Cidvilāsastava: Verse Twenty-three

In the twenty-third verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda reveals how consciousness is the inner power and beauty of the Śrīcakra, as well as what the higher practice of worshiping the Śrīcakra is according to his tradition as follows:

बाह्यचक्रसुषगा मरीचयस्तत्त्वजाललसदात्मसंविदः ।
तत्समर्चनमतीव चिन्मयानाख्यधाम्नि विलयक्रमक्रिया ॥ २३ ॥

bāhyacakrasuṣagā marīcayas tattvajālalasadātmasaṃvidaḥ |
tatsamarcanam atīva cinmayānākhyadhāmni vilayakramakriyā || 23 ||

“One’s innate consciousness, shimmering as the entire collection of principles, shines with rays that beautifully light up the tangible Śrīcakra. The [true] worship of that [maṇḍala] is the Krama practice of dissolving in sequence [those sensory rays] into the luminous abode of the Nameless, which is nothing but consciousness.” (translation by Ben Williams)

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