its own nature, there would in truth be mere…
- 10 tatra mukhyās tāvat tisraḥ parameśvarasya śaktayaḥ anuttarecchonmeṣa iti … Among these, then, there are first three principal powers of the Supreme Lord: the…
- 11 atra ca prācyaṃ parāmarśatrayaṃ prakāśabhāgasāratvāt sūryātmakaṃ caramaṃ parāmarśatrayaṃ … And here the prior triad of reflective awarenesses, because its essence is the…
- 12 yadā tu icchāyām īśane ca karma anupraviśati yat … But when action enters into Will and into Lordship — which is then spoken of as "that…
- 13 tad etad varṇacatuṣṭayam ubhayacchāyādhāritvāt napuṃsakam ṛ ṝ ḷ … This tetrad of phonemes — ṛ, ṝ, ḷ, ḹ — because it bears the tinge of both, is neuter…
- 14 anuttarānandayoḥ icchādiṣu yadā prasaraḥ tadā varṇadvayam e oṃ … When there is an outflow of the Absolute and Bliss into Will and the rest, then arises…
- 15 tatrāpi punar anuttarānandasaṅghaṭṭāt varṇadvayam ai au iti There too, again, from the intense conjunction of the Absolute and Bliss, arises the pair…
- 16 sā iyaṃ kriyāśaktiḥ tad eva ca varṇacatuṣṭayam e … This is the power of action, and it is precisely the tetrad of phonemes e, ai, o, au.
- 17 tataḥ punaḥ kriyāśaktyante sarvaṃ kāryabhūtaṃ yāvat anuttare pravekṣyati … Then again, at the end of the power of action, the whole of what has become effect,…
- 18 tatas tatraiva anuttarasya visargo jāyate aḥ iti Then, in that very (Absolute), the emission of the Absolute arises — that is, ḥ.
- 19 evaṃ ṣoḍaśakaṃ parāmarśānāṃ bījasvarūpam ucyate Thus the group of sixteen reflective awarenesses is said to be of the nature of seeds…
- 20 tadutthaṃ vyañjanātmakaṃ yonirūpam Arisen from that is the consonant-set, which is of the nature of the womb.
- 21 tatra anuttarāt kavargaḥ śraddhāyāḥ icchāyāḥ cavargaḥ sakarmikāyā icchāyā … Among these: from the Absolute comes the k-class;
- 22 icchāyā eva trividhāyā ya ra lāḥ unmeṣāt vakāraḥ … From Will, which is threefold, come the semivowels y, r, l;
- 23 ity eva eṣa bhagavān anuttara eva kuleśvararūpaḥ Thus this Lord is just the Absolute itself, having the form of the Lord of the Kula.
- 24 tasya ca ekaiva kaulikī visargaśaktiḥ yayā ānandarūpāt prabhṛti … And his is one single Kaula power of emission, by which, vibrating forth through this…
- 25 sa ca eṣa visargas tridhā āṇavaḥ cittaviśrāntirūpaḥ śāktaḥ … And this emission is threefold: the Āṇava, of the nature of the repose of the mind;
- 26 evaṃ visarga eva viśvajanane bhagavataḥ śaktiḥ Thus the emission alone is the Lord's power in the generation of the universe.
- 27 ity evam iyato yadā nirvibhāgatayā eva parāmarśaḥ tadā … Thus, when the reflective awareness of this whole extent is taken in an entirely…
- 28 pṛthak aṣṭakaparāmarśe cakreśvarasāhityena navavargaḥ ekaikaparāmarśaprādhānye pañcāśadātmakatā When the eightfold groups are reflected upon separately, together with the lords of the…
- 29 tatrāpi sambhavadbhāgabhedaparāmarśane ekāśītirūpatvam And there too, when the possible distinctions of parts are reflected upon, there is the…
- 30 vastutas tu ṣaṭ eva parāmarśāḥ prasaraṇapratisañcaraṇayogena dvādaśa bhavantaḥ … In truth, however, there are only six reflective awarenesses;
- 31 tā eva etāḥ parāmarśarūpatvāt śaktayo bhagavatyaḥ śrīkālikā iti … These very powers, because they are of the nature of reflective awareness, are the divine…
- 32 ete ca śaktirūpā eva śuddhāḥ parāmarśāḥ śuddhavidyāyāṃ parāpararūpatvena … And these pure reflective awarenesses, themselves in the form of powers, at the level of…
- 33 māyāyāṃ punaḥ sphaṭībhūtabhedavibhāgā māyīyavarṇatāṃ bhajante ye paśyantīmadhyamāvaikharīṣu vyāvahārikatvam … At the level of māyā, again, with their distinctions of difference now solidified, they…
- 34 atrāpi pūrvavat na mantrādiyantraṇā kācid iti Here too, as before, there is no regulation whatsoever by mantra and the like.