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The Essence of the Tantra9.7

9.7

तत्र शक्तिभेदाद् एव प्रमातॄणां भेदः स च स्फुटीकरणार्थं सकलादिक्रमेण भण्यते तत्र सकलस्य विद्याकले शक्तिः तद्विशेषरूपत्वात् बुद्धिकर्माक्षशक्तीनां प्रलयाकलस्य तु ते एव निर्विषयत्वात् अस्फुटे

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra śaktibhedād eva pramātṝṇāṃ bhedaḥ sa ca sphuṭīkaraṇārthaṃ sakalādikrameṇa bhaṇyate tatra sakalasya vidyākale śaktiḥ tadviśeṣarūpatvāt buddhikarmākṣaśaktīnāṃ pralayākalasya tu te eva nirviṣayatvāt asphuṭe

— precisely from the difference of powers ; — the difference among the perceivers ; — for the sake of making it clear ; — in the order beginning with the Sakala ; — is described, is spoken of ; — of the Sakala ; — in vidyā and kalā (the kañcukas of limited knowledge and agency) ; — the power (lies) ; — because its specific form consists of ; — of the powers of the cognitive and conative sense-organs ; — of the Pralayākala ; — those very (same powers) ; — because they lack an object ; — (lie) in an unmanifest (indistinct) state

The difference among the perceivers arises precisely from the difference of powers, and it is set forth in the order beginning with the Sakala for the sake of clarity. For the Sakala, the power lies in vidyā and kalā, since its specific form consists of the powers of the cognitive and conative sense-organs; but for the Pralayākala those very powers lie in an unmanifest state, since they are without an object.