"Vedic Karma does not directly lead to Moksha. Offer up your Vedic Karma
to Ishvara, and perform it, without any worldly attachment, however.
"He who wants speedily to cut asunder the tie of Ahankara shall worship
Vishnu in the way prescribed in the Tantras or Agama. (Vedic Karma at
first consisted of Vedic Yajna. The Gita gave a death blow to the
performance of Vedic Yajnas. _Nishkama_ Karma took the place of _Kamya_
Karma, The Vedic Karma however survived in the Sandhya Mantras, which
conform themselves to the Path of Upasana.
"The Vedic Sandhya is however meant only for Brahmanas.
"The Tantric Sandhya is an imitation of the Vedic Sandhya, adapted to
all classes of men, and it supplements the Vedic Sandhya by laying down
a method of worshipping the Lord in the heart and of worshipping His
image. Mantras are also prescribed. Devotion is the chief element in
Tantric Upasana and this Upasana is enjoined for all Bhagavatas or
Vaishnavas. There are Siva Tantras, Sakti Tantras, Ganapati Tantras,
Surya Tantras as well as Vaishnava Tantras. There are black rites
prescribed in some of the Sakti Tantras and the Tantras have therefore
got a bad name with many. But the Tantras as a whole form the only
science of practical occultism in Sanskrit, and the Vaishnava Upasana is
strictly a Tantric Upasana."
(I do not enter here into the details of that Upasana, though some
details are given in the text.)
VII. Nimi said: -- "Tell me about the _Avataras_ and Their deeds O
Rishis." Drumila gave a short account of the Avataras,
commencing from the First Purusha. As this is nearly a
repetition of what has been said before, no attempt is made to
reproduce it.
VIII. Nimi asked what is the _destiny of those that do not worship
Bhagavat, those that have no control over their mind and their
senses_.