Laghustavacarcastavau 5_946

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nanu niravadyakavitvanirmāṇādinā kartuḥ kartṛtāgauravātiśayaḥ syādityata āha
saṃcityeti . yasmāttvadbhaktyā tvadviṣayiṇyā bhaktyā haṭhātsahasā
vivekamakṛtvaiva mukharīkṛtena vācālatāṃ nītena mayāpi mandamatitvāt
stotumanarheṇāpi stotramidaṃ racitaṃ sampāditamiti saṃcintyāpyato hetorātmani
mayi dṛḍhaṃ nirbharaṃ laghutvaṃ prayojyakartṛtvena
kartṛtvopacāralakṣaṇaṃ lāghavaṃ dhruvamasaṃśayamiti kṛtvā
saṃjāyamānamastyutpadyate ityarthaḥ . bhaktireva prayojakībhūya māṃ
svavivaśaṃ vidhāyaitadviracanāya prayojitavatītyataḥ stutikartṛtvagauravasya
nirastatvāt ratho gacchati itivanmayi gauṇakartṛtvaṃ lajjābharāvahamiti yāvat .

[Objection:] But surely, through composing flawless poetry and the like, an extraordinary greatness of agency would accrue to the author! In response, he says, "even reflecting..." (saṃcitya...). Because even by me, who am unworthy even to praise You on account of my dull-wittedness, made eloquent—rendered loquacious—"by devotion to You," by devotion directed to You, "forcibly," suddenly, without even exercising discrimination, this hymn was composed and produced; even considering this, for this very reason, a solid, intense "pettiness"—a lightness characterized by figurative attribution of agency when acting merely as an agent directed by another—exists, arises, in me "invariably," that is to say, beyond doubt. Devotion itself, becoming the prime prompter and reducing me to a state of being overwhelmed by it, prompted me to this composition; therefore, because the pride of being the author of a hymn is dispelled, secondary agency belongs to me, just as when one says "the chariot moves"—which is to say, it brings only a burden of shame.