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The Essence of the Tantra9.51

9.51

किं च यस्य यद् यदा रूपं स्फुटं स्थिरम् अनुबन्धि तत् जाग्रत् तस्यैव तद्विपर्ययः स्वप्नः यः लयाकलस्य भोगः सर्वावेदनं सुषुप्तं यो विज्ञानाकलस्य भोगः भोग्याभिन्नीकरणं तुर्यं मन्त्रादीनां स भोगः भावानां शिवाभेदस् तुर्यातीतं सर्वातीतम्

Transliteration (IAST)

kiṃ ca yasya yad yadā rūpaṃ sphuṭaṃ sthiram anubandhi tat jāgrat tasyaiva tadviparyayaḥ svapnaḥ yaḥ layākalasya bhogaḥ sarvāvedanaṃ suṣuptaṃ yo vijñānākalasya bhogaḥ bhogyābhinnīkaraṇaṃ turyaṃ mantrādīnāṃ sa bhogaḥ bhāvānāṃ śivābhedas turyātītaṃ sarvātītam

— manifest, stable, and continuous ; — waking ; — the reverse of that ; — dream ; — the experience of the Pralayākala ; — the non-cognition of everything ; — deep sleep ; — the experience of the Vijñānākala ; — the making of the enjoyed object non-different (from oneself) ; — the fourth (state) ; — the experience of the Mantras and the rest ; — the non-difference of all entities from Śiva ; — beyond-the-fourth, transcending-all

Moreover: that form which, for someone at some time, is manifest, stable, and continuous — that is waking; its reverse, for that same one, is dream. The experience of the Pralayākala, which is the non-cognition of everything, is deep sleep; the experience of the Vijñānākala, which is the making of the enjoyed object non-different from oneself, is the fourth state; the experience of the Mantras and the rest — the non-difference of all entities from Śiva — is the beyond-the-fourth, the transcending-all.