Lakshmi Tantra · Chapter 17

saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ - 17
śakraḥ---
namaste kamalāvāse jananyai sarvadehinām/
gṛhiṇyai padmanābhasya namaste sarasīruhe

upāyāste trayaḥ pūrve kathitā avadhāritāḥ/
vyācakṣvāmba caturthaṃ tamupāyaṃ paramambuje

śrīḥ---
eko nārāyaṇo devo vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ/
cāturātmyaṃ paraṃ brahma saccidānandamavraṇam

ekāhaṃ paramā śaktistasya devī sanātanī/
karomi sakalaṃ kṛtyaṃ sarvabhāvānugāminī

śāntānantacidānandaṃ yad brahma paramaṃ dhruvam/
mahāvibhūtisaṃsthānaṃ sarvataḥ samatāṃ gatam

5. mahāvibhūtiḥ nityavibhūtiḥ/ "tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi" ityuktarītyā līlāvibhūtyapekṣayā tasyā mahattvāt mahāvibhūtitvam/
tasya śaktirahaṃ brāhnī śāntānandacidātmikā/
mahāvibhūtiranaghā sarvataḥ samatāṃ gatā

āśvāsanāya jīvānāṃ yattanmūrtīkṛtaṃ mahaḥ/
nārāyaṇaḥ paraṃ brahma divyaṃ nayananandanam

tadā mūrtimatī sāhaṃ śaktirnārāyaṇī parā/
samā samavibhaktāṅgā sarvāvayavasundarī

tayornau paramaṃ vyoma nirduḥkhaṃ padamuttamam/
ṣāḍ‌guṇyaprasaro diviyaḥ svācchandyāddeśatāṃ gataḥ

9. madīyecchayā ṣāḍ‌guṇyaprasara evāprākṛtadivyadeśatāṃ prāpta ityarthaḥ/
svakarmanirataiḥ siddhairvedavedāntapāragaiḥ/
anekajanmasaṃtānaniḥśeṣitakaṣāyakaiḥ

kleśena mahatā siddhairantarāyātigaiḥ kramāt/
saṃkhyāvidhividhānajñaiḥ sāṃkhyaiḥ saṃkhyānapāragaiḥ

pratyāhṛtendriyagrāmairdhāraṇādhyānaśālibhiḥ/
yaugaiḥ samāhitaiḥ śaśvatkleśena yadavāpyate

acchidrāḥ pañcakālajñāḥ pañcayajñavicakṣaṇāḥ/
pūrṇe varṣaśate dhīrāḥ prāpnuvanti yadañjasā

13. acchidrāḥ; bhagavadananubhavarūpacchidrarahitāḥ/ yathoktam---"yanmuhūrtaṃ kṣaṇaṃ vāpi vāsudevo na cintyate/ sā hānistanmahacchidraṃ sā bhrāntiḥ sā ca vikriyā//" iti/ abhigamanopādānejyāsvādhyāyayogākhyāḥ pañca kālāḥ/
yattatpurāṇamākāśaṃ sarvasmāt paramaṃ dhruvam/
yatpadaṃ prāpya tattvajñā mucante sarvabandhanaiḥ

sūryakoṭipratīkāśāḥ pūrṇendvayutasaṃnibhāḥ/
yasmin pade virājante muktāḥ saṃsārabandhanaiḥ

indriyacchidravidhurā dyotamānāśca sarvataḥ/
aniṣyandā anāhārāḥ ṣāḍ‌guṇyatanavo'malāḥ

ekāntino mahābhāgā yatra paśyanti nau sadā/
kṣapayitvādhikārān svān śaśvatkālena bhūyasā

17. kṣapayitveti/ atra "yāvadadhikāramavasthitirādhikārikāṇām" iti śārīrakasūtraṃ tadupabṛṃhaṇāni vacanāni cānusaṃdheyāni/
vedhaso yatra modante śaṃkarāḥ sapuraṃdarāḥ/
sūrayo nityasaṃsiddhāḥ sarvadā sarvadarśinaḥ

vaiṣṇavaṃ paramaṃ rūpaṃ sākṣātkurvanti yatra te/
aṣṭākṣaraikasaktānāṃ dviṣaṭ‌kārṇaratātmanām

