Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra · 1.86

1.86

न चित्तं निक्षिपेद्दुःखे न सुखे वा परिक्षिपेत् । भैरवि ज्ञायतां मध्ये किं तत्त्वमवशिष्यते ॥८६॥

na cittaṃ nikṣiped duḥkhe na sukhe vā parikṣipet | bhairavi jñāyatāṃ madhye kiṃ tattvam avaśiṣyate

anuṣṭubh

— let one not cast the mind into pain ; — nor into pleasure ; — O Bhairavī ; — let it be known in the middle ; — what reality remains?

Cast not the mind into pain, nor fling it into pleasure. O Bhairavī, let it be known: in the middle (between them), what Reality remains?

Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 1.86