(Nada) is (begun to be heard as) of ten kinds.
The first is chini (like the sound of that word) ; the second is
chini-chini ; the third is the sound of bell ; the fourth is that of
conch ; the fifth is that of tantri (lute) ; the sixth is that sound
of tala (cymbals) ; the seventh is that of flute ; the eighth is that
of bheri (drum) ; the ninth is that of mrdanga (double drum) ; and
the tenth is that of clouds (viz., thunder). He may experience
the tenth without the first nine sounds (through the initiation of
a guru). In the first stage, his body becomes chini-chini ; in the
second, there is the (bhanjana) breaking (or affecting) in the
body ; in the third, there is tho (bhedana) piercing ; in the fourth,
the head shakes ; in the fifth, the palate produces saliva ; in the
sixth, nectar is attained; in the seventh, the knowledge of the
hidden (things in the world) arises; in the eighth, Paravak is
heard ; in the ninth, the body becomes invisible and the pure
divine eye is developed; in the tenth, he attains Parabrahman
in the presence of (or with) Atma which is Brahman. After
that, when manas is destroyed, when it which is the source of
sankalpa and vikalpa disappears, owing to the destruction of these
two, and when virtues and sins are burnt away, then he shines
as Sadasiva of the nature of Sakti pervading everywhere, being
effulgence in its very essence, the immaculate, the eternal,
the stainless, and the most quiescent Om.
