Devishataka 23_20

23_20

"O people, having come forth through that Devī as the instrumental cause, become sheltered in Viṣṇu ('ayāḥ')! Become those who attain ('ayāḥ') to 'A', the blessed Vāsudeva! For the Devī is the cause of all coming-into-being: such is the import. And as scripture says: 'The Devī is the sister of Govinda; at the end, she grants his state.' Whichever person, having reached her—that Devī who is to be attained—has departed by the path of one who pierces the solar orb. The sun is called 'yayuyāyin', one whose nature is to go ('yāti') by horses ('yayu'); 'yayuyāyiya' means one who goes to the sun, that is, one who pierces the solar orb, meaning one who is liberated. And 'yayuyāyiyayā' means by that path, that course, of one who pierces the solar orb. Because of the metarule, 'A form ending in a kvip suffix does not lose its verbal-root status,' the 'ā' is elided by the rule 'āto dhātoḥ', giving this form. 'Iyāya' means he went. By what kind of path? By that which must be attained ('yeyayā'). Whichever person takes refuge in that Devī departs by the path that pierces the solar orb; he is liberated: this is the general purport. Moreover, that Devī has been resorted to ('yaye') for obtaining auspicious destiny ('ayāyāya'): 'aya' means knowledge or favorable destiny; its acquisition is 'ayāya'; 'āya' is attainment. For that purpose, for the attainment of knowledge, she was resorted to. Hence the Devī unites [one] with gain ('āyayuk'): she unites, connects [one] with 'āya', meaning knowledge or the arrival of wealth. 'Āya' is coming, formed with the suffix ghañ in the sense of action. 'Eya' is from the root iṅ preceded by āṅ with the suffix lyap... 22.