Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 37
धामान्तःक्षोभसम्भूतसूक्ष्माग्नितिलकाकृतिम् |
dhāmāntaḥ-kṣobha-sambhūta;-sūkṣmāgni-tilakākṛtim | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
बिन्दुं शिखान्ते हृदये लयान्ते ध्यायतो लयः ||37||
binduṃ śikhānte hṛdaye; layānte dhyāyato layaḥ ||37|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
[The practitioner should contemplate] the bindu (binduṃ | acc sg), whose form (ākṛtim | acc sg) is that of a subtle fire-tilaka (sūkṣma-agni-tilaka | kd/tp), arisen from the inner stirring of the light-place (dhāma-antaḥ-kṣobha-sambhūta | tp abl ppp), at the end of the crest (śikhānte | loc sg) [or] in the heart (hṛdaye | loc sg).
For one meditating (dhyāyataḥ | gen sg m pca), at the end of dissolution (layānte | loc sg), dissolution (layaḥ | nom sg) [arises].
For one meditating (dhyāyataḥ | gen sg m pca), at the end of dissolution (layānte | loc sg), dissolution (layaḥ | nom sg) [arises].
Meditate on the Bindu as a subtle point of fire, like a luminous tilaka, born from the inner stirring of the place of light. Whether at the crown or in the heart, when this point dissolves, the mind too enters dissolution.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 38
अनाहते पात्रकर्णे ऽभग्नशब्दे सरिद्द्रुते |
शब्दब्रह्मणि निष्णातः परम्ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ||38||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
One immersed (niṣṇātaḥ | nom sg m ppp) in the unstruck [sound] (anāhate | loc sg m), in the vessel-ear (pātra-karṇe | loc sg), in the unbroken sound (abhagna-śabde | loc sg), [as] in a swiftly flowing stream (sarid-drute | loc sg m), in sound-Brahman (śabda-brahmaṇi | loc sg), attains (adhigacchati | 3p sg act pres) the highest Brahman (param brahma | acc sg).
Immerse yourself completely in the inner, unstruck sound: the resonance in the ear, uninterrupted like a swift current. Whoever bathes in this sound-Brahman reaches the highest Brahman.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 39
प्रणवादिसमुच्चारात्प्लुतान्ते शून्यभावनात् |
शून्यया परया शक्त्या शून्यतामेति भैरवि ||39||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through the complete utterance (samuccārāt | abl sg) of the Praṇava and other [sounds] (praṇava-ādi | tp abl), through meditation on emptiness (śūnya-bhāvanāt | abl sg) at the end (ante | loc sg) of the lengthened [sound] (pluta | tp loc ppp), [the practitioner] goes (eti | 3p sg act pres) to emptiness (śūnyatām | acc sg), O Bhairavī (bhairavi | voc sg), through the highest empty Śakti (śūnyayā parayā śaktyā | ins sg).
Utter Om, or a similar sound, consciously and completely. When the extended sound fades, meditate on the emptiness at the end of the tone. Through this supreme Śakti of emptiness, you yourself glide into emptiness.
śūnyabhāvanāt em. ed. ] śūnyabhāvānāt GRETIL2020
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 40
यस्य कस्यापि वर्णस्य पूर्वान्तावनुभावयेत् |
शून्यया शून्यभूतो ऽसौ शून्याकारः पुमान्भवेत् ||40||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Of whatever sound (yasya kasya varṇasya | gen sg) at all (api), one should experience (anubhāvayet | 3p sg act opt caus) the beginning and the end (pūrvāntau | acc du).
Through emptiness (śūnyayā | ins sg f), this person (asau pumān | nom sg), having become empty (śūnya-bhūtaḥ | nom sg m ppp), would become (bhavet | 3p sg act opt) of the form of emptiness (śūnyākāraḥ | nom sg m).
Through emptiness (śūnyayā | ins sg f), this person (asau pumān | nom sg), having become empty (śūnya-bhūtaḥ | nom sg m ppp), would become (bhavet | 3p sg act opt) of the form of emptiness (śūnyākāraḥ | nom sg m).
With any sound, notice precisely the moment of its arising and the moment of its disappearance. Whoever opens to emptiness in this way becomes empty and takes on the form of emptiness.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 41
तन्त्र्यादिवाद्यशब्देषु दीर्घेषु क्रमसंस्थितेः |
tantryādi-vādya-śabdeṣu; dīrgheṣu krama-saṃsthiteḥ | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
अनन्यचेताः प्रत्यन्ते परव्योमवपुर्भवेत् ||41||
ananya-cetāḥ praty-ante; para-vyoma-vapur bhavet ||41|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
In the lengthened sounds (dīrgheṣu śabdeṣu | loc pl) of stringed and other instruments (tantrī-ādi-vādya | tp loc), while the sequence continues (krama-saṃsthiteḥ | gen sg), [the practitioner], whose mind is directed to nothing else (ananya-cetāḥ | nom sg m), would become (bhavet | 3p sg act opt), at the end (praty-ante | loc sg), the body of the highest space (para-vyoma-vapuḥ | nom sg).
Listen with complete concentration to a long instrumental sound, such as a string whose tone unfolds and fades through subtle stages. When attention follows it all the way to the end, one's own form becomes boundless space.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 42
पिण्डमन्त्रस्य सर्वस्य स्थूलवर्णक्रमेण तु |
अर्धेन्दुबिन्दुनादान्तः शून्योच्चाराद्भवेच्छिवः ||42||
ardhendu-bindu-nādāntaḥ; śūnyoccārād bhavec chivaḥ ||42|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through the sequence of gross sounds (sthūla-varṇa-krameṇa | ins sg) of the whole Piṇḍa-mantra (piṇḍa-mantrasya sarvasya | gen sg), but (tu) [proceeding through] half-moon, bindu, and sound-end (ardhendu-bindu-nādāntaḥ | nom sg), [the practitioner] becomes (bhavet | 3p sg act opt) Śiva (śivaḥ | nom sg) through the utterance of emptiness (śūnya-uccārāt | abl sg).
First utter a mantra-sound in its gross audible form, then follow it into its subtler and subtler stages: half-moon, Bindu, resonance, the end of sound, and finally emptiness. From that emptiness, the path of sound becomes Śiva.
piṇḍamantrasya KSTS1918-SU ] pi.ṅdamantrasya GRETIL2020
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