कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

nava khaṇḍaṁ tu nādākhyaṁ pañcāśadvarṇa bheditam|
vikārabhūta bhūtākhya veda vedendu saṁkhyayā|| 8
khaṇḍānāṁ nirṇayo varṇaiḥ evameva navātmakaḥ|
There are sixteen vowels(svaras) and they are known as the souls(jivas). The letters from
‘Ka’ to ‘Ksha’ are considered as the bodies of those souls. They are 34 in number and it is
these letters which are called ‘vyanjana’. All things are pervaded by these letters(‘A’ to’Ksha’)
which are varigated by the varied functions of the vital air(prana). It is by these letters that
the Scriptures categorised as para and apara have been structured. The nada consists of
nine divisions in which all the 50 different letters remain included. The nine divisions of the
letters are formed in the following way: division of 16 svaras, 5 divisions of vyanjanas, each
division consisting of 5 vyanjaka letters, 2 divisions of vyanjakas, each division consisting of
4 vyanjakas and the last division consisting of only one vyanajka. On the whole, nine divisions.
स नादः कथ्यते विप्राः पर्यायैश्शिवनामभिः ॥ ९
स्थूलस्सूक्ष्मः परश्चेति त्रिविधः परिपठ्यते।
शब्दबोधानुभूतात्मा सर्वप्राणिहृदिस्थितिः ॥ १०
sa nādaḥ kathyate viprāḥ paryāyaiśśivanāmabhiḥ|| 9
sthūlassūkṣmaḥ paraśceti trividhaḥ paripaṭhyate|
śabdabodhānubhūtātmā sarvaprāṇihṛdisthitiḥ|| 10
O, the twice-born Sages!, that nada is termed by the specific names pertaining to Siva. This nada
is differentiated into three kinds – gross(sthula), subtle(sukshma) and supreme(para). The nada
which is of the nature of making known the inner content of the audible sound is present within
the heart of all the living beings.
पञ्चाशद् रुद्रभेदेन पञ्चाशच्छक्ति भेदतः।
संस्थिता मातृका ज्ञेया साधकैस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥ ११
तद्व्यासो वक्ष्यते विप्राः पश्चाद्वर्णाध्व वर्णनैः।
pañcāśad rudrabhedena pañcāśacchakti bhedataḥ|
saṁsthitā mātṛkā jñeyā sādhakaistattvadarśibhiḥ|| 11
tadvyāso vakṣyate viprāḥ paścādvarṇādhva varṇanaiḥ|