The Rādhā Tantra by Mans Broo

Author:Mans Broo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

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Annotated translation of the Rādhā Tantra

First Paṭala

Oṃ. Obeisance to the supreme goddess!

Śrī Pārvati said: 1‘God of gods, great god, conqueror of death, eternal one, ruler of Ganeśa, Nandi and Candra, you whom Viṣṇu serves – 2Lord Śaṅkara, Īśāna! Vāsudeva’s secret, the delightful Rādhā Tantra, has previously been hinted at just in the form of a story.* Please retell it as an extremely rare Tantra!’

Īśvara replied: 3‘Beautiful one, Rādhā Tantra, Vāsudeva’s secret, is an extremely secret Tantra, pure and always spotless. 4Dear goddess, as the Kālī and the Toṣaṇa Tantras,† it is full of all power and will perfect all vidyās.‡ 5I will now speak, beautiful one; listen carefully! Greatest mistress, Vāsudeva Hṛṣīkeśa once hastened to my company. 6Dear one, hear what he said!

‘ “Conqueror of death, mighty armed one, master, I bow to you. Please tell me what kind of recitation I should do, fortunate one!§ 7Lord rich in penance, you are the boat for crossing birth and death; 8for without you, there can be no perfection.”

‘Listen now Pārvati to all of what I said to Vāsudeva, great mistress, 9after I had heard the nectar-filled words of Vāsudeva Viṣṇu of unlimited splendour. 10“Do not fear, Viṣṇu, beautiful one; worship Tripurā, for without the Ten vidyās, there can be no perfection. 11Therefore, among the ten vidyās, this supreme Tripurā is the foremost. This goddess and mistress awards the four goals of life, she enchants the world, 12she is beautiful, most worshippable and devoted to protecting the world. She constantly resides in my heart; I bow to her and speak.

13‘“First extract the Brahmāṇī, then the Bhaga-seed, the Rati-seed, the Pṛthvī-seed 14and at the end add Māyā: thus carefully make the Vāgbhava. This Vāgbhava kūṭa perpetually enchants the three worlds.ǁ

15“Goddess, extract the Śiva-seed, then the Bhṛgu-seed, then Kumudvatī, then emptiness, 16then the Pṛthvī-seed and at the end Māyā, the supreme syllable. This Kāmarāja kūṭa is most rare.#

17“Extract the Bhṛgu-seed, then Kumudvatī, then the Indra-seed and at the end Vikaṭaparā.”†*

18‘Greatest mistress, this fivefold vidyā is the threefold kūṭa.†† Dear one, previously I explained this practice to him; I have now explained everything.

19‘Vāsudeva heard this and quickly left for the city of Kāśī, where Kāśī, Mahāmāyā eternally dwells in the form of a yoni.†‡ 20This Kāśī is most worshippable and is served by Brahmā and others. If one performs recitations there for one watch,†§ one will gain the fruit of a hundred thousand years. 21There Vāsudeva went, and after offering his worship, began his recitation. Properly he worshipped goddess Bhavānī, the greatest mistress, 22making his body, mind and words one, beautiful one, at powerful Puṣkara†ǁ in this delightful city of Sadāśiva. 23He placed his head on the ground and stretched his feet upwards, greatest mistress;†# but even after this terrible penance, he gained no perfection. 24Doing this, great mistress, Vāsudeva Viṣṇu of unlimited splendour started to shine like a thousand suns, 25but still, greatest mistress, he did not gain perfection.

‘At that moment, lotus-eyed one, Mahāmāyā appeared, 26and once this Mahāmāyā Tripurā, mistress of the world, had appeared, she glanced at Vāsudeva, who could only hold his breath.

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