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The Essence of the Tantra5.21

5.21

तद् एव सृष्टिसंहारबीजोच्चारणरहस्यम् अनुसन्दधत् विकल्पं संस्कुर्यात् आसु च विश्रान्तिषु प्रत्येकं पञ्च अवस्था भवन्ति प्रवेशतारतम्यात्

Transliteration (IAST)

tad eva sṛṣṭisaṃhārabījoccāraṇarahasyam anusandadhat vikalpaṃ saṃskuryāt āsu ca viśrāntiṣu pratyekaṃ pañca avasthā bhavanti praveśatāratamyāt

— the secret of uttering the seed-syllables of emission and withdrawal ; — holding in reflective awareness ; — one should refine the conceptual construct ; — in [these] reposes ; — five states ; — according to the gradation of entry

Holding in reflective awareness that very secret of uttering the seed-syllables of emission and withdrawal, one should refine the conceptual construct. And in each of these reposes there arise five states, according to the gradation of entry: