Cidvilāsastava: Verse Five

Published: January 6, 2024

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In the fifth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the deeper meaning of Sūryapūjā, the ritual worship of the sun as a contemplation on consciousness and awareness:

स्वप्रकाशशिव एव भास्करस्तद्विमर्शविभवा मरीचयः ।
यैः स भासयति वेद्यमण्डलं तस्य पूजनमहन्तया मतिः ॥ ५ ॥

svaprakāśaśiva eva bhāskaras tadvimarśavibhavā marīcayaḥ |
yaiḥ sa bhāsayati vedyamaṇḍalaṃ tasya pūjanam ahantayā matiḥ || 5 ||

“The sun is Śiva who is self-luminous. The sunrays are the creative powers of his self-representation by means of which he makes the world of objectivity shine forth. Reflecting upon that self-luminous Śiva as one’s own identity is the true ritual worship of the sun.” (translation by Ben Williams)

 

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