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The Essence of the Tantra7.1

7.1

तत्र समस्त एव अयं मूर्तिवैचित्र्याभासनशक्तिजो देशाध्वा संविदि विश्रान्तः तद्द्वारेण शून्ये बुद्धौ प्राणे नाडीचक्रानुचक्रेषु बहिः शरीरे यावल् लिङ्गस्थण्डिलप्रतिमादौ समस्तो ऽध्वा परिनिष्ठितः तं समस्तम् अध्वानं देहे विलाप्य देहं च प्राणे तं धियि तां शून्ये तत्संवेदने निर्भरपरिपूर्णसंवित् सम्पद्यते षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वस्वरूपज्ञः तदुत्तीर्णां संविदं परमशिवरूपां पश्यन् विश्वमयीम् अपि संवेदयेत अपरथा वेद्यभागम् एव कञ्चित् परत्वेन गृह्णीयान् मायागर्भाधिकारिणं विष्णुब्रह्मादिकं वा तस्माद् अवश्यं प्रक्रियाज्ञानपरेण भवितव्यम्

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra samasta eva ayaṃ mūrtivaicitryābhāsanaśaktijo deśādhvā saṃvidi viśrāntaḥ taddvāreṇa śūnye buddhau prāṇe nāḍīcakrānucakreṣu bahiḥ śarīre yāval liṅgasthaṇḍilapratimādau samasto 'dhvā pariniṣṭhitaḥ taṃ samastam adhvānaṃ dehe vilāpya dehaṃ ca prāṇe taṃ dhiyi tāṃ śūnye tatsaṃvedane nirbharaparipūrṇasaṃvit sampadyate ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasvarūpajñaḥ taduttīrṇāṃ saṃvidaṃ paramaśivarūpāṃ paśyan viśvamayīm api saṃvedayeta aparathā vedyabhāgam eva kañcit paratvena gṛhṇīyān māyāgarbhādhikāriṇaṃ viṣṇubrahmādikaṃ vā tasmād avaśyaṃ prakriyājñānapareṇa bhavitavyam

— the course/path of space (the spatial dimension of the cosmic hierarchy) ; — born from the power that makes manifest the diversity of forms ; — comes to rest in consciousness ; — in the void, in the intellect, in the vital breath ; — in the channels, the wheels, and the subsidiary wheels ; — in the liṅga, the sacrificial ground, the image, and so on ; — the entire path is fully established ; — having dissolved (it) into the body ; — the wholly full and perfect consciousness ; — one who knows the true nature of the thirty-six principles ; — transcending that (the thirty-six principles) ; — having the nature of Supreme Śiva ; — consisting of (i.e., comprising) the universe ; — a portion of the knowable (object) ; — would grasp as the highest ; — a presiding agent contained within Māyā ; — devoted to the knowledge of the procedure (of the cosmic order) ; — one must become

Now, this entire course of space, born from the power that makes manifest the diversity of forms, comes to rest in consciousness. By way of that, the whole path stands fully established — in the void, in the intellect, in the vital breath, in the channels, wheels, and subsidiary wheels, outwardly in the body, and as far as the liṅga, the sacrificial ground, the image, and the like. Dissolving that entire path into the body, the body into the breath, that into the intellect, that into the void, and that into the consciousness thereof, one becomes the wholly full and perfect consciousness, a knower of the true nature of the thirty-six principles. Seeing the consciousness that transcends them, whose form is Supreme Śiva, one should experience it as comprising the universe as well. Otherwise one would grasp some mere portion of the knowable as the highest — such as a presiding agent contained within Māyā, or Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and the like. Therefore one must without fail become devoted to the knowledge of the cosmic procedure.