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The Essence of the Tantra4.9

4.9

ननु इत्थं परं तत्त्वं विकल्प्यरूपं स्यात् मैवम् विकल्पस्य द्वैताधिवासभङ्गमात्रे चरितार्थत्वात् परं तत्त्वं तु सर्वत्र सर्वरूपतया स्वप्रकाशम् एव इति न तत्र विकल्पः कस्यैचित् उपक्रियायै खण्डनायै वा

Transliteration (IAST)

nanu itthaṃ paraṃ tattvaṃ vikalpyarūpaṃ syāt maivam vikalpasya dvaitādhivāsabhaṅgamātre caritārthatvāt paraṃ tattvaṃ tu sarvatra sarvarūpatayā svaprakāśam eva iti na tatra vikalpaḥ kasyaicit upakriyāyai khaṇḍanāyai vā

— but surely (objection-marker) ; — having the form of an object of conceptualization ; — in the mere dissolution of the residual sense of duality ; — because its purpose is fulfilled ; — by being of the nature of all forms ; — self-luminous ; — for assistance/enhancement ; — for negation/refutation

But surely, in this way the supreme reality would become an object of conceptualization? Not so. For the conceptual construct fulfills its purpose merely in dissolving the residual sense of duality, whereas the supreme reality, being everywhere and of the nature of all forms, is simply self-luminous. Thus there the conceptual construct serves neither to enhance it nor to negate it.