Cidvilāsastava: Verse Twenty-one

Published: January 20, 2024

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In the twenty-first verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the deeper meaning of pañcopacāra pūjā (five-item worship) as follows:

पञ्चधैव यदिदं प्रपञ्चितं पञ्चधानुभवशाश्वतोदयम् ।
तत्सुसंहरणमौपचारिकं कर्म निर्मलनिजात्मसंविदि ॥ २१ ॥

pañcadhaiva yad idaṃ prapañcitaṃ pañcadhānubhavaśāśvatodayam |
tatsusaṃharaṇam aupacārikaṃ karma nirmalanijātmasaṃvidi || 21 ||

“This world, unfolding in a five-fold process, is the constant arising of the five [sensory] experiences. The auspicious reabsorption of that world of experience into pure, innate consciousness of the Self [here constitutes] the [five] services of ritual worship.” (translation by Ben Williams)

 

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