Devishataka 10_9

10_9

Moreover: she is the intellect, the mind of the good, of the virtuous. Of what kind of intellect? Of supreme light, excellent brilliance. For the eye of insight perceives even the light of the sun, moon, and fire, whereas the physical eye does not; thus, the intellect that has the nature of light free from rajas and tamas is said to be the Goddess’s very nature. And likewise, through devotion to her, through serving her, this world, these people, having darkness rooted out, having delusion destroyed, or even though having darkness risen up, attain purity, the state of having impurities removed. In this way, with the stanza produced by reading backward, this forms a triad of verses. // 10