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

as known to the experts in the Tantric lore It is given
in the form of questions and replies. Devi asks the following
questions.-
1 Whence does the speech originate and wherein does
it disappear? 2 Who feels appetite and thirst and who
sleeps and wakes up? 3 Who sins and is bound and who
emancipated? 4 How is the etheric side of the soul to be
accounted for in the body? 5 How does the soul assume
the physical body? 6 Who is the soul? 7 How does the
soul see? 8. How does it become Sakala (bound) and how
Nishkala (released)? 9 How does it get sustenance and
what accounts for its physical appearance and disappearance?
Śiva replies:-
1 Speech comes from and merges in the mind through
the instrumentality of Avyakta and the vital breath. 2 Vital
breath feels desire for food and drink and the bodily fire
enjoys them Wind ( Vital breath) causes sleep and waking
3 Mind is responsible for sins and bondage When the
soul being under control ceases to function, it becomes
free 4 The soul has three sides, aerial, astral and etheric
as breathing, digesting and speaking, 5 The Soul appears
in the physical form under the influence of matter as
Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and it is centered in the tip of
the nose, navel and heart It lives as embodied so long
as the heart and the head continue to function. 6 The