Tantraloka [sanskrit text]
by Jun Takashima | 2020 | 46,255 words
The Sanskrit text of the Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta including grammatical analysis, English glossary and comparative print editions. The Tantraloka (“light on Tantra”) was written by Abhinavagupta in the 10th century in Kashmir and represents a major Encyclopedic work in Shaivism dealing with many core aspects and terminology.
Book 37 - saptatriṃśamāhnikam
atha śrītantrāloke saptatriṃśamāhnikam |
uktanītyaiva sarvatra vyavahāre pravartite |
prasiddhāvupajīvyāyāmavaśyagrāhya āgamaḥ || 1 ||
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yathā laukikadṛṣṭyānyaphalabhāk tatprasiddhitaḥ |
samyagvyavaharaṃstadvacchivabhāk tatprasiddhitaḥ || 2 ||
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tadavaśyagrahītavye śāstre svāṃśopadeśini |
manākphale'bhyupādeyatamaṃ tadviparītakam || 3 ||
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yathā khageśvarībhāvaniḥśaṅkatvādviṣaṃ vrajet |
kṣayaṃ karmasthitistadvadaśaṅkādbhairavatvataḥ || 4 ||
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yadārṣe pātahetūktaṃ tadasminvāmaśāsane |
āśusiddhyai yataḥ sarvamārṣaṃ māyodarasthitam || 5 ||
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tacca yatsarvasarvajñadṛṣṭaṃ taccāpi kiṃ bhavet |
yadaśeṣopadeśena sūyate'nuttaraṃ phalam || 6 ||
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yathādharādharaproktavastutattvānuvādataḥ |
uttaraṃ kathitaṃ saṃvitsiddhaṃ taddhi tathā bhavet || 7 ||
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yaduktādhikasaṃvittisiddhavastunirūpaṇāt |
apūrṇasarvavitproktirjñāyate'dharaśāsane || 8 ||
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ūrdhvaśāsanavastvaṃśe dṛṣṭvāpica samujjhite |
adhaḥ śāstreṣu māyātvaṃ lakṣyate sargarakṣaṇāt || 9 ||
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śrīmadānandaśāstrādau proktaṃ ca parameśinā |
ṛṣivākyaṃ bahukleśamadhruvālpaphalaṃ mitam || 10 ||
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naiva pramāṇayedvidvān śaivamevāgamaṃ śrayet |
tadārṣe pātahetūktaṃ tadasmin vāmaśāsane || 11 ||
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āśusiddhyai yataḥ sarvamārṣaṃ māyodarasthitam |
yathā khageśvarībhāvaniḥśaṅkatvādviṣaṃ vrajet || 12 ||
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kṣayaṃ karmasthitistadvadaśaṅkādbhairavatvataḥ |
ajñatvānupadeṣṭṛtvasaṃdaṣṭe'dharaśāsane || 13 ||
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etadviparyayādgrāhyamavaśyaṃ śivaśāsanam |
dvāvāptau tatra ca śrīmacchrīkaṇṭhalakuleśvarau || 14 ||
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dvipravāhamidaṃ śāstraṃ mamyaṅniḥśreyasapradam |
prācyasya tu yathābhīṣṭabhogadatvamapi sthitam || 15 ||
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tacca pañcavidhaṃ proktaṃ śaktivaicitryacitritam |
pañcasrota iti proktaṃ śrīmacchrīkaṇṭhaśāsanam || 16 ||
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daśāṣṭādaśadhā srotaḥpañcakaṃ yattato'pyalam |
utkṛṣṭaṃ bhairavābhikhyaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭivibheditam || 17 ||
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śrīmadānandaśāstrādau proktaṃ bhagavatā kila |
samūhaḥ pīṭhametacca dvidhā dakṣiṇavāmataḥ || 18 ||
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mantro vidyeti tasmācca mudrāmaṇḍalagaṃ dvayam |
mananatrāṇadaṃ yattu mantrākhyaṃ tatra vidyayā || 19 ||
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upodbalanamāpyāyaḥ sā hi vedyārthabhāsinī |
mantrapratikṛtirmudrā tadāpyāyanakārakam || 20 ||
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maṇḍalaṃ sāramuktaṃ hi maṇḍaśrutyā śivāhvayam |
