The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (1918) - Page 12

"Beyond the Vedas and others is the Shaiva; beyond the Shaiva is the Vama the Left-hand path; beyond the Vama is the Kaula the path of the kula/family; beyond the Kaula is the Trika the three-fold system."
According to this state, the Trika scripture is the essence. Among those, it is excellent because of the superiority of the instruction of the light of knowledge in the sequence beginning with the Siddha, Malini, and Uttara scriptures. Yet, my doubt has not been calmed. Verse 1.5

With the intention of bringing to light a new layer of the text, with an intellect inclined toward the contemplation of the meanings of various scriptures that she has understood, she asks what the truth is:

What is the form of this in reality, O Lord?

Is it comprised of the collection of sounds and letters?

Verse 2

Or is it through the nine-fold distinction

In Bhairava, who has the form of Bhairava?

Or is it differentiated by the three-headed division?

Or is it of the nature of the three energies?

Verse 3

Is it composed of the nada sound and bindu point?

Or is it the crescent moon and the nirodhika the obstructing force/subtle sound level?

Is it the wheel-mounted un-wheeled [state]?

Or is it the very nature of energy?

Verse 4

Footnotes: Manuscript variants: "kula-paratara" for "kaulat-paratara"; "Malini-Anuttara" for "Malinyuttara"; "pravana-dhiya" for "pravanayadhia".