Conclusion, praise of the gurus, and colophon

50

The means must be firmly grasped; the goal to be attained is the Bhairava-state. That very self-awareness, which contains all means within it [{{ananyopāya / anupāya:the means-less means; the Self as sole means}}] — that alone one should enter into.

51

I take refuge in the Anuttara radiance — brimming with the infinite signified and signifier contained within it from beginning to end, the secret of all mantras and mudrās [{{anuttara:the Unsurpassable / Absolute, the 'a' of Trika}}].

52

Victorious are the gurus of old, their hearts undivided from Śambhu, who through an absorption from which there is no [returning] re-emergence attained the consummate wealth of the ultimate goal [{{paryanta:the ultimate limit / culmination where all tantras converge}}].

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Homage to Śiva.

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Here is completed this composition of the venerable master Abhinavagupta, called the Paryantapañcāśikā ["The Fifty [Verses] on the Ultimate Goal"].