evamanyonyasaṃbhedavṛtti pīṭhacatuṣṭayam || 21 ||
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yatastasmādbhavetsarvaṃ pīṭhe pīṭhe'pi vastutaḥ |
pradhānatvāttasya tasya vastuno bhinnatā punaḥ || 22 ||
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kathitā sādhakendrāṇāṃ tattadvastuprasiddhaye |
pratyekaṃ taccaturdhaivaṃ maṇḍalaṃ mudrikā tathā || 23 ||
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mantro vidyeti ca pīṭhamutkṛṣṭaṃ cottarottam |
vidyāpīṭhapradhānaṃ ca siddhayogīśvarīmatam || 24 ||
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tasyāpi paramaṃ sāraṃ mālinīvijayottaram |
uktaṃ śrīratnamālāyāmetacca parameśinā || 25 ||
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aśeṣatantrasāraṃ tu vāmadakṣiṇamāśritam |
ekatra militaṃ kaulaṃ śrīṣaḍardhakaśāsane || 26 ||
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siddhānte karma bahulaṃ malamāyādirūṣitam |
dakṣiṇaṃ raudrakarmāḍhyaṃ vāmaṃ siddhisamākulam || 27 ||
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svalpapuṇyaṃ bahukleśaṃ svapratītivivarjitam |
mokṣavidyāvihīnaṃ ca vinayaṃ tyaja dūrataḥ || 28 ||
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yasminkāle ca guruṇā nirvikalpaṃ prakāśitam |
muktastenaiva kālena yantraṃ tiṣṭhati kevalam || 29 ||
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mayaitatsrotasāṃ rūpamanuttarapadāddhruvāt |
ārabhya vistareṇoktaṃ mālinīślokavārtike || 30 ||
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jijñāsustata evedamavadhārayituṃ kṣamaḥ |
vayaṃ tūktānuvacanamaphalaṃ nādriyāmahe || 31 ||
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itthaṃ dadadanāyāsājjīvanmuktimahāphalam |
yathepsitamahābhogadātṛtvena vyavasthitam || 32 ||
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ṣaḍardhasāraṃ sacchāstramupādeyamidaṃ sphuṭam |
ṣaṭtriṃśatā tattvabalena sūtā yadyapyanantā bhuvanāvalīyam |
brahmāṇḍamatyantamanoharaṃ tu vaicitryavarjaṃ nahi ramyabhāvaḥ || 33 ||
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bhūrādisaptapurapūrṇatame'pi tasmin manye dvitīyabhuvanaṃ bhavanaṃ sukhasya |
kvānyatra citragatisūryaśaśāṅkaśobhirātrindivaprasarabhogavibhāgabhūṣā || 34 ||
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tatrāpica tridivabhogamahārghavarṣadvīpāntarādadhikameva kumārikāhvam |
yatrādharādharapadātparamaṃ śivāntamāroḍhumapyadhikṛtiḥ kṛtināmanarghā || 35 ||
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prākkarmabhogipaśutocitabhogabhājā kiṃ janmanā nanu sukhaikapade'pi dhāmni |
sarvo hi bhāvini paraṃ paritoṣameti saṃbhāvite natu nimeṣiṇi vartamāne || 36 ||
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kanyāhvaye'pi bhuvane'tra paraṃ mahīyān deśaḥ sa yatra kila śāstravarāṇi cakṣuḥ |
jātyandhasadmani na janma na ko'bhinindedbhinnāñjanāyitaravipramukhaprakāśe || 37 ||
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niḥśeṣaśāstrasadanaṃ kila madhyadeśastasminnajāyata guṇābhyadhiko dvijanmā |
ko'pyatrigupta iti nāmaniruktagotraḥ śāstrābdhicarvaṇakalodyadagastyagotraḥ || 38 ||
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tamatha lalitādityo rājā nijaṃ puramānayat praṇayarabhasāt kaśmīrākhyaṃ himālayamūrdhagam |
adhivasati yadgaurīkāntaḥ karairvijayādibhiryugapadakhilaṃ bhogāsāraṃ rasāt paricarcitum || 39 ||
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sthāne sthāne munibhirakhilaiścakrire yannivāsā yaccādhyāste pratipadamidaṃ sa svayaṃ candracūḍaḥ |
tanmanye'haṃ samabhilaṣitāśeṣasiddhernasiddhyai kaśmīrebhyaḥ paramatha puraṃ pūrṇavṛtterna tuṣṭyai || 40 ||
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yatra svayaṃ śāradacandraśubhrā śrīśāradeti prathitā janeṣu |
