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The Essence of the Tantra4.3

4.3

स च एवंरूपः समस्तेभ्यः परिच्छिन्नस्वभावेभ्यः शिवान्तेभ्यः तत्त्वेभ्यो यत् उत्तीर्णम् अपरिच्छिन्नसंविन्मात्ररूपं तद् एव च परमार्थः तत् वस्तुव्यवस्थास्थानं तत् विश्वस्य ओजः तेन प्राणिति विश्वम् तद् एव च अहम् अतो विश्वोत्तीर्णो विश्वात्मा च अहम् इति

Transliteration (IAST)

sa ca evaṃrūpaḥ samastebhyaḥ paricchinnasvabhāvebhyaḥ śivāntebhyaḥ tattvebhyo yat uttīrṇam aparicchinnasaṃvinmātrarūpaṃ tad eva ca paramārthaḥ tat vastuvyavasthāsthānaṃ tat viśvasya ojaḥ tena prāṇiti viśvam tad eva ca aham ato viśvottīrṇo viśvātmā ca aham iti

— from those of delimited/finite nature ; — from the categories (tattvas) up to and including Śiva ; — transcendent, risen beyond ; — having the form of undelimited pure consciousness alone ; — the highest reality, ultimate truth ; — the ground in which the order of all things rests ; — vital potency, vigor ; — breathes, lives ; — transcendent of the universe ; — the Self of the universe, all-immanent

And that [highest reality], being of such a kind, is what has risen beyond all the categories of finite nature up to and including Śiva — that which has the form of undelimited pure consciousness alone. That very thing is the ultimate reality; it is the ground in which the order of all things rests; it is the vital potency of the universe — by it the universe breathes. And that too am I. Therefore I am both transcendent of the universe and the very Self of the universe.