प्रथमतत्त्वलक्षणम्, द्वितीयतत्त्वलक्षणम्The marks of the first and second tattvas
Verse 105
ग्राम्यवायव्यवन्यानामुद्भूतं पुष्टिवर्द्धनम् । बुद्धितेजोबलकरं द्वितीयतत्त्वलक्षणम् ॥ १०५ ॥
grāmyavāyavyavanyānāmudbhūtaṁ puṣṭivarddhanam | buddhitējōbalakaraṁ dvitīyatattvalakṣaṇam || 105 ||
Translation
Arising from creatures of the village, the air and the forest, increasing nourishment, giving understanding, vigour and strength: that is the mark of the second tattva.
Word by word
- grāmya
- of the village
- vāyavya
- of the air
- vanyānām
- and of the forest
- udbhūtaṁ
- arising
- puṣṭi
- nourishment
- varddhanam
- increasing
- buddhi
- understanding
- tējō
- (tejaḥ) vigour
- bala
- and strength
- karaṁ
- giving
- dvitīya
- of the second
- tattva
- tattva
- lakṣaṇam
- the mark
Meaning
The second tattva is meat. The commentary explains the three sources: "of the village", the goat and the like; "of the air", the partridge, the green pigeon and the like; "of the forest", the deer and the like. Its mark is that it nourishes and gives understanding, vigour and strength. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Grāmya…" and the rest. Grāmyāḥ: born in the village, the goat and the like; vāyavyāḥ: born of the air, the partridge, the green pigeon and the like; vanyāḥ: born in the forest, the deer and the like; of these (the meat).