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The Essence of the Tantra8.79

8.79

अन्तः प्राणाश्रयकर्मानुसन्धेस् तु वागिन्द्रियम् तेन इन्द्रियाधिष्ठाने हस्ते यत् गमनं तद् अपि पादेन्द्रियस्यैव कर्म इति मन्तव्यम् तेन कर्मानन्त्यम् अपि न इन्द्रियानन्त्यम् आवहेत् इयति राजसस्य उपश्लेषकत्वम् इत्य् आहुः

Transliteration (IAST)

antaḥ prāṇāśrayakarmānusandhes tu vāgindriyam tena indriyādhiṣṭhāne haste yat gamanaṃ tad api pādendriyasyaiva karma iti mantavyam tena karmānantyam api na indriyānantyam āvahet iyati rājasasya upaśleṣakatvam ity āhuḥ

— for the intentional purpose of action grounded in the breath ; — the faculty of speech ; — in the hand, the (usual) seat of an organ ; — the action of the foot-faculty ; — the infinitude of actions ; — an infinitude of faculties ; — the binding (cohering) function of the rājasa (I-maker)

But for the intentional purpose of inward action grounded in the breath, there is the faculty of speech. Hence, whatever motion occurs in the hand — the usual seat of an organ — that too is to be regarded as the action of the foot-faculty alone. Thus, although actions are infinite, this does not entail an infinitude of faculties. To this extent the rājasa (I-maker) performs the binding function — so they say.