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The Essence of the Tantra9.39

9.39

एवं च पाञ्चदश्ये स्थिते यावत् स्फुटेदन्तात्मनो भेदस्य न्यूनता तावत् द्वयं द्वयं ह्रसति यावत् द्वितुटिकः शिवावेशः तत्र आद्या तुटिः सर्वतः पूर्णा द्वितीया सर्वज्ञानकरणाविष्टाभ्यस्यमाना सर्वज्ञत्वसर्वकर्तृत्वाय कल्पते न तु आद्या

Transliteration (IAST)

evaṃ ca pāñcadaśye sthite yāvat sphuṭedantātmano bhedasya nyūnatā tāvat dvayaṃ dvayaṃ hrasati yāvat dvituṭikaḥ śivāveśaḥ tatra ādyā tuṭiḥ sarvataḥ pūrṇā dvitīyā sarvajñānakaraṇāviṣṭābhyasyamānā sarvajñatvasarvakartṛtvāya kalpate na tu ādyā

— the fifteenfold (set) being established ; — of that which has the nature of manifest objectivity (this-ness) ; — diminution, deficiency ; — it diminishes by two at a time ; — consisting of two instants ; — absorption into Śiva ; — full on every side, complete ; — pervaded by the instruments of all-knowing ; — being repeatedly cultivated (practiced) ; — for omniscience and omnipotence ; — it suffices, it is fit for

And thus, when the fifteenfold set is established, to the extent that the diminution of the differentiation belonging to manifest this-ness occurs, to that extent it diminishes by two at a time, until there is the absorption into Śiva consisting of two instants. Of these, the first instant is full on every side; the second, pervaded by the instruments of all-knowing and being repeatedly cultivated, is fit for omniscience and omnipotence — but not the first.