19. aṣṭākṣaraḥ nārāyaṇāṣṭākṣaramantraḥ/ dviṣaṭ‌kārṇaḥ vāsudevadvādaśākṣaramantraḥ/
ṣaḍakṣaraprasaktānāṃ praṇavāsaktacetasām/
jitaṃtāsaktacittānāṃ tārikāniratātmanām

20. ṣaḍhakṣaraḥ śrīviṣṇuṣaḍakṣaramantraḥ/ jitaṃtā "jitate puṇḍarīkākṣa" ityādiślokarūpamantraḥ/ asya mahi mādikamahirbudhnyasaṃhitāyāmuktaṃ veditavyam/ tārikā hrīṃmantraḥ/
anutārāprasaktānāṃ yat padaṃ vimalātmanām/
anantavihageśānaviṣvaksenādayo'malāḥ

21. anutārā śrīṃmantraḥ/
madājñākāriṇo yatra modante sakaleśvarāḥ/
tatra divyavapuḥ śrīmān devadevo janārdanaḥ

anantabhogaparyaṅke niṣaṇṇaḥ susukhojjvale/
vijñānaiśvaryavīryasthaiḥ śaktitejobalolbaṇaiḥ

āyudhairbhūṣaṇairdivyairadbhutaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ/
pañcātmanā suparṇena pakṣirājena sevitaḥ

24.pañcātmanā pañcopaniṣanmantrasvarūpeṇa/
sārūpyameyuṣā sākṣācchrīvatsakṛtalakṣmaṇā/
senānyā sevitaḥ samyagviṣvaksenena dīpyatā

25. sārūpyaṃ śaṅkhacakrādinā bhagavatsārūpyam/ tadevāha---śrīvatseti/ idaṃ ca viśeṣaṇadvayaṃ senānyetyanenānveti/
kṣemāya sarvalokānāmādhyānāya manīṣiṇām/
muktaye'khilabandhānāṃ rūpadānāya yoginām

āste nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmān vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ/
sukumāro yuvā devaḥ śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ

caturbhujo viśālākṣaḥ kirīṭī kaustubhaṃ vahan/
hāranūpurakeyūrakāñcīpītāmbarojjvalaḥ

vanamālāṃ dadhaddivyāṃ pañcaśaktimayīṃ parām/
sarvāvayavasaṃpannaḥ sarvāvayavasundaraḥ

29. sṛṣṭisthitisaṃhāranigrāhānugrahāḥ pañca śakyaḥ/
rājarājo'khilasyāsya viśvasya parameśvaraḥ/
kāntasya tasya devasya viṣṇoḥ sadguṇaśālinaḥ

dayitāhaṃ sadā devī jñānānandamayī parā/
anavadyānavadyāṅgī nityaṃ taddharmadharmiṇī

īśvarī sarvabhūtānāṃ padmākṣī padmamālinī/
śaktibhiḥ sevitā nityaṃ sṛṣṭisthityādibhiḥ parā

32. īśvarīti/ īṣṭe ityarthe kartari auṇādiko varaṭ‌ pratyayaḥ/
dvātriṃśatā sahasreṇa sṛṣṭiśaktibhirāvṛtā/
vṛtā tad‌dviguṇābhiśca divyābhiḥ sthitiśaktibhiḥ

tataśca dviguṇābhiśca pūrṇā saṃhṛtiśaktibhiḥ/
nāyikā sarvaśaktīnāṃ sarvalokamaheśvarī

mahiṣī devadevasya sarvakāmadughā vibhoḥ/
tulyā guṇavayorūpairmanaḥpramathanī hareḥ

taistairanuguṇairbhāvairahaṃ devasya śārṅgiṇaḥ/
karomi sakalaṃ kṛtyaṃ nityaṃ taddharmadharmiṇī

sāhamaṅke sthitā viṣṇordevadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ/
lālitā tena cātyantaṃ sāmarasyamupeyuṣī

kadācit sarvadarśinyāḥ kṛpā me svayamudgatā/
kliśyataḥ prāṇino dṛṣṭvā saṃsārajvalanodare

kathaṃ nvime bhaviṣyanti duḥkhottīrṇāḥ sukhottarāḥ/
saṃsāraparasīmānamāpruyurmāṃ kathaṃ nviti

sāhamantaḥ kṛpāviṣṭā devadevamacūcudam/
bhagavan devadeveśa lokanātha mama priya

sarvāde sarvamadhyānta sarva sarvottarācyuta/
govinda puṇḍarīkākṣa purāṇa puruṣottama

