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Karika 26

तदाऽऽक्रम्य बलं मन्त्राः सर्वज्ञ बल शालिनः । प्रवर्तन्तेऽधिकाराय, करणानीव देहिनः ॥

Then, having seized that power, the mantras, which are endowed with the strength of the All-Knowing, proceed to act as authorities, just as the sense organs function for an embodied being. This verse reveals the dynamic shift that occurs…

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A contemplative reading in the spirit of the Kashmir Shaivism (Spanda — the doctrine of vibration) tradition — an aid to reflection, not a substitute for a living teacher or the classical commentaries.

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