Todalatantra 2: Toḍalatantra, Dvitīyaḥ paṭalaḥ
Toḍalatantra 2
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Toḍalatantra, Dvitīyaḥ paṭalaḥ
2.1
śrīśiva uvāca
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yogasāraṃ samāsataḥ
ūrdhvamūlam adhaḥśākhaṃ vṛkṣākāraṃ kalevaram //
The noble Śiva said:
Listen, O Goddess, I shall proclaim the essence of yoga in brief.
The body is like a tree whose roots are above and whose branches are below.
2.2
brahmāṇḍe yāni tīrthāni tāni santi kalevare
bṛhadbrahmāṇḍaṃ yadrūpaṃ tadrūpaṃ kṣudrarūpakam //
Whichever sacred bathing places exist in the macrocosm, those exist in the body;
whatever the form of the great macrocosm, of such form is the microcosm.
2.3
brahmāṇḍe vartate tīrthaṃ sārdhakoṭitrayātmakam
dvisaptatisahasrāṇi prakāśaṃ vīravandite //
In the macrocosm there exist thirty-five million sacred bathing places;
seventy-two thousand are manifested [in the body], O you who are praised by heroes.
2.4
caturdaśaṃ tu tanmadhye tanmadhye tritayaṃ śubham
tanmadhye parameśāni mahādhīrā ca muktidā //
Among those, fourteen; and among those, an auspicious triad;
and among those, O Supreme Ruler, is the greatly steadfast one who grants liberation.
2.5
vāsukī yā mahāmāyā bhujagākārarūpiṇī
sārdhatrivalayākārā pātālatalavāsinī //
She who is Vāsukī, the Great Illusion, having the form of a serpent,
coiled three-and-a-half times, dwelling in the subterranean realm.
2.6
saptasvargaṃ pareśāni krameṇa śṛṇu sādaram
bhūrlokaṃ ca bhuvarlokaṃ svarlokaṃ mahasaṃ tathā //
Listen with devotion in due order to the seven heavens, O Supreme Ruler:
Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, and Maharloka,
2.7
janalokaṃ tapaścaiva satyalokaṃ varānane
saptasvargamidaṃ bhadre pātālaṃ śṛṇu yatnataḥ //
Janaloka, Tapoloka, and Satyaloka, O fair-faced one.
These are the seven heavens, O auspicious one; listen attentively to the subterranean realms:
2.8
atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva sutalaṃ ca talātalam
mahātalaṃ ca pātālaṃ rasātalamataḥ param //
Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala,
Mahātala, Pātāla, and beyond that, Rasātala.
2.9
rasātalācca satyāntaṃ mahādhīrā pratiṣṭhitā
merumadhyasthitā nāḍī mahādhīrā ca muktidā //
From Rasātala up to Satya[loka], the greatly steadfast one is established;
situated in the middle of the Meru [axis], the nāḍī is greatly steadfast and grants liberation.
2.10
satyaloke mahāviṣṇuṃ śivaṃ brahmāṇḍasaṃjñakam
tasya saṃdarśanārthāya vāsukī vyākulā sadā //
In Satyaloka is Mahāviṣṇu, Śiva named the macrocosm;
for the sake of beholding him, Vāsukī is ever longing.
2.11
svargaṣaṭkaṃ bhedayitvā utthitā vāsukī yadā
sarvāḥ samudragāminya ūrdhvasrotā bhavanti hi //
When Vāsukī rises, having pierced through the six heavens,
then all [streams] that flow to the ocean become upward-flowing streams.
2.12
evaṃ krameṇa deveśi śarīre nāḍayaḥ sthitāḥ
iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā madhyavartinī //
In this order, O Ruler of the gods, the nāḍīs are situated in the body:
iḍā, piṅgalā, and suṣumṇā stationed in the center.
2.13
nāḍīdvayena deveśi samīraṃ pūrayed yadi
tatastu prāṇamantreṇa kuṇḍalī ca kramaṃ caret //
If one fills the breath through both nāḍīs, O Ruler of the gods,
then by means of the prāṇa-mantra, Kuṇḍalī undertakes her ascent.
2.14
sahasrāre mahāpadme nitye cāvyayapaṅkaje
trāsayuktā kuṇḍalinī praviśennityamandiram //
In the sahasrāra, the great lotus, the eternal and imperishable lotus,
filled with awe, Kuṇḍalinī enters the eternal abode.
2.15
sarvāḥ pātālagāminya ūrdhvasrotā bhavanti hi
etasmin samaye devi varṇamālāṃ vicintayet //
All [streams] that flow downward to the underworld become upward-flowing streams.
At this time, O Goddess, one should contemplate the garland of letters.
2.16
aṣṭottaraśataṃ mūlamantraṃ jñānena saṃjapet
ānayettena mārgeṇa mūlādhāre punaḥ sudhīḥ //
One should recite with awareness the root mantra one hundred and eight times;
by that same path, the wise practitioner should bring [her] back to the mūlādhāra.
2.17
ṣaṭcakradevatāstatra saṃtarpyāmṛtadhārayā
athānyat sampravakṣyāmi yonimudrāsanaṃ priye //
Having gratified the deities of the six cakras there with a stream of nectar—
now, O beloved, I shall describe another [practice]: yonimudrāsana.
2.18
upaviśyāsane mantrī prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ
jānudvayaṃ karābhyāṃ ca prakuryād dṛḍhabandhanam //
Seated upon the seat, facing east or facing north,
the mantra-practitioner should make a firm binding of the two knees with the hands.
2.19
ṛjukāyena deveśi ājānu nāsikāṃ nayet
prāṇamantreṇa deveśi samīraṃ bahuyatnataḥ //
With an erect body, O Ruler of the gods, he should bring his nose down to the knees;
by means of the prāṇa-mantra, O Ruler of the gods, with great effort,
2.20
pūrayet parameśāni kiṃcid vāyuṃ na recayet
ṛjukāyaṃ pareśāni viparītaṃ prayatnataḥ //
he should draw in the breath, O Supreme Ruler, and should not exhale any air;
keeping the body upright, O Supreme Ruler, then in reverse with great effort,
2.21
pūrvoktenaiva vidhinā aṣṭottaraśataṃ japet
ṣaṭcakradevatāstatra saṃtarpyāmṛtadhārayā //
by the very rule spoken before, he should recite [the mantra] one hundred and eight times.
Having gratified the deities of the six cakras there with a stream of nectar,
2.22
ānayettena mārgeṇa mūlādhāre varānane
aśeṣarogaśamanaṃ yonimudrāsanaṃ priye //
he should bring [her] back by that same path to the mūlādhāra, O fair-faced one.
Yonimudrāsana pacifies endless diseases, O beloved.
2.23
bahu kiṃ kathyate devi mahāvyādhivināśanam
bahu kiṃ kathyate devi mantracaitanyakāraṇam //
Why say much, O Goddess? It destroys great afflictions.
Why say much, O Goddess? It is the cause of awakening consciousness in mantras.
2.24
ātmasākṣātkarī mudrā mahāmokṣapradāyinī
śatavaktraṃ yadi bhavet tadā vaktuṃ na śakyate //
This mudrā grants direct perception of the Self and bestows supreme liberation;
even if one had a hundred mouths, one could not describe it fully.
2.25
pañcavaktreṇa deveśi kiṃ mayā kathyate'dhunā
kuṣṭharogaviśiṣṭo'pi sa bhavet kāmarūpakaḥ //
What [more] can I say now with five mouths, O ruler of the gods? / Even one afflicted with leprosy becomes shapely as Kāma.
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