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The Essence of the Tantra9.24

9.24

मन्त्रमहेशस्य स्वरूपत्वे भगवत एकस्यैव प्रमातृत्वे शक्तिशक्तिमद्भेदात् त्रयः

Transliteration (IAST)

mantramaheśasya svarūpatve bhagavata ekasyaiva pramātṛtve śaktiśaktimadbhedāt trayaḥ

— when the Great Lord of Mantra is the own-form ; — when the Blessed One alone is the perceiver ; — through the distinction of power and power-holder ; — three (distinctions)

When the Great Lord of Mantra is the own-form and the Blessed One alone is the perceiver, there are three, by the distinction of power and power-holder.