Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra · 1.138

Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 1.138

1.138
न चित्तं निक्षिपेद्दुःखे न सुखे वा परिक्षिपेत् । भैरवि ज्ञायतां मध्ये किं तत्त्वमवशिष्यते ॥१३८॥
na cittaṃ nikṣiped duḥkhe na sukhe vā parikṣipet | bhairavi jñāyatāṃ madhye kiṃ tattvam avaśiṣyate
anuṣṭubh
— in the middle ; — remains over ; — let it be known

Do not cast the mind into pain, nor fling it into pleasure. O Bhairavī, let it be known: in the middle, what Reality remains?