मध्येऽवरप्रसवः
In plain words
In the , the birth of the lower.
The commentators
Śivasūtra with Kṣemarāja's Vimarśinī
यदा तु अन्तर्मुखतुर्यावधानावष्टम्भप्रकर्षलभ्यं तुर्यातीतपदम् एवमयं न समाविशति अपि तु पूर्वापरकोटिसंवेद्यतुर्यचमत्कारमात्रे एव संतुष्यन्नास्ते तदा अस्य - मध्येऽवरप्रसवः ॥ २३ ॥ पूर्वापरकोट्योस्तुर्यरसमास्वादयतो मध्ये मध्यदशायाम् अवरः अश्रेष्ठः प्रसवो व्युत्थानात्मा कुत्सितः सर्गो जायते । न तु विद्यासंहारे तदुत्थस्वप्नदर्शनम् इत्युक्तसूत्रार्थनीत्या सदा व्यामुह्यति इत्यर्थः । उक्तं श्रीमालिनीविजये वासनामात्रलाभेऽपि योऽप्रमत्तो न जायते । तमनित्येषु भोगेषु योजयन्ति विनायकाः ॥ तस्मान्न तेषु संसक्तिं कुर्वीतोत्तमवाञ्छया । इति प्रागपि संवादितम् ॥ २३ ॥
In plain words
In the middle, an inferior emission. But when he does not in this way enter the state beyond the fourth, which is gained through excellence in the firm hold of attention to the fourth turned within, but sits content with only the wonder of the fourth, felt at the beginning and end points, then for him: For one who tastes the savour of the fourth at the beginning and end points, in the middle, that is, in the middle condition, an inferior, a lesser, emission arises: a poor creation, whose nature is coming out of absorption. The meaning is that he is not always deluded, as in the sense of the sūtra already given, "When pure knowledge is withdrawn, the seeing of dream that arises from it". The Mālinīvijaya says: "Even when he has gained no more than the latent impression, the one who does not become vigilant the vināyakas yoke to pleasures that do not last. So, out of longing for the highest, let him not form attachment to them." This was cited before too.