Todalatantra 8: Toḍalatantra, Aṣṭamaḥ paṭalaḥ
Toḍalatantra 8
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Toḍalatantra, Aṣṭamaḥ paṭalaḥ
8.1
śrīdevī uvāca
sārdhatrikoṭināḍīnām ālayaṃ ca kalevaram
krameṇa śrotum icchāmi tad vadasva mayi prabho //
The auspicious Goddess said:
The body is the abode of thirty-five million nāḍīs;
I wish to hear of them in order; tell that to me, O Lord.
8.2
śrīśiva uvāca
lomni kūpe sapādārdhakoṭayaścaiva sundari
hastāsye ca tadā pāde 'gnilakṣanāḍayaḥ sthitāḥ //
The auspicious Śiva said:
In the pores of the hairs are one and a quarter million, O beautiful one;
in the hands, mouth, and then feet, three hundred thousand nāḍīs reside.
8.3
udare ca tathā pāyau pañcalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
hṛdādisarvagātreṣu navalakṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //
In the belly and likewise in the anus, five hundred thousand are proclaimed;
in the heart and all the limbs, nine hundred thousand are proclaimed.
8.4
atha pārśve tathā carme tathaiva sarvasaṃdhiṣu
rudrānnyūnaṃ sthitaṃ lakṣaṃ śarīre nāḍayaḥ priye //
Now, on the flanks, likewise on the skin, and likewise in all joints,
one hundred thousand less eleven nāḍīs reside in the body, my dear.
8.5
iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva suṣumnā citriṇī tathā
brahmanāḍī ca tanmadhye pañcanāḍyaḥ prakīrtitāḥ //
Iḍā and piṅgalā, and suṣumṇā, citriṇī, as well as
the brahmanāḍī within it—these are proclaimed as the five nāḍīs.
8.6
kuhūś ca śaṅkhinī caiva gāndhārī hastijihvikā
nardinī ca tathā nidrā rudrasaṃkhyā vyavasthitā //
Kuhū and Śaṅkhinī, Gāndhārī, Hastijihvikā,
Nardinī, and likewise Nidrā—the number of Rudras (eleven) are established.
8.7
etā nāḍyaḥ pareśāni suṣumnāyāḥ prajāyate
vedākṣivasurandhrāstu bāṇasaṃkhyajalāntakāḥ
kimādhāre padmamadhye saṃsthitāḥ parameśvara //
These nāḍīs, O supreme ruler, arise from the suṣumṇā.
With four-two-eight-nine-five [nāḍīs] ending in the water [element],
upon what support are they situated within the lotus, O Supreme Lord?
8.8
śrīśiva uvāca
yogapadmasya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate
mūlādhāre padmamadhye laṃbījaṃ cātiśobhanam //
The auspicious Śiva said:
The greatness of the yoga-lotus cannot be described by me.
In the mūlādhāra, inside the lotus, is the exceedingly radiant bīja 'laṃ'.
8.9
laṃbījasya bindumadhye pṛthvīcakraṃ manoharam
valayākārarūpeṇa samudrāḥ saptakāḥ sthitāḥ //
Inside the bindu of the bīja 'laṃ' is the charming earth-circle;
in the form of concentric rings, the seven oceans reside.
8.10
śrīdevī uvāca
bindumānaṃ mahādeva kathayasva mayi prabho
krameṇa yogapadmasya pramāṇaṃ vada śaṃkara //
The auspicious Goddess said:
Tell me the measure of the bindu, O Mahādeva; tell me, O Lord;
speak in sequence the measure of the yoga-lotus, O Śaṅkara.
8.11
śrīśiva uvāca
paramāṇutribhāgaikabhāgaṃ binduṃ suvistaram
tanmadhye sāgarāḥ sarve saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā //
The auspicious Śiva said:
The bindu is one third of an atom, immensely vast;
within it are all the oceans, the seven continents, and the earth.
8.12
avyayaṃ paramaṃ sūkṣmaṃ bindurūpaṃ paraṃ śivam
pramāṇaṃ cāsya devasya kiṃ vaktuṃ śakyate mayā //
Supreme Śiva is imperishable, supremely subtle, and in the form of a bindu;
and how can the measure of this god be spoken by me?
8.13
brahmalokaṃ pareśāni nādopari vicintayet
ḍākinīsahito brahmā tathaiva nivaset sadā //
One should meditate on the world of Brahmā, O supreme ruler, above the nāda;
Brahmā accompanied by Ḍākinī always dwells there in that very way.
8.14
lakāraṃ pārthivaṃ bījaṃ śaktirūpaṃ sureśvari
pṛthvīcakrasya madhye tu svayambhūliṅgam adbhutam //
The syllable 'la' is the earthly bīja, embodying Śakti, O Queen of gods;
and inside the earth-circle is the wondrous Svayambhūliṅga,
8.15
sārdhatrivalayākārakuṇḍalyā veṣṭitaṃ sadā
liṅgacchidraṃ svavaktreṇa kuṇḍalyācchādya saṃsthitā //
always encircled by Kuṇḍalī in three and a half coils;
she remains covering the aperture of the liṅga with her own mouth.
8.16
tenaiva vartate vāyur iḍāpiṅgalayoḥ sadā
sahasrāradarśanāya sadā jāgratsvarūpiṇī //
Because of that, the air always moves through iḍā and piṅgalā;
for the vision of the sahasrāra, she is ever awake in her essential form.
8.17
yadaiva brahmamārgeṇa sahasrāre samutthitā
tadaiva parameśāni śvāsocchvāsavikāśanam //
As soon as she has risen up to the sahasrāra by the path of Brahman,
at that very moment, O supreme ruler, the unfolding of breath and exhalation occurs.
8.18
kesarasya tu madhye ca catuḥpattre sureśvari
anantarūpiṇī durgā śambhuś cānantarūpadhṛk //
Inside the filaments, within the four petals, O Queen of gods,
is Durgā of infinite forms, and Śambhu bearing infinite forms.
8.19
nānāsukhavilāsena sadā kāmena vartate
liṅgacchidraṃ samākṛṣya saṃsthitā kuṇḍalī katham //
[The Goddess said:]
He always abides in desire through various pleasures of love;
how does Kuṇḍalī remain drawing upon the aperture of the liṅga?
8.20
kathayasva sadānanda sarvajñastvaṃ sureśvara
liṅgamadhye mahattejo vahnirūpaṃ ca sundari //
Tell me, O ever-blissful one; you are omniscient, O Lord of gods.
[Śiva said:]
Inside the liṅga is a great splendor, in the form of fire, O beautiful one;
8.21
yat kiṃcid vāyuyogena brahmāṇḍo dahyate yataḥ
ataḥ sā kuṇḍalī devī mukhenācchādya saṃsthitā //
because the macrocosm would be burned by anything joined with that wind,
therefore that goddess Kuṇḍalī remains covering [the aperture] with her mouth.
8.22
tenaiva pārthive liṅge binduśaktiṃ niyojayet
binduśaktiṃ samutthāpya liṅgapūjā prakīrtitā //
Because of that, one should unite the bindu-śakti in the earthen liṅga;
having raised the bindu-śakti, the worship of the liṅga is proclaimed.
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