dustarāpārasaṃsārasāgarottārakāraṇa/
vyaktāvyaktajñakālākhyaklṛptabhāvacatuṣṭaya

vāsudeva jagannātha saṃkarṣaṇa jagatprabho/
pradyumna subhaga śrīmannaniruddhāparājita

nānāvibhavasaṃsthāna nānāvibhavabhājana/
divyaśāntoditānandaṣāḍ‌guṇyodayavigraha

sphuratkirīṭakeyūrahāranūpurakaustubha/
pītāmbara mahodāra puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇa

caturmūrte caturvyūha śaradindīvaradyute/
abhirāmaśarīreśa nārāyaṇa jaganmaya

amī hi prāṇinaḥ sarve nimagnāḥ kleśasāgare/
uttāraṃ prāṇināmasmātkathaṃ cintayasi prabho

ityukto devadeveśaḥ smayamāno'bravīdidam/
aravindāsane devi padmagarbhe saroruhe

uttārahetavo'mīṣāmupāyā vihitā mayā/
karma sāṃkhyaṃ tathā yoga iti śāstravyapāśrayāḥ

pratyavocamahaṃ devamityuktā puruṣottamam/
devadeva na te śakyāḥ kartuṃ kālena gacchatā

kālo hi kalayanneva svatantro bhavadātmakaḥ/
jñānaṃ sattvaṃ balaṃ caiṣāmāyuśca vinikṛntati

antaḥkaraṇasaṃsthā hi vāsanā vividhātmikāḥ/
tattatkālavaśaṃ prāpya yātayanti śarīriṇaḥ

udāsīno bhavānevaṃ prāṇināṃ karma kurvatām/
tattatkālānukūlāni tatphalāni prayacchati

yena tvaṃ bata saṃrabdhaḥ prāṇinaḥ pālayiṣyasi/
prabrūhi tamupāyaṃ me praṇatāyai janārdana

ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ bhagavānutsmayanniva/
saroruhe vijānīṣe sarvamevātmano gatam

māṃ tu jijñāsase devi tathāpi śṛṇu bhāmini/
upāyāścāpyapāyāśca śāsrīyā nirmitā mayā

56. upāyāḥ puṇyasaṃpādakāḥ jyotiṣṭomādayaḥ/ apāyāḥ pāpasaṃpādakāḥ parahiṃsādayaḥ/
vihitā ya upāyāste niṣiddhāścetare matāḥ/
adho nayantyapāyāstaṃ ya enānanuvartate

ūrdhvaṃ nayantyupāyāstaṃ ya enānanuvartate/
upāyāpāyasaṃtyāgī madhyamāṃ vṛttimāśritaḥ

58. saṃtyāgīti/ puṇyapāpasaṃpādakāni kāmyaniṣiddhāni parityajya nityanaimittikakriyāpara ityartaḥ/
māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāpya māmevānte samaśnute/
ṣaḍaṅgaṃ tamupāyaṃ ca śṛṇu me padmasaṃbhave

59. māmekam; māmevetyarthaḥ/ ekaśabdo'vadhāraṇārthaḥ san anyayogavyavacchede vartate/ atredaṃ bodhyam---śaraṇavaraṇāt pūrvaṃ madhyamavṛttyāśrayaṇaṃ bhavatu vā, mā vā/ asti cet, śaraṇavaraṇe tvarāmupajanayati/ na cet, vilambaḥ/ śaraṇavaraṇānantaraṃ tu yāvajjīvaṃ madhyamavṛttyāśrayaṇamavaśyaṃ kartavyam/ na cet vilambena phalaṃ syāt/ pūrvakṛtāni tu karmāṇi nyāsabalādeva naśyanti/ paścāt kṛtāni tu prāmādikāni na śliṣyanti/ buddhipūrvakṛtānyapi prāyaścittāpanodyāni bhavanti/ ataḥ cāndrāyaṇādiprāyaścittapariharaṇāya madhyamavṛttyāśraṇamāvaśyakaṃ vidhīyata iti/
ānukūlyasya saṃkalpaḥ prātikūlyasya varjanam/
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso goptṛtvavaraṇaṃ tathā

ātmanikṣepakārpaṇye ṣaḍvidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ/
evaṃ māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāpya vītaśokabhayaklamaḥ

nirārambho nirāśīśca nirmamo nirahaṃkṛtiḥ/
māmeva śaraṇaṃ prāpya taret saṃsārasāgaram

satkarmaniratāḥ śuddhāḥ sāṃkhyayogavidastathā/
nārhanti śaraṇasthasya kalāṃ koṭitamīmapi

63. satkarmaniratāḥ; karmayoganiṣṭhāḥ/ sāṃkhyavidaḥ; jñānayoginaḥ/ yogavidaḥ; bhaktiyoginaḥ/
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ/
prītāhamabhavaṃ śakra tadidaṃ varṇitaṃ tava

śakraḥ---
devapriye mahādevi namaste paṅkajāsane/
ānukūlyādikaṃ bhāvaṃ mama vyācakṣva vistarāt

śrīḥ---
ānukūlyamiti proktaṃ sarvabhūtānukūlatā/
antaḥ sthitāhaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhāvānāmiti niścayāt

66. ānukūlyasaṃkalpo na kevalamāvayorviṣaye/ kiṃtu asmaccheṣabhūteṣu sarveṣvapi bhūteṣvityāha---sarveti/
mayīva sarvabhūteṣu hyānukūlyaṃ samācaret/
tathaiva prātikūlyaṃ ca bhūteṣu parivarjayet

tyāgo garvasya kārpaṇyaṃ śrutaśīlādijanmanaḥ/
aṅgasāmagryasaṃpatteraśakterapi karmaṇaām

adhikārasya cāsiddherdeśakālaguṇakṣayāt/
upāyā naiva sidyanti hyapāyā bahulāstathā

iti yā garvahānistaddainyaṃ kārpaṇyamucyate/
śakteḥ sūpasadatvācca kṛpāyogācca śāśvatāt

īśeśitavyasaṃbandhādanidaṃprathamādapi/
rakṣiṣyatyanukūlānna iti yā sudṛḍhā matiḥ

sa viśvāso bhavecchakra sarvaduṣkṛtanāśanaḥ/
karuṇāvānapi vyaktaṃ śaktaḥ svāmyapi dehinām

aprārthito na gopāyediti tatprārthanāmatiḥ/
gopāyitā bhavetyevaṃ goptṛtvavaraṇaṃ smṛtam

tena saṃrakṣyamāṇasya phale svāmyaviyuktatā/
keśavārpaṇaparyantā hyātmanikṣepa ucyate

nikṣepāparaparyāyo nyāsaḥ pañcāṅgasaṃyutaḥ/
saṃnyāsastyāga ityuktaḥ śaraṇāgatirityapi

upāyo'yaṃ caturthaste proktaḥ śīghraphalapradaḥ/
asmin hi vartamānānāṃ vidhau vipraniṣevite

pūrve traya upāyāste bhaveyuramanoharāḥ/
ānukūlyetarābhyāṃ ca vinivṛttirapāyataḥ

kārpaṇyenāpyupāyānāṃ vinivṛttirihoditā/
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāsādabhīṣṭopāyakalpanam

goptṛtvavaraṇaṃ nāma svābhiprāyanivedanam/
sarvajño'pi hi viśveśaḥ sadā kāruṇiko'pi san

79. śaraṇyasya sarvajñatvāt karuṇākaratvācca svayamevārtān rakṣiṣyatītyāśaṅkyāha---sarvajño'pīti/ saṃsāratantravāhitvaṃ nāma līlāvibhūtinirvahaṇam/ vyājānapekṣarakṣaṇe sukṛdduṣkṛtsādhāraṇyena sarvarakṣaṇaprasaktau dharmādharmakṛtyākṛtyanyāyānyāyasaṃkaraprasaṅgaḥ/ svecchayā kāṃścideva rakṣan anyān na rakṣati cet "samo'haṃ sarvabhūteṣu" ityuddhoṣayatastasya vaiṣamyanairghṛṇyaprasaṅga iti bhāvaḥ/
saṃsāratantravāhitvādrakṣāpekṣāṃ pratīkṣate/
ātmātmīyabharanyāso hyātmanikṣepa ucyate

hiṃsāsteyādayaḥ śāsrairapāyatvena darśitāḥ/
karmasāṃkhyādayaḥ śāsrairupāyatvena darśitāḥ

apāyopāyasaṃtyāgī madhyamāṃ sthitimāsthitaḥ/
rakṣiṣyatīti niścitya nikṣiptasvasvagocaraḥ

