गान्धर्व तन्त्र (शैव-शाक्त आगम - मन्त्र-रहस्य, यन्त्र एवं देवतोपासना सटीक)

bell. The nectar above referred to is the drink but not
the liquor. By the Sundarī or the matchless beauty is meant
the subtle flame which occupies the central place of the
Nāda which ultimately is the essence of the fire, the air,
the sky, the water and the earth. The practitioner of
the worship has to merge the products of the five different
elements in the elements themselves, lights in the light and
the mind in the Brahman. In the pit of Kundalinī he is to enkindle
the spiritual fire and make into it the offering of all desires,
whether definite or indefinite, merit and demerit, with the
incantation given in the book at pages 320—21.
37th CHAPTER
This chapter relates how the things which have been
rejected by the followers of the Vedas can be used by a
Tāntrik worshipper in a particular manner so as to gain
success in worship. It is said that there is absolutely
nothing pure and nothing impure. It is the way of using
it that causes its purity or impurity. What is really needed
is the fixing of mind on the Brahman. It is variously
described as Prakriti by Sānkhyas, as Avidyā by Vedāntins,
as Mahāvidyā by Śaivās and as Mahāmāyā by Tāntriks.
Brahmā, Vishnu and Maheśvara adore Mahāmāyā. Brahmā
by worshipping her obtained Sāvitrī representative of the
will-power as his consort and Vishnu Lakshmī representing the
cognitive power. She is said to have two forms gross and