Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.47

c10.s1.47

In this Vilāsa Gopāla Bhaṭṭa proposes to describe mainly the Tāntric method (prāyaśas tāntriko vidhiḥ) of daily morning worship of Gopāla-deva, as given in the Krama-dīpikā, by means of the Mantra of eighteen syllables (mentioned above) pertaining to the deity. We are informed that this method is followed even by Brahmans: for in the Kali-yuga worship is possible, according to the Viṣṇu-yāmala, only through the way of the Āgama, and not by the Śrauta or Vedic method.