budhyeta devadeveśaṃ goptāraṃ puruṣottamam/
śakraḥ---
upāyāpāyayormadhye kīdṛśī sthitirambike

apāyopāyatāmeva kriyā sarvāvalambate/
svīkāre vyatirike ca niṣedhavidhiśāsrayoḥ

84. niṣiddhasvīkāre vihitāsvīkāre cāpāyaḥ/ vihitasvīkāre niṣiddhāsvīkāre copāyaḥ/
dṛśyate karmaṇo vyaktamapāyopāyarūpatā/
śrīḥ---
trividhāṃ paśya deveśa karmaṇo gahanāṃ gatim

niṣedhavidhiśāsrebhyastāṃ vidhāṃ ca nibodha me/
anarthasādhanaṃ kiṃcitkiṃciccāpyarthasādhanam

86. hiṃsādi anarthasādhanam/ jyotiṣṭomādi svargādyarthasādhanam/ prāyaścittādi anarthaparihārakam/
anarthaparihāraṃ ca kiṃcit karmopadiśyate/
trairāśyaṃ karmaṇāmevaṃ vijñeyaṃ śāsracakṣuṣā

apāyopāyasaṃjñau tu pūrvarāśī parityajet/
tṛtīyo dvividho rāśiranarthaparihārakaḥ

88. anarthaparihārakaṃ tṛtīyaṃ dvividham---cāndrāyaṇādi prāyaścittam utpannānarthanāśakam/ nityanaimittikādi bhāvyanarthaparihārakamiti/
prāyaścittātmakaḥ kaścidutpannānarthanāśanaḥ/
tamaṃśaṃ naiva kurvīta manīṣī pūrvarāśivat

89. tṛtīye prathamāṃ vidhāmāha---prāyascitteti/
kriyamāṇaṃ na kasmaicidyadarthāya prakalpate/
akriyāvadanarthāya tattu karma samācaret

90. tṛtīye dvitīyāṃ vidhāmāha---kriyamāṇetyādi/ nityanaimittikarūpamityarthaḥ/
eṣā sā vaidikī niṣṭhā hyupāyāpāyamadhyamā/
asyāṃ sthito jagannāthaṃ prapadyeta janārdanam

sakṛdeva hi śāsrārthaḥ kṛto'yaṃ tārayennaram/
upāyāpāyasaṃyoge niṣṭhayā hīyate'nayā

apāyasaṃplave sadyaḥ prāyaścittaṃ samācaret/
prāyascittiriyaṃ sātra yatpunaḥ śaraṇaṃ śrayet

93. apāyasaṃplava iti/ buddhipūrvāparādhasaṃbhava ityarthaḥ/
upāyānāmupāyatvasvīkāre'pyetadeva hi/
aviplavāya dharmāṇāṃ pālanāya kulasya ca

94. jyotiṣṭomādīnāṃ mokṣopāyatvasvīkāre'pi niṣṭhāpracyutirbhavatyeva/ tasmāt tāni na kurvīta/ ayamatra nirgalitārthaḥ---bhaktiyoganiṣṭhānāṃ tadyogamahimneva prapattiyoganiṣṭhānāmapi prapattimahimnaiva pūrvatanāni sarvāṇyapi buddhipūrvakāṇyabuddhipūrvakāṇi ca mokṣavirodhikarmāṇi samūlanāśaṃ naśyanti/ prapannānāṃ prāyaśaḥ prapatteranantaraṃ tādṛśāni karmāṇi na saṃbhavantyeva/ kadācijjātānyapyabuddhipūrvakāṇi aśliṣṭāni bhavanti/ buddhipūrvakāṇi tu punaḥ prapadanena naśyanti/ akṛtapunaḥprapadanānāṃ tu svalpadaṇḍena tadbhogāttannāśaḥ/ prārabdhakarmāṇyapi prapannasyārtitāratamyena sadyo vā taddehāvasāne vā naśyanti/ bhaktiyogāt nyāsayogasyāyaṃ mahimātiśayaḥ---bhaktiyogaḥ prārabdhakarmāṇi nāpohayitumalam/ nyāsayogastu prārabdhakarmāṇyapyapohayitumalam/ yadyārtyatiśayāt prapattikāle sadyastannāśo'pi prārthitaḥ, tadā sadya eva tāni nasyanti/ yadi taddehāvasane prārthitaḥ, tadā taddehāvasāna eva naśyanti/ na tu bhaktiyoganiṣṭhānāmiva tadbhogārthadehāntarāpādakāni/ tathā cāhuḥ---"sādhyabhaktistu sā hantrī prārabdhasyāpi bhūyasī" iti/ kiṃca vaidikāni kāmyakarmāṇi niṣkāmanayā bhaktiyogāṅgatayānuṣṭhātumabhyanujñāyante/ prapannānāṃ tu niṣkāmanayāpi teṣāmanuṣṭhānaṃ svarūpaviruddhamiti/
saṃgrahāya ca lokasya maryādāsthāpanāya ca/
priyāya mama viṣṇośca devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ

