Sutras of Vigyana Bhairava Tantra
s'rî devy uvâca |
s'ruta.m deva mayâ sarva.m rudrayâmalasambhavam | trikabhedam as'e.se.na sârât sâravibhâgas'a.h || 1 ||
adyâpi na niv.rtto me sa.ms'aya.h parames'vara | ki.m rûpa.m tattvato deva s'abdarâs'ikalâmayam || 2 ||
ki.m vâ navâtmabhedena bhairave bhairavâk.rtau | tris'irobhedabhinna.m vâ ki.m vâ s'aktitrayâtmakam || 3 ||
nâdabindumaya.m vâpi ki.m candrârdhanirodhikâ.h | cakrârû.dham anacka.m vâ ki.m vâ s'aktisvarûpakam || 4 ||
parâparâyâ.h sakalam aparâyâs' ca vâ puna.h | parâyâ yadi tadvat syât paratva.m tad virudhyate || 5 ||
na hi var.navibhedena dehabhedena vâ bhavet | paratva.m ni.skalatvena sakalatve na tad bhavet || 6 ||
prasâda.m kuru me nâtha ni.hs'e.sa.m chinddhi sa.ms'ayam |
bhairava uvâca |
sâdhu sâdhu tvayâ p.r.s.ta.m tantrasâram idam priye || 7 ||
gûhanîyatamam bhadre tathâpi kathayâmi te | yatki.mcit sakala.m rûpa.m bhairavasya prakîrtitam || 8 ||
tad asâratayâ devi vijñeya.m s'akrajâlavat | mâyâsvapnopama.m caiva gandharvanagarabhramam || 9 ||
dhyânârtham bhrântabuddhînâ.m kriyâ.dambaravartinâm | kevala.m var.nitam pu.msâ.m vikalpanihatâtmanâm || 10 ||
tattvato na navâtmâsau s'abdarâs'ir na bhairava.h | na câsau tris'irâ devo na ca s'aktitrayâtmaka.h || 11 || nâdabindumayo vâpi na candrârdhanirodhikâ.h | na cakrakramasambhinno na ca s'aktisvarûpaka.h || 12 ||
aprabuddhamatînâ.m hi etâ balavibhî.sikâ.h | mât.rmodakavat sarva.m prav.rttyartha.m udâh.rtam || 13 ||
dikkâlakalanonmuktâ des'oddes'âvis'e.sinî | vyapade.s.tum as'akyâsâv akathyâ paramârthata.h || 14 ||
anta.hsvânubhavânandâ vikalponmuktagocarâ | yâvasthâ bharitâkârâ bhairavî bhairavâtmana.h || 15 ||
tad vapus tattvato jñeya.m vimala.m vis'wapûra.nam | eva.mvidhe pare tattve ka.h pûjya.h kas' ca t.rpyati || 16 ||
eva.mvidhâ bhairavasya yâvasthâ parigîyate | sâ parâ pararûpe.na parâ devî prakîrtitâ || 17 ||
s'aktis'aktimator yadvad abheda.h sarvadâ sthita.h | atas taddharmadharmitvât parâ s'akti.h parâtmana.h || 18 ||
na vahner dâhikâ s'aktir vyatiriktâ vibhâvyate | kevala.m jñânasattâyâm prârambho 'yam praves'ane || 19 ||
s'aktyavasthâpravi.s.tasya nirvibhâgena bhâvanâ | tadâsau s'ivarûpî syât s'aivî mukham ihocyate || 20 ||
yathâlokena dîpasya kira.nair bhâskarasya ca | jñâyate digvibhâgâdi tadvac chaktyâ s'iva.h priye || 21 ||
s'rî devy uvâca |
devadeva tris'ûlân.ka kapâlak.rtabhû.sa.na | digdes'akâlas'ûnyâ ca vyapades'avivarjitâ || 22 ||
yâvasthâ bharitâkârâ bhairavasyopalabhyate | kair upâyair mukha.m tasya parâ devi katham bhavet | yathâ samyag aha.m vedmi tathâ me brûhi bhairava || 23 || Shakti says to her beloved Shiva
Oh Bhairava, creator, maintainer and rejuvenator of this universe Remove the doubt that still persists Studying scriptures and imbibing their essence Help me clear my mind
What is your nature in reality? Are you of the words of the world? Are you the nine forms of tattva? Are you the seed mantra? Are you the feminine energy? Are you the energy of words and light? Are you the energy of the chakras? Or are you pure formless energy? Are you in form or formless beyond form?
How can you be letters, words, colors and bodies? And yet be the energy that binds them? Are you in parts or composed of parts? Or are you the transcendent indivisible One beyond all? Who are You?
Favor me and clear the doubts that assail me!
Bhairava responds to his beloved
Excellent, my dear, what you ask is the very Truth Let me unravel this secret for you My form is an illusion for those led by intellect Obsessed with rituals and consumed by fantasies
I am not any of what you described
Words, forms, mantras, chakras and energies Are for those yet unprepared for the truth To lure them by greed and drive them by fear Into the path of righteousness
I am beyond time, space and description Seen when one is beyond the mind Experienced in the inner bliss
Of the egoless state
That is my nature as Bhairava Immaculate and all pervasive Highest reality for worship In the formless state
You are the same as I am Just as fire is no different from the energy of fire Separated only as a step that leads For you are my undifferentiated face!
Asks Devi again
Oh Lord of Lords, please tell me in simple words How one can experience the bliss of the Bhairava state? How can I be the step to reach Bhairava? How does one reach Parasakti?
ष्रि भरवै उवाच