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In the thirty-eighth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches a beautifully poetic contemplation on the Kaula goddess, and mudrā, Khecarī. Amṛtānanda writes that Khecarī is a supreme state of awareness that moves within the free and open sky of consciousness. Amṛtānanda synthesizes, in a single verse, much of what has been taught in the Kaula tantras concerning Khecarī and reinforces that she brings about the state of supreme Śiva consciousness.
खे निरस्तनिखिलक्रियाक्रमे या चितिश्चरति शाश्वतोदया ।
सा शिवत्वसमवाप्तिकारिणी खेचरी निखिलखेदहारिणी ॥ ३८ ॥
khe nirastanikhilakriyākrame yā citiś carati śāśvatodayā |
sā śivatvasamavāptikāriṇī khecarī nikhilakhedahāriṇī || 38 ||
“Consciousness, ever-arising, moves (carati) in the sky (khe) in which all sequences of action have ceased. She is thus Khecarī, who brings about the realization of the state of Śiva and removes all afflictions.” (translation by Ben Williams)
