Kamakalavilasa 50

50

"Consisting of mind": having knowledge as its sole nature. "Whose form is the equal essence of the clearly manifested syllables A and Ha": A and Ha are the two sounds "A" and "Ha"; they are exceedingly "manifest," distinct, whose natures have mutually arisen; that in which these two clearly manifested sounds "A" and "Ha" blend together is [the I-consciousness]; "the dense mass of the couple that is Śiva and divine power"; therefore, "by which the sphere of the universe has been swallowed up": that by which the sphere of the universe, consisting of the aggregate of thirty-six ontological principles, has been placed within. The meaning is this: through the principle of pratyāhāra, from the very casket of luminous consciousness and reflective awareness that has the form of I-consciousness holding within its womb the entire collection of phonemes, the expansion of the entire cosmic manifestation consisting of word and meaning takes place. And so says revelation: