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In the thirtieth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about what it means to offer one’s self (ātmanivedana) to the divine as follows:
एषणात्रयमयस्य वर्ष्मणस्तत्त्वसंचयमयस्य संविदि ।
धाम्नि तत्त्वसमतीतसत्त्वके स्वात्मनः खलु निवेदनं मतम् ॥ ३० ॥
eṣaṇātrayamayasya varṣmaṇas tattvasaṃcayamayasya saṃvidi |
dhāmni tattvasamatītasattvake svātmanaḥ khalu nivedanaṃ matam || 30 ||
“Offering oneself should be understood as surrendering the “body,” which encompasses the collection of the reality levels with its threefold desires, into pure consciousness, that reality whose existence completely transcends all levels of reality.” (translation by Ben Williams)
