Verse 10Dialogue
Conceptual Thought as a Reflection Aid
Bhairava
He explains that these descriptions are like training wheels. They are useful for people who are still caught in complicated thoughts and need a way in. Once the mind is steadier, the teaching points beyond words.
विज्ञानभैरव तन्त्रम् ध्यानाथं भ्रान्तिबुद्धीनाम् वक्रयाडम्बरवर्तधनाम् । केवलं वर्णितं पुंसां विकल्पवनहतात्मनाम् ॥ १० ॥
dhyānārthaṃ bhrānti-buddhīnām vakrāyāmbara-vartmanām | kevalaṃ varṇitaṃ puṃsāṃ vikalpa-vanahātmanām || 10 ||
Translation
For the purpose of meditation, it has been described merely for those whose minds are deluded, whose paths are crooked and troublesome, and whose nature is entangled in conceptual thought.
Bhairava says the preliminary descriptions are only for minds still bound by confusion and concepts.