Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
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INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA ŚĀSTRA<br />
unsteady vibrations of the sheaths of the worshipper,<br />
thus transforming him, but from it arises the form of<br />
the Devatā which it is. 1 Mantra-siddhi is the ability <strong>to</strong><br />
make a mantra efficacious and <strong>to</strong> gather its fruit 2 in<br />
which case the mantra is called mantrasiddha. Mantras<br />
are classified as siddha, sādhya, susiddha, and ari,<br />
according as they are friends, servers, supporters, or<br />
destroyers—a matter which is determined for each<br />
sādhaka by means of cakra calculations.<br />
THE GĀYATRĪ-MANTRA<br />
The Gāyatrī is the most sacred of all Vaidik mantras.<br />
In it the Veda lies embodied as in its seed. It runs:<br />
Oṃ bhūr-bhuvah-svah: tat savitur vareṇ yāṃ bhargo<br />
devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo nah pracodayāt. O ṃ. “Let us<br />
contemplate the wondrous spirit of the Divine Crea<strong>to</strong>r<br />
(Savitṛ ) of the earthly, atmospheric, and celestial<br />
spheres. May He direct our minds, that is ‘<strong>to</strong>wards’ the<br />
attainment of dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa, Oṃ.”<br />
The Gāyatrī-Vyākaraṇ a of Yogi Yajnavālkya thus<br />
explains the following words: Tat, that. 3 The word yat<br />
(which) is unders<strong>to</strong>od. 4 Savituh is the possessive case of<br />
1 Śṛ ṇu devī pravakṣyāmi bījānām deva-rūpatāṃ<br />
.<br />
Mantroccāra ṇamātreṇa, deva-rūpaṃ<br />
prajayate.<br />
—(Bṛ had-gandharva-<strong>Tantra</strong>, chap. v.)<br />
2 Ya ṃ<br />
Ya ṃ<br />
prāthayate kāma ṃ<br />
Taṃ<br />
tamāpnoti niścitam.<br />
(Whatever the sādhaka desires that he surely obtains)<br />
—Prāṇa-<strong>to</strong>ṣinī, 619.<br />
3 Tat is apparently here treated as in the objective case agreeing, with<br />
varenyaṃ<br />
, etc., but others holding that the vyāhṛ ti (Bhūr-bhuvah-svah) form<br />
part of and should be linked with, the rest of the Gāyatrī treat tat as part of a<br />
genitive compound connected with the previous vyahṛ ti, in which case it is<br />
teṣām.<br />
4 It may, however, be said that yat is there in Yo nah.