Cidvilāsastava: Verse Thirty-three

Published: January 26, 2024

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In the thirty-third verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the deeper meaning of performing the damanakārpaṇapuja (worship of Kāmadeva with the damanaka plant) as follows:

 

वेद्यराशिदमनेन विश्वतो निर्विकल्पमयवासनोल्बणम् ।
चित्तमेव दमनं शिवे ऽमुकस्यार्पणं दमनकार्पणं परम् ॥ ३३ ॥

vedyarāśidamanena viśvato nirvikalpamayavāsanolbaṇam |
cittam eva damanaṃ śive ‘mukasyārpaṇaṃ damanakārpaṇaṃ param || 33 ||

“Through completely calming (damana) the diverse multitude of objects of awareness, the mind itself, with its layers of mental tendencies free of conceptual distinctions, becomes tranquil in Śiva. Such a ritual offering of that [mind] is the supreme rite of the damanaka offering [in honor of Kāmadeva].” (translation by Ben Williams)

 

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