Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 66
कुहनेन प्रयोगेण सद्य एव मृगेक्षणे |
समुदेति महानन्दो येन तत्त्वं प्रकाशते ||66||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through the application (prayogeṇa | ins sg) of a device (kuhanena | ins sg), O gazelle-eyed one (mṛgekṣaṇe | voc sg f), great bliss (mahā-ānandaḥ | nom sg) arises (samudeti | 3p sg act pres) immediately (sadya eva).
Through this (yena | ins sg m), reality (tattvam | nom sg n) shines (prakāśate | 3p sg med pres).
Through this (yena | ins sg m), reality (tattvam | nom sg n) shines (prakāśate | 3p sg med pres).
Sometimes a skillful inner means is enough: great joy suddenly rises. Through this joy, reality becomes visible.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 67
सर्वस्रोतोनिबन्धेन प्राणशक्त्योर्ध्वया शनैः |
sarva-sroto-nibandhena; prāṇa-śaktyordhvayā śanaiḥ | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
पिपीलस्पर्शवेलायाम्प्रथते परमं सुखम् ||67||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through the binding of all streams (sarva-sroto-nibandhena | ins sg), through the upward Prāṇa-Śakti (prāṇa-śaktyā ūrdhvayā | ins sg), gradually (śanaiḥ), at the moment of the ant-like touch (pipīla-sparśa-velāyām | loc sg), the highest happiness (paramaṃ sukham | nom sg) appears (prathate | 3p sg med pres).
When all the outward-flowing channels are bound and the Prāṇa-Śakti slowly rises, a subtle tingling appears, like ants moving over the skin. In that moment, supreme happiness spreads out.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 68
वह्नेर्विषस्य मध्ये तु चित्तं सुखमयं क्षिपेत् |
केवलं वायुपूर्णं वा स्मरानन्देन युज्यते ||68||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Into the middle (madhye | loc sg) of fire (vahneḥ | gen sg) and poison (viṣasya | gen sg), one should direct (kṣipet | 3p sg act opt) thought (cittam | acc sg n), composed of happiness (sukha-mayam | acc sg n).
Alone (kevalam), or (vā) filled with breath (vāyu-pūrṇam | acc sg n ppp), it is joined (yujyate | 3p sg pas pres) with the bliss of love (smara-ānandena | ins sg).
Alone (kevalam), or (vā) filled with breath (vāyu-pūrṇam | acc sg n ppp), it is joined (yujyate | 3p sg pas pres) with the bliss of love (smara-ānandena | ins sg).
Direct joyful awareness into the middle between fire and poison, between arousal and consuming intensity. Whether alone or filled by the breath, there it joins the bliss of love.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 69
शक्तिसंगमसंक्षुब्धशक्त्यावेशावसानिकम् |
यत्सुखम्ब्रह्मतत्त्वस्य तत्सुखं स्वाक्यमुच्यते ||69||
yat sukham brahma-tattvasya; tat sukhaṃ svākyam ucyate ||69|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
The happiness (yat sukham | nom sg) that is stirred by union with Śakti and culminates in entering Śakti (śakti-saṃgama-saṃkṣubdha-śakti-āveśa-avasānikam | nom sg n) [is the happiness] of Brahman-reality (brahma-tattvasya | gen sg).
That happiness (tat sukham | nom sg) is called (ucyate | 3p sg pas pres) one's own (svākyam | nom sg n).
That happiness (tat sukham | nom sg) is called (ucyate | 3p sg pas pres) one's own (svākyam | nom sg n).
The joy stirred by union with Śakti and brought to completion in total absorption by Śakti is, in its essence, the bliss of Brahman. This joy is called the Self's own joy.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 70
लेहनामन्थनाकोटैः स्त्रीसुखस्य भरात्स्मृतेः |
lehanāmanthanākoṭaiḥ; strī-sukhasya bharāt smṛteḥ | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
शक्त्यभावे ऽपि देवेशि भवेदानन्दसम्प्लवः ||70||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
From the fullness of memory (bharāt smṛteḥ | abl sg/gen sg) of happiness with a woman (strī-sukhasya | gen sg), through licking, rubbing, and pressing (lehana-āmanthana-ākoṭaiḥ | ins pl), O mistress of the gods (deveśi | voc sg), even (api) in the absence of Śakti (śakti-abhāve | loc sg), a flood of bliss (ānanda-samplavaḥ | nom sg) arises (bhavet | 3p sg act opt).
Even without an external partner, intense remembrance of erotic joy can release a wave of bliss. Memory itself becomes the gateway of experience.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 71
आनन्दे महति प्राप्ते दृष्टे वा बान्धवे चिरात् |
ānande mahati prāpte; dṛṣṭe vā bāndhave cirāt | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
आनन्दमुद्गतं ध्यात्वा तल्लयस्तन्मना भवेत् ||71||
ānandam udgataṃ dhyātvā; tal-layas tan-manā bhavet ||71|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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ānandam
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the joy, the bliss | |
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udgatam
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risen, emerged, arisen | |
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dhyātvā
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having meditated, having contemplated | |
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tat
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in that, in this | |
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layaḥ
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dissolution, absorption | |
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tat
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on that, on this | |
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manāḥ
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the mind directed to that, whose sense is directed to that | |
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bhavet
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he becomes, he becomes |
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
When great joy (ānande mahati | loc sg) has been attained (prāpte | loc absl sg m ppp), or (vā) when, after a long time (cirāt | abl sg), a friend (bāndhave | loc sg) has been seen (dṛṣṭe | loc absl sg m ppp),
[and] having meditated (dhyātvā | abs) on the arisen joy (ānandam udgatam | acc sg), he becomes (bhavet | 3p sg act opt), with mind directed to that (tat-manāḥ | nom sg m), dissolved in that (tat-layaḥ | nom sg m).
[and] having meditated (dhyātvā | abs) on the arisen joy (ānandam udgatam | acc sg), he becomes (bhavet | 3p sg act opt), with mind directed to that (tat-manāḥ | nom sg m), dissolved in that (tat-layaḥ | nom sg m).
When great joy suddenly rises, for example on seeing someone beloved again after a long time, stay wholly with that happiness. Do not think about it. Simply enter it. Then the mind dissolves in this joy and becomes one with it.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 72
जग्धिपानकृतोल्लासरसानन्दविजृम्भणात् |
jagdhi-pāna-kṛtollāsa;-rasānanda-vijṛmbhaṇāt | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
भावयेद्भरितावस्थां महानन्दस्ततो भवेत् ||72||
bhāvayed bharitāvasthāṃ; mahānandas tato bhavet ||72|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
From the expansion of the taste-bliss of delight produced by eating and drinking (jagdhi-pāna-kṛtollāsa-rasa-ānanda-vijṛmbhaṇāt | abl sg),
[the practitioner] should meditate (bhāvayet | 3p sg act opt caus) on the state of fullness (bharitāvasthām | acc sg); from that (tataḥ) great bliss (mahānandaḥ | nom sg) arises (bhavet | 3p sg act opt).
[the practitioner] should meditate (bhāvayet | 3p sg act opt caus) on the state of fullness (bharitāvasthām | acc sg); from that (tataḥ) great bliss (mahānandaḥ | nom sg) arises (bhavet | 3p sg act opt).
When genuine delight and enjoyment bloom while eating or drinking, enter completely into that fullness.
Abide in this fullness, and great bliss grows from it.
Abide in this fullness, and great bliss grows from it.
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 73
गीतादिविषयास्वादासमसौख्यैकतात्मनः |
gītādi-viṣayāsvādā;sama-saukhyaikatātmanaḥ | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
योगिनस्तन्मयत्वेन मनोरूढेस्तदात्मता ||73||
yoginas tan-mayatvena; mano-rūḍhes tadātmatā ||73|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
For the yogin (yoginaḥ | gen sg), whose self has become one with the incomparable happiness of savoring song and other sense-objects (gītādi-viṣayāsvādāsama-saukhyekatātmanaḥ | gen sg),
through being wholly that (tan-mayatvena | ins sg), from the rising of the mind (mano-rūḍheḥ | abl sg), identity with that [happiness] (tad-ātmatā | nom sg) [arises].
through being wholly that (tan-mayatvena | ins sg), from the rising of the mind (mano-rūḍheḥ | abl sg), identity with that [happiness] (tad-ātmatā | nom sg) [arises].
When music or another beautiful sense impression fills you completely, merge with it fully.
When the mind is gathered and uplifted in it, oneness with that very experience arises.
When the mind is gathered and uplifted in it, oneness with that very experience arises.
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Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra 74
यत्र यत्र मनस्तुष्टिर्मनस्तत्रैव धारयेत् |
yatra yatra manas tuṣṭir; manas tatraiva dhārayet | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
तत्र तत्र परानन्दस्वारूपं सम्प्रवर्तते ||74||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Wherever (yatra yatra) the mind (manas | nom sg) [finds] contentment (tuṣṭiḥ | nom sg), precisely there (tatra eva) one should hold (dhārayet | 3p sg act opt) the mind (manas | acc sg).
Right there (tatra tatra) the own form of the highest bliss (parānanda-svārūpam | nom sg) unfolds (sampravartate | 3p sg med pres).
Right there (tatra tatra) the own form of the highest bliss (parānanda-svārūpam | nom sg) unfolds (sampravartate | 3p sg med pres).
Wherever your mind finds genuine contentment, remain right there with your attention. Precisely there, the nature of supreme bliss begins to reveal itself.
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