Vijnana Bhairava Tantra · Dharana 43 · Verse 66
Joy in being touched
The verse speaks of a playful “trick” that brings sudden joy; commentators read it as a tickle or a caress. When someone touches you and a clear joy opens, leave the story of the person and the story of the skin. Stay inside the joy itself. The touch only begins the experience. If you follow the person or the sensation as an object, you have left the practice. If you rest in the joy the touch revealed, you are doing the work.
Older line
O doe-eyed one, through a playful trick, great joy arises at once, and in that joy reality shines forth.