Cidvilāsastava: Verse Six

In the sixth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda contemplates the deeper meaning of the place of ritual worship and what it means to perform pūjā:

चिद्विलासमयभित्तिभावितं ज्ञानदीपविगलत्तमोगुणम् ।
आत्मतत्त्वमिह यागमण्टपं तस्य पूजनविधानमर्चनम् ॥ ६ ॥

cidvilāsamayabhittibhāvitaṃ jñānadīpavigalattamoguṇam |
ātmatattvam iha yāgamaṇṭapaṃ tasya pūjanavidhānam arcanam || 6 ||

“The ritual pavilion is the reality of the Self manifest as a canvas for the play of consciousness in which the quality of darkness melts away in the flame of knowledge. Veneration is the process of worshiping that [Self].” (translation by Ben Williams)

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