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The Sarvarahasyatantra
531 rnal 'byor pa yi las grub dyed // rites of the yogin. (33) "the identity ......": The verse points to performing the rites, and which is not to
be taught to those lacking the potentiality of the performance). (34) /'byun ba chen po bãi po yan / (34) Also the four great elements are ex.
/ phyag rgya bzi zes bśad pa yin/ plained as the four mudra. The respective / phyag rgya bãi yi mñam sbyor ba / application of the four mudra is the
/ lha mo bãi dan yan dag sbyor || right combination with the four goddesses. (35) / sa ni spyan zes bśad pa yin/ (35) Earth is explained as Locanā; water / chu ni mā-ma-ki zes bśad/
is Māmaki; fire and wind are Pāņdarā / me dan rluń źes grags pa ni /
and Tāra. /gos dkar mo dan sgrol ma yin // (36) / dban chen sa yi khams yin te (36) The Mahendra is the earth realm;
chu yi khams ni chu dkyil 'khor/ the Varuņa-mandala is the water ele/ me ni me yi khams yin ste /
ment; fire is the fire-element; wind is /rlun ni rlun gi dkyil 'khor to // the wind-mandala. (37) / dban chen kha dog ser po sted (37) The Mahendra is yellow in color, .7 gru bái pa ste rgy as pa yin /
square, and brings prosperity (paustika). /chu yi dkyil 'khor zlum po ste / The water-mandala is round, white in
/ dkar po'i mdog can Źi ba yin // color, and appeasing (śantika). (38) / me yi dkyil 'khor kha dog dmar/ (38) The fire-mandala is colored red, tri
/gru gsum dban gi las rnams la'o / angular, with the karma of controlling. /rlun gi dhyil 'khor gźu yi dbyibs/ The wind-mandala has the shape of a
nag po'i gdug pa'i las rnams la / bow, is black with karma of harm. (39) /'byun ba che’i bdag las grub pa ) (39) The siddhis of the rites are the
| las kyi dios grub yon tan bài four "merits" (guņa), accomplished by / las kyi dňos grub dños grub mchog/ way of the four elements. The four l’khor los sgyur ba rnam pa bãi // wheel-turners are the best success (sid.
dhi)for the siddhis of the rites(karma). (39) "four guņa-s”: the four "appeasing," etc. "four elements”: the four goddesses,
Locană, etc. "four wheel-turners”: Vajrattva, Vajraratna, Vajradharma, and Vajrakarma. (40) | Źi ba la ni spyan gyi tshul / (40) The "eye manner" corresponds to
/ rgyas pa pad ma'i rdo rje can/ appeasing; the "adamantine one of the / dban la rnam par snań mdsad gnas / lotus" to prosperity; the “illuminator/ rdo rje khro bo mňon spyod la'o // placed” to controlling; the "diamond fury"
to harming. (40) "eye manner": yoga of the eye. "adamantine one of the lotus": goddess consort
