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The Essence of the Tantra4.27

4.27

इत्थं विचित्रैः शुद्धविद्यांशरूपैः विकल्पैः यत् अनपेक्षितविकल्पं स्वाभाविकं परमार्थतत्त्वं प्रकाशते तस्यैव सनातनतथाविधप्रकाशमात्रतारूढये तत्स्वरूपानुसन्धानात्मा विकल्पविशेषो योगः

Transliteration (IAST)

itthaṃ vicitraiḥ śuddhavidyāṃśarūpaiḥ vikalpaiḥ yat anapekṣitavikalpaṃ svābhāvikaṃ paramārthatattvaṃ prakāśate tasyaiva sanātanatathāvidhaprakāśamātratārūḍhaye tatsvarūpānusandhānātmā vikalpaviśeṣo yogaḥ

— by manifold, various ; — having the form of portions of pure wisdom ; — requiring no [further] conceptual construct ; — natural, innate ; — for the settled establishment in its eternal, such-natured pure manifestation ; — consisting in the sustained reflective attending to its essential nature ; — a special conceptual construct ; — yoga

Thus, when by manifold conceptual constructs that are portions of pure wisdom the natural, ultimate reality — which requires no [further] conceptual construct — shines forth, then the special conceptual construct that consists in the sustained reflective attending to its essential nature, undertaken for the settled establishment in its eternal, such-natured pure manifestation, is "yoga."