śāṇḍilyasevārasasuprasannā sarvaṃ janaṃ svairvibhavairyunakti || 41 ||
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nāraṅgāruṇakānti pāṇḍuvikacadballāvadātacchavi prodbhinnāmalamātuluṅgakanakacchāyābhirāmaprabham |
kerīkuntalakandalīpratikṛtiśyāmaprabhābhāsvaraṃ yasmiñśakticatuṣṭayojjvalamalaṃ madyaṃ mahābhairavam || 42 ||
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trinayanamahākopajvālāvilīna iha sthito madanaviśikhavrāto madyacchalena vijṛmbhate |
kathamitarathā rāgaṃ mohaṃ madaṃ madanajvaraṃ vidadhadaniśaṃ kāmātaṅkairvaśīkurute jagat || 43 ||
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yatkāntānāṃ praṇayavacasi prauḍhimānaṃ vidatte yannirvighnaṃ nidhuvanavidhau sādhvasaṃ saṃdhunoti |
yasmin viśvāḥ kalitarucayo devatāścakracaryastanmārdvīkaṃ sapadi tanute yatra bhogāpabargau || 44 ||
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udyadgaurāṅkuravikasitaiḥ śyāmaraktaiḥ palāśairantargāḍhāruṇarucilasatkesarālīvicitraiḥ |
ākīrṇā bhūḥ pratipadamasau yatra kāśmīrapuṣpaiḥ samyagdevītritayayajanodyānamāviṣkaroti || 45 ||
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sarvo lokaḥ kaviratha budho yatra śūro'pi vāgmī candroddyotā masṛṇagatayaḥ pauranāryaśca yatra |
yatrāṅgārojjvalavikasitānantasauṣumṇamārgagrastārkendurgaganavimalo yoginīnāṃ ca vargaḥ || 46 ||
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śrīmatparaṃ pravaranāma puraṃ ca tatra yannirmame pravarasena iti kṣitīśaḥ |
yaḥ svapratiṣṭhitamaheśvarapūjanānte vyomotpatannudasṛjatkila dhūpaghaṇṭām || 47 ||
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āndolanoditamanoharavīranādaiḥ sā cāsya tatsucaritaṃ prathayāṃbabhūva |
sadvṛttasāragurutaijasamūrtayo hi tyaktā api prabhuguṇānadhikaṃ dhvananti || 48 ||
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saṃpūrṇacandravimaladyutivīrakāntāgāḍhāṅgarāgaghanakuṅkumapiñjaraśrīḥ |
proddhūtavetasalatāsitacāmaraughairājyābhiṣekamaniśaṃ dadatī smarasya || 49 ||
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rodhaḥpratiṣṭhitamaheśvarasiddhaliṅgasvāyaṃbhuvārcanavilepanagandhapuṣpaiḥ |
āvarjyamānatanuvīcinimajjanaughavidhvastapāpmamunisiddhamanuṣyavandyā || 50 ||
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bhogāpavargaparipūraṇakalpavallī bhogaikadānarasikāṃ surasiddhasindhum |
nyakkurvatī harapinākakalāvatīrṇā yadbhūṣayatyavirataṃ taṭinī vitastā || 51 ||
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tasmin kuverapuracārisiṃtāṃśumaulisāṃmukhyadarśanavirūḍhapavitrabhāve |
vaitastarodhasi nivāsamamuṣya cakre rājā dvijasya parikalpitabhūrisaṃpat || 52 ||
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tasyānvaye mahati ko'pi varāhaguptanāmā babhūva bhagavān svayamantakāle |
gīrvāṇasindhulaharīkalitāgramūrdhā yasyākarot paramanugrahamāgraheṇa || 53 ||
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tasyātmajaścukhalaketi jane prasiddhaścandrāvadātadhiṣaṇo narasiṃhaguptaḥ |
yaṃ sarvaśāstrarasamajjanaśubhracittaṃ māheśvarī paramalaṃkurute sma bhaktiḥ || 54 ||
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tāruṇyasāgarataraṅgabharānapohya vairāgyapotamadhiruhya dṛḍhaṃ haṭhena |
yo bhaktirohaṇamavāpya maheśacintāratnairalaṃ dalayati sma bhavāpadastāḥ || 55 ||
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tasyātmajo'bhinavagupta iti prasiddhaḥ śrīcandracūḍacaraṇābjaparāgapūtaḥ |
mātā vyayūyujadamuṃ kila bālya eva daivaṃ hi bhāviparikarmaṇi saṃskaroti || 56 ||
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mātā paraṃ bandhuriti pravādaḥ snoho'tigāḍhīkurute hi pāśān |
tanmūlabandhe galite kilāsya manye sthitā jīvata eva muktiḥ || 57 ||
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pitrā sa śabdagahane kṛtasaṃpraveśastarkārṇavormipṛṣatāmalapūtacittaḥ |
sāhityasāndrarasabhogaparo maheśabhaktyā svayaṃgrahaṇadurmadayā gṛhītaḥ || 58 ||
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sa tanmayībhūya na lokavartanīmajīgaṇat kāmapi kevalaṃ punaḥ |
tadīyasaṃbhogavivṛddhaye purā karoti dāsyaṃ guruveśmasu svayam || 59 ||
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ānandasaṃtatimahārṇavakarṇadhāraḥ saddaiśikairakavarātmajavāmanāthaḥ |
śrīnāthasaṃtatimahāmbaragharmakāntiḥ śrībhūtirājatanayaḥ svapitṛprasādaḥ || 60 ||
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traiyambakaprasarasāgaraśāyisomānandātmajotpalajalakṣmaṇaguptanāthaḥ |
turyākhyasaṃtatimahodadhipūrṇacandraḥ śrīsomataḥ sakalavitkila śaṃbhunāthaḥ || 61 ||
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śrīcandraśarmabhavabhaktivilāsayogānandābhinandaśivaśaktivicitranāthāḥ |
anye'pi dharmaśivavāmanakodbhaṭaśrībhūteśabhāskaramukhapramukhā mahāntaḥ || 62 ||
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ete sevārasaviracitānugrahāḥ śāstrasārapauḍhādeśaprakaṭasubhagaṃ svādhikāraṃ kilāsmai |
yat saṃprāduryadapi ca janānnaikṣatākṣetrabhūtān svātmārāmastadayamaniśaṃ tattvasevāraso'bhūt || 63 ||
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so'nugrahītumatha śāṃbhavabhaktibhājaṃ svaṃ bhrātaramakhilaśāstravimarśapūrṇam |
yāvanmanaḥ praṇidadhāti manorathākhyaṃ tāvajjanaḥ katipayastamupāsasāda || 64 ||
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śrīśaurisaṃjñatanayaḥ kila karṇanāmā yo yauvane viditaśāṃbhavatattvasāraḥ |
dehaṃ tyajan prathayati sma janasya satyaṃ yogacyutaṃ prati mahāmunikṛṣṇavākyam || 65 ||
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tadbālamitramatha mantrisutaḥ prasiddhaḥ śrīmandra ityakhilasāraguṇābhirāmaḥ |
lakṣmīsarasvati samaṃ yamalaṃcakāra sāpatnakaṃ tirayate subhagaprabhāvaḥ || 66 ||
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anye pitṛvyatanayāḥ śivaśaktiśubhrāḥ kṣemotpalābhinavacakrakapadmaguptāḥ |
ye saṃpadaṃ tṛṇamamaṃsata śaṃbhusevāsaṃpūritaṃ svahṛdayaṃ hṛdi bhāvayantaḥ || 67 ||
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ṣaḍardhaśāstreṣu samastameva yenādhijagme vidhimaṇḍalādi |
sa rāmagupto guruśaṃbhuśāstrasevāvidhivyagrasamagramārgaḥ || 68 ||
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anyo'pi kaścana janaḥ śivaśaktipātasaṃpreraṇāparavaśasvakaśaktisārthaḥ |
abhyarthanāvimukhabhāvamaśikṣitena tenāpyanugrahapadaṃ kṛta eṣa vargaḥ || 69 ||
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ācāryamabhyarthayate sma gāḍhaṃ saṃpūrṇatantrādhigamāya samyak |
jāyeta daivānugṛhītabuddheḥ saṃpatprabandhaikarasaiva saṃpat || 70 ||
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so'pyabhyupāgamadabhīpsitamasya yadvā svātodyameva hi ninartiṣato'vatīrṇam |
so'nugrahapravaṇa eva hi sadgurūṇāmājñāvaśena śubhasūtimahāṅkureṇa || 71 ||
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vikṣiptabhāvaparihāramatho cikīrṣan mandraḥ svake puravare sthitimasya vavre |
ābālagopamapi yatra maheśvarasya dāsyaṃ janaścarati pīṭhanivāsakalpe || 72 ||
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tasyābhavat kila pitṛvyavadhūrvidhātrā yā nirmame galitasaṃsṛticitracintā |
śītāṃśumaulicaraṇābjaparāgamātrabhūṣāvidhirvihitavatsalikocitākhyā || 73 ||
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mūrtā kṣameva karuṇeva gṛhītadehā dhāreva vigrahavatī śubhaśīlatāyāḥ |
vairāgyasāraparipākadaśeva pūrṇā tattvārtharatnarucirasthitirohaṇorvī || 74 ||
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bhrātāpi tasyāḥ śaśiśubhramaulerbhaktyā paraṃ pāvitacittavṛttiḥ |
sa śaurirātteśvaramantribhāvastatyāja yo bhūpatimantribhāvam || 75 ||
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tasya snuṣā karṇavadhūrvidhūtasaṃsāravṛttiḥ sutamekameva |
yāsūta yogeśvaridattasaṃjñaṃ nāmānurūpasphuradarthatattvam || 76 ||
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yāmagrage vayasi bhartṛviyogadīnāmanvagrahīt trinayanaḥ svayameva bhaktyā |
bhāviprabhāvarabhaseṣu janeṣvanarthaḥ satyaṃ samākṛṣati so'rthaparamparāṇām || 77 ||
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bhaktyullasatpulakatāṃ sphuṭamaṅgabhūṣāṃ śrīśaṃbhunāthanatimeva lalāṭikāṃ ca |
śaivaśrutiṃ śravaṇabhūṣaṇamapyavāpya saubhāgyamabhyadhikamudvahati sma yāntaḥ || 78 ||
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ambābhidhānā kila sā guruṃ taṃ svaṃ bhrātaraṃ śaṃbhudṛśābhyapaśyat |
bhāviprabhāvojjvalabhavyabuddhiḥ sato'vajānāti na bandhubuddhyā || 79 ||
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bhrātā tadīyo'bhinavaśca nāmnā na kevalaṃ saccaritairapi svaiḥ |
pītena vijñānarasena yasya tatraiva tṛṣṇā vavṛdhe nikāmam || 80 ||
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so'nyaśca śāṃbhavamarīcicayapraṇaśyatsaṃkocahārdanalinīghaṭitojjvalaśrīḥ |
taṃ lumpakaḥ paricacāra samudyameṣu sādhuḥ samāvahati hanta karāvalambam || 81 ||
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itthaṃ gṛhe vatsalikāvitīrṇe sthitaḥ samādhāya matiṃ bahūni |
pūrvaśrutānyākalayan svabuddhyā śāstrāṇi tebhyaḥ samavāpa sāram || 82 ||
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sa tannibandhaṃ vidadhe mahārthaṃ yuktyāgamodīritatantratattvam |
ālokamāsādya yadīyameṣa lokaḥ sukhaṃ saṃcaritā kriyāsu || 83 ||
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santo'nugṛhṇīta kṛtiṃ tadīyāṃ hṛhṇīta pūrvaṃ vidhireṣa tāvat |
tato'pi gṛhṇātu bhavanmatiṃ sā sadyo'nugṛhṇātu ca tattvadṛṣṭyā || 84 ||
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idamabhinavaguptaprombhitaṃ śāstrasāraṃ śiva niśamaya tāvat sarvataḥśrotratantraḥ |
tava kila nutireṣā sā hi tvadrūpacarcetyabhinavaparituṣṭo lokamātmīkuruṣva || 85 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Tantraloka saptatriṃśamāhnikam
Sri Tantraloka
by Satya Prakash Singh & Swami Maheshvarananda (2015)
The Only Complete Edition with Sanskrit Text and English Translation (Set of 9 Volumes); 9788187471868; [Standard Publishers India]
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Sri Tantraloka (Set of 8 Volumes)
by Paramahansa Mishra (2000)
[श्री तन्त्रालोकः (संस्कृत एवं हिंदी अनुवाद)] Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; Published by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; With two commentaries: Viveka (विवेक) by Ācārya Śrī Jayaratha and Nīrakṣīraviveka (नीरक्षीरविवेक) by Paramhans Mishra.
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Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta (with Jnanavati Hindi commentary)
by Radheshyam Chaturvedi (2002)
[आचार्य अभिनवगुप्त द्वारा रचित तंत्रलोक: संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद (पाँच खंडों में)] Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation and Commentary; Published by Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan.
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Sri Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta
by Giriratna Misra (2018)
With Viveka Saṃskṛta Commentary by Rājānaka Jayaratha; Sanskrit Text, Transliteration, Sarveshwari English commentary; With Glossary and Central Idea of Each Śloka; Published by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan
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