Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    Bodhapañcadaśikā

    Abhinavagupta

    In the atlas

    4 min

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    anastamitabhārūpas tejasāṃ tamasām api ya eko 'ntar yadantaś ca tejāṃsi ca tamāṃsi ca

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    sa eva sarvabhūtānāṃ svabhāvaḥ parameśvaraḥ bhāvajātaṃ hi tasyaiva śaktir īśvaratāmayī

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    śaktiś ca śaktimadrūpād vyatirekam na vāñchati tādātmyam anayor nityaṃ vahnidāhikayor iva

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    sa eva bhairavo devo jagadbharaṇalakṣaṇaḥ svātmādṛṣe samagraṃ hi yacchaktyā pratibimbitam

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    tasyaivaiṣā parā devī svarūpāmarśanotsukā pūrṇatvaṃ sarvabhaveṣu yasyā nālpaṃ na cādhikam

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    eṣa devo 'nayā devyā nityaṃ krīḍārasotsukaḥ vicitrān sṛṣṭisaṃhārān vidhatte yugapad vibhuḥ

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    atidurghaṭakāritvam asyānuttaram eva yat etad eva svatantratvam aisvaryaṃ bodharūpatā

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    paricchinnaprakāśatvaṃ jaḍasya kila lakṣaṇam jaḍād vilakṣaṇo bodho yato na parimīyate

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    evam asya svatantrasya nijaśaktyupabhedinaḥ svātmagāḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhārāḥ svarūpatvena saṃsthitāḥ

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    teṣu vaicitryam atyantam ūrdhvādhas tiryag eva yat bhuvanāni tadaṃśāś ca sukhaduḥkhamatiś ca yā

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    yad etasyāparijñānaṃ tatsvātantryaṃ hi varṇitam sa eva khalu saṃsāro mūḍānāṃ yo vibhīṣakaḥ

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    tatprasādarasād eva gurvāgamata eva vā śāstrād vā parameśasya yasmāt kasmād upāgatam

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    yat tattvasya parijñānaṃ sa mokṣaḥ parameśataḥ tat pūrṇatvaṃ prabuddhānāṃ jīvanmuktiś ca sā smṛtā

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    etau bandhavimokṣau ca parameśasvarūpataḥ na bhidyete na bhedo hi tattvataḥ parameśvare

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    ittham icchākalājñānaśaktiśūlāmbujāśritaḥ bhairavaḥ sarvabhāvānāṃ svabhāvaḥ pariśīlyate

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    sukumāramatīn śiṣyān prabodhayitum añjasā ime 'bhinavaguptena ślokāḥ pañcadaśoditāḥ