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The Essence of the Tantra3.10

3.10

तत्र मुख्यास् तावत् तिस्रः परमेश्वरस्य शक्तयः अनुत्तरेच्छोन्मेष इति तद् एव परामर्शत्रयम् अ इ उ इति एतस्माद् एव त्रितयात् सर्वः शक्तिप्रपञ्चः चर्यते अनुत्तर एव हि विश्रान्तिर् आनन्दः इच्छायाम् एव विश्रान्तिः ईशनम् उन्मेष एव हि विश्रान्तिर् ऊर्मिः यः क्रियाशक्तेः प्रारम्भः तद् एव परामर्शत्रयम् आ ई ऊ इति

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra mukhyās tāvat tisraḥ parameśvarasya śaktayaḥ anuttarecchonmeṣa iti tad eva parāmarśatrayam a i u iti etasmād eva tritayāt sarvaḥ śaktiprapañcaḥ caryate anuttara eva hi viśrāntir ānandaḥ icchāyām eva viśrāntiḥ īśanam unmeṣa eva hi viśrāntir ūrmiḥ yaḥ kriyāśakteḥ prārambhaḥ tad eva parāmarśatrayam ā ī ū iti

— the three principal powers ; — the Absolute, the Unsurpassed (phoneme a) ; — Will (phoneme i) ; — Unfolding/opening (phoneme u) ; — the triad of reflective awarenesses (a, i, u) ; — the whole expansion of powers ; — is set in motion, is enacted ; — repose, resting ; — Bliss (phoneme ā) ; — Lordship/sovereignty (phoneme ī) ; — the wave/surge (phoneme ū), the onset of the power of action ; — the beginning of the power of action

Among these, then, there are first three principal powers of the Supreme Lord: the Absolute (anuttara), Will (icchā), and Unfolding (unmeṣa) — that is the triad of reflective awarenesses, a, i, u. From this very triad the whole expansion of the powers is set in motion. For repose in the Absolute itself is Bliss; repose in Will itself is Lordship; repose in Unfolding itself is the surge that is the beginning of the power of action — and that is the (second) triad of reflective awarenesses, ā, ī, ū.