Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 140
अत्र चैकतमे युक्तो जायते भैरवः स्वयम् |
वाचा करोति कर्माणि शापानुग्रहकारकः ||140||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Here (atra), if [one] is joined (yuktaḥ | nom sg m ppp) even (ca) to just one of these [ways] (ekatame | loc sg), one becomes (jāyate | 3p sg med pres) Bhairava (bhairavaḥ | nom sg) himself (svayam).
Through speech (vācā | ins sg), he performs (karoti | 3p sg act pres) actions (karmāṇi | acc pl); [he is] maker of curse and blessing (śāpa-anugraha-kārakaḥ | nom sg m).
Through speech (vācā | ins sg), he performs (karoti | 3p sg act pres) actions (karmāṇi | acc pl); [he is] maker of curse and blessing (śāpa-anugraha-kārakaḥ | nom sg m).
Whoever unites completely with even one of these ways becomes Bhairava. Their speech gains power. What they say takes effect. Blessing and rejection then carry real force.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 141
अजरामरतामेति सो ऽणिमादिगुणान्वितः |
योगिनीनाम्प्रियो देवि सर्वमेलापकाधिपः ||141||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
He (saḥ | nom sg m) attains (eti | 3p sg act pres) agelessness and deathlessness (ajara-amaratām | acc sg), endowed with the qualities such as Aṇimā and the rest (aṇimādi-guṇa-anvitaḥ | nom sg m ppp).
He [is] dear (priyaḥ | nom sg m) to the yoginīs (yoginīnām | gen pl), O Goddess (devi | voc sg), and Lord of all Melāpaka assemblies (sarva-melāpaka-adhipaḥ | nom sg m).
He [is] dear (priyaḥ | nom sg m) to the yoginīs (yoginīnām | gen pl), O Goddess (devi | voc sg), and Lord of all Melāpaka assemblies (sarva-melāpaka-adhipaḥ | nom sg m).
Whoever realizes even one path crosses beyond old age and death, gains the siddhis, and becomes beloved of the Yoginīs. Such a one becomes lord of the secret gatherings.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 142
जीवन्नपि विमुक्तो ऽसौ कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते |
श्री देवी उवाच |
इदं यदि वपुर्देव परायाश्च महेश्वर ||142||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh; speaker formula outside the metre
Even (api) while living (jīvan | nom sg m pca), this one (asau | nom sg m) is completely liberated (vimuktaḥ | nom sg m ppp); even (api) while acting (kurvan | nom sg m pca), he is not (na) bound (lipyate | 3p sg pas pres).
The venerable (śrī) Devī (devī | nom sg) said (uvāca | 3p sg act perf): If (yadi) this (idam | nom sg n), O God (deva | voc sg), is the essence-body (vapuḥ | nom sg) of the Supreme (parāyāḥ | gen sg), and (ca), O Maheśvara (maheśvara | voc sg) ...
The venerable (śrī) Devī (devī | nom sg) said (uvāca | 3p sg act perf): If (yadi) this (idam | nom sg n), O God (deva | voc sg), is the essence-body (vapuḥ | nom sg) of the Supreme (parāyāḥ | gen sg), and (ca), O Maheśvara (maheśvara | voc sg) ...
Even while living, such a one is liberated; even while acting, they remain unentangled. Devī then asks: If this is truly the nature of the supreme Śakti, O Lord, how is practice to be understood?
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 143
एवमुक्तव्यवस्थायां जप्यते को जपश्च कः |
ध्यायते को महानाथ पूज्यते कश्च तृप्यति ||143||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
In this order thus taught (evam-ukta-vyavasthāyām | loc sg), who (kaḥ | nom sg m) is recited (japyate | 3p sg pas pres), and (ca) what (kaḥ | nom sg m) is japa (japaḥ | nom sg)?
Who (kaḥ | nom sg m), O great Lord (mahā-nātha | voc sg), is meditated on (dhyāyate | 3p sg pas pres), who (kaḥ | nom sg m) is worshiped (pūjyate | 3p sg pas pres), and (ca) who is satisfied (tṛpyati | 3p sg act pres)?
Who (kaḥ | nom sg m), O great Lord (mahā-nātha | voc sg), is meditated on (dhyāyate | 3p sg pas pres), who (kaḥ | nom sg m) is worshiped (pūjyate | 3p sg pas pres), and (ca) who is satisfied (tṛpyati | 3p sg act pres)?
Devī asks further: In this nondual state, who is it that recites? What is recitation? Who meditates, who is worshiped, and who receives satisfaction?
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 144
हूयते कस्य वा होमो यागः कस्य च किं कथम् |
श्री भैरव उवाच |
एषात्र प्रक्रिया बाह्या स्थूलेष्वेव मृगेक्षणे ||144||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh; speaker formula outside the metre
To whom (kasya | gen sg) is offering made (hūyate | 3p sg pas pres), or (vā) [what is] the fire-offering (homaḥ | nom sg)? To whom (kasya | gen sg) [does] the sacrifice (yāgaḥ | nom sg) [belong], and (ca) what (kim | nom sg n), how (katham) [is it]?
The venerable (śrī) Bhairava (bhairava | nom sg) said (uvāca | 3p sg act perf): This (eṣā | nom sg f) procedure (prakriyā | nom sg) here (atra) is external (bāhyā | nom sg f), only (eva) in gross things (sthūleṣu | loc pl), O gazelle-eyed one (mṛga-īkṣaṇe | voc sg f).
The venerable (śrī) Bhairava (bhairava | nom sg) said (uvāca | 3p sg act perf): This (eṣā | nom sg f) procedure (prakriyā | nom sg) here (atra) is external (bāhyā | nom sg f), only (eva) in gross things (sthūleṣu | loc pl), O gazelle-eyed one (mṛga-īkṣaṇe | voc sg f).
Devī asks: To whom is the offering made, who offers, what is the offering, and how does it take place? Bhairava answers: Such practice belongs to the outer level, O gazelle-eyed one, and concerns only the gross.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 145
भूयो भूयः परे भावे भावना भाव्यते हि या |
bhūyo bhūyaḥ pare bhāve; bhāvanā bhāvyate hi yā | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
जपः सो ऽत्र स्वयं नादो मन्त्रात्मा जप्य ईदृशः ||145||
japaḥ so 'tra svayaṃ nādo; mantrātmā japya īdṛśaḥ ||145|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Whatever meditation (yā bhāvanā | nom sg) is meditated on (bhāvyate | 3p sg pas pres) again and again (bhūyo bhūyaḥ) in the highest state (pare bhāve | loc sg), indeed (hi),
that (saḥ | nom sg m) is japa (japaḥ | nom sg) here (atra); the sound (nādaḥ | nom sg), [resounding] by itself (svayam), is mantra-essential (mantrātmā | nom sg), to be recited (japyaḥ | nom sg m pfp), and of such a kind (īdṛśaḥ | nom sg m).
that (saḥ | nom sg m) is japa (japaḥ | nom sg) here (atra); the sound (nādaḥ | nom sg), [resounding] by itself (svayam), is mantra-essential (mantrātmā | nom sg), to be recited (japyaḥ | nom sg m pfp), and of such a kind (īdṛśaḥ | nom sg m).
True japa is not merely outward murmuring. It is the repeated making-present of the supreme state, the inner sound that rises of itself as mantra.
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