Cidvilāsastava: Verse Eighteen

Published: January 18, 2024

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In the eighteenth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the deeper meanings of offering arghya (ritual libation) as follows:

तत्त्वधामयुगमातृकात्मकत्रित्रिभेदनियतेषु वस्तुषु ।
पानपात्रपरमामृतत्रयं तुर्यविश्रमणमर्घ्यशोधनम् ॥ १८ ॥

tattvadhāmayugamātṛkātmakatritribhedaniyateṣu vastuṣu |
pānapātraparamāmṛtatrayaṃ turyaviśramaṇam arghyaśodhanam || 18 ||

“The triad of the ‘act of drinking’, the ‘vessel’, and ‘supreme nectar’ is the purification of the ritual libation (arghya), which is [ultimately] when the objects encompassed by the nine divisions [of the Śrīcakra]—comprising the reality levels (36), the (three) luminaries (3), the ages (4), and the phonemes (50)—[all] come to abide in the fourth state.” (translation by Ben Williams)

 

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