Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 18

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śrīmallaghubhaṭṭārakaḥ svayaṃ
nirvyājasamārādhitaguruvarakaruṇākaṭākṣalabdhaparaśaktipātāparanāmadheyapa
rasaṃvidātmaikyabodhasiddhaparasaṃvidātmabhāvaḥ
prakṣīṇāśeṣadoṣapāśapaṭalaḥ prādurbhūtaparamanirvṛtiḥ pareṣāmapyanayā
paradevatātattvavibhūtivibhavaviśeṣaprakāśinyā stutyā parasaṃvidbhāvo
bhūyāditi tadajñānājjanmādimaraṇāntaduḥkhasāgare
nimagnāñjanānātmadṛṣṭāntenāvalokyānukampākulahṛdayasteṣāmāśiṣam
āśāsānaḥ stutiṃ prastauti -

The venerable