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In the eleventh verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the ultimate form of karanyāsa (the ritual purification of the hands) according to his tradition as follows:
आत्मतत्त्वगतयोरशुद्धयोरत्र कर्मकरणात्मनोर्द्वयोः ।
शुद्धतत्त्वलयभावनामयी शुद्धिरात्मकरयोः परा मता ॥ ११ ॥
ātmatattvagatayor aśuddhayor atra karmakaraṇātmanor dvayoḥ |
śuddhatattvalayabhāvanāmayī śuddhir ātmakarayoḥ parā matā || 11 ||
“In this [teaching], the ultimate ritual purification of the hands is understood as visualizing the two impure realities present in the Self—”action and the [five] faculties [of action]”—dissolving into the pure reality [that is their source].” (translation by Ben Williams)
