तन्त्रसार
Tantrasāra
- 1 tatra samasta eva ayaṃ mūrtivaicitryābhāsanaśaktijo deśādhvā saṃvidi viśrāntaḥ … Now, this entire course of space, born from the power that makes manifest the diversity…
- 2 tad uktaṃ na prakriyāparaṃ jñānam iti As it has been said: "Knowledge is not dependent upon the procedure.
- 3 tatra pṛthivītattvaṃ śatakoṭipravistīrṇaṃ brahmāṇḍagolakarūpam Therein the earth-principle, extended over a thousand million yojanas, has the form of…
- 4 tasya antaḥ kālāgnir narakāḥ pātālāni pṛthivī svargo yāvad … Within it are the Fire of Time, the hells, the netherworlds, the earth, heaven, and so on…
- 5 brahmāṇḍabāhye rudrāṇāṃ śatam Outside the cosmic egg there are a hundred Rudras.
- 6 na ca brahmāṇḍānāṃ saṅkhyā vidyate And there is no counting of the cosmic eggs.
- 7 tato dharātattvād daśaguṇaṃ jalatattvam Then, beyond the earth-principle, the water-principle is tenfold in extent.
- 8 tata uttarottaraṃ daśaguṇam ahaṅkārāntam From there each successive principle is tenfold, up to the principle of the I-maker…
- 9 tad yathā jalaṃ tejo vāyur nabhaḥ tanmātrapañcakākṣaikādaśagarbho 'haṅkāraś … These, namely: water, fire, air, ether, and the I-maker which holds within its womb the…
- 10 ahaṅkārāt śataguṇaṃ buddhitattvam Beyond the I-maker, the principle of intellect (buddhi) is a hundredfold.
- 11 tataḥ sahasradhā prakṛtitattvam etāvat prakṛtyaṇḍam Then the principle of prakṛti is a thousandfold;
- 12 tac ca brahmāṇḍavad asaṅkhyam And it too, like the cosmic egg, is innumerable.
- 13 prakṛtitattvāt puruṣatattvaṃ ca daśasahasradhā And beyond the prakṛti-principle, the principle of the soul (puruṣa) is ten-thousandfold.
- 14 puruṣān niyatiḥ lakṣadhā Beyond the soul, Necessity (niyati) is a hundred-thousandfold.
- 15 niyater uttarottaraṃ daśalakṣadhā kalātattvāntam Beyond Necessity, each successive principle is a million-fold, ending with the principle…
- 16 tad yathā niyatiḥ rāgo 'śuddhavidyā kālaḥ kalā ceti These, namely: Necessity, Attachment, impure Knowledge, Time, and limited Agency.
- 17 kalātattvāt koṭidhā māyā etāvat māyāṇḍam Beyond the principle of limited agency, Māyā is ten-million-fold;
- 18 māyātattvāt śuddhavidyā daśakoṭiguṇitā Beyond the Māyā-principle, pure Knowledge (śuddhavidyā) is multiplied a…
- 19 vidyātattvād īśvaratattvaṃ śatakoṭidhā Beyond the Knowledge-principle, the principle of the Lord (īśvara) is a…
- 20 īśvaratattvāt sādākhyaṃ sahasrakoṭidhā Beyond the Lord-principle, the Sadāśiva-principle (sādākhya) is ten-thousand-million-fold.
- 21 sādākhyāt vṛndaguṇitaṃ śaktitattvam iti śaktyaṇḍam Beyond the Sadāśiva-principle, the principle of Power (śakti) is multiplied by a vṛnda (a…
- 22 sā śaktir vyāpya yato viśvam adhvānam antarbahir āste … Since that Power, having pervaded the entire path, abides within and without it, it is…
- 23 evam etāni uttarottaram āvaraṇatayā vartamānāni tattvāny uttaraṃ vyāpakaṃ … Thus these principles, standing one above the other in the manner of enveloping sheaths,…
- 24 yāvad aśeṣaśaktitattvānto 'dhvā śivatattvena vyāptaḥ The entire path, terminating in the Power-principle without remainder, is pervaded by the…
- 25 śivatattvaṃ punar aparimeyaṃ sarvādhvottīrṇaṃ sarvādhvavyāpakaṃ ca The Śiva-principle, however, is immeasurable, transcending all paths and yet pervading…
- 26 etat tattvāntarālavartīni yāni bhuvanāni tatpataya eva atra pṛthivyāṃ … As for the worlds (bhuvanas) that lie in the intervals between these principles, their…
- 27 teṣv āyataneṣu ye mriyante teṣāṃ tatra tatra gatiṃ … To those who die in those sacred seats, they grant the appropriate destination, each to…
- 28 kramāc ca ūrdhvordhvaṃ prerayanti dīkṣākrameṇa And in due sequence they impel them higher and higher, through the gradation of…