manīṣī vaidikācāraṃ manasāpi na laṅghayet/
yathā hi vallabho rājño nadīṃ rājñā pravartitām

lokopayoginīṃ ramyāṃ bahusasyavivardhinīm/
laṅghayañśūlamārohedanapekṣo'pi tāṃ prati

evaṃ vilaṅghayan martyo maryādāṃ vedanirmitām/
priyo'pi na priyo'sau me madājñāvyativartanāt

98. ayaṃ bhāvaḥ---nityanaimittikakarmāṇi na sarvathā phalarahitāni/ kiṃtu pratyavāyotpattinirodhaphalāni/ ānuṣaṅgikamapi hi prājāpatyādilokaprāptirūpaphalaṃ smaryate/ tatra viniyogapṛthaktvāt pratyavāyotpattinirodhaphalakāni tānyādriyante/ pratyavāyaśca bhagavannigraha eva/ evaṃca bhagavannigrahotpattinirodhāya tāni kriyanta iti na sarvātmanā nirarthakānīti/ ataḥ "prayojanamanuddiśya na mando'pi pravartate" iti codyasya nāvakāśaḥ/
upāyatvagrahaṃ tatra varjayan manasā sudhīḥ/
caturthamāśrayannevamupāyaṃ śaraṇāśrayam

atītya sakalaṃ kleśaṃ saṃviśatyamalaṃ padam/
apāyopāyanirmuktāṃ madhyamāṃ sthitimāsthitā

śaraṇāgatiragryaiṣā saṃsārārṇavatāriṇī/
idaṃ śaraṇamajñānāmidameva vijānatām

idaṃ titīrṣatāṃ pāramidamānantyamicchatām/
prāyaścittaprasaṅge tu sarvapāpasamudbhave

māmekāṃ devadevasya mahiṣīṃ śaraṇaṃ śrayet/
upāyādvirataḥ śaśvanmāṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ vrajet

tanūkṛtyākhilaṃ pāpaṃ māṃ cāpnoti naraḥ śanaiḥ/
athopāyaprasaktaśca bhuktvā bhogānanāmayān

ante viraktimāsādya viśate paramaṃ padam/
upāyaḥ sukaraḥ so'yaṃ duṣkarasca mato mama

105. nanu cirakālasādhyasya bhaktiyogasya kṣaṇakālasādhyasya nyāsayogasya ca mokṣākyatulyaphalatvaṃ na ghaṭate, gurulaghūpāyayorvikalpāyogāt/ tathā sati prekṣāvantaḥ sarve'pi laghūpāya eva pravarteran, na gurūpāya iti tadvidherananuṣṭhānalakṣaṇamaprāmāṇyaṃ syādityatrāha---upāyaḥ sukara iti/ yadyapyayaṃ nyāsayogaḥ kṣaṇakālakartavyatvāt karmādyanaṅgakatvācca sukara eva, tathāpyatyantadurlabhamahāviśvāsādyaṅgāpekṣatvāt durūhamadhyamavṛttyāśrayatvācca duṣkara eveti bhāvaḥ/ atra yadyapi jñānaśaktyādipauṣkalyatadrāhityābhyāmadhikāribhedāt vyavasthā suvacā, tathāpi `idameva vijānatām' ityādinā jñānādimatāmapi nyāsayogavidhānāt sā rītirnādṛtā/
śiṣṭairniṣevyate so'yamakāmahatacetanaiḥ/
akāmaiśca sakāmaiśca tasmātsiddhyarthamātmanaḥ

arcanīyā naraiḥ śaśvanmama mantramayī tanuḥ/
praviśya vidhivaddīkṣāṃ gurorlabdhvārthasaṃpadaḥ/
manmayairarcayenmantrairmāmikāṃ māntrikīṃ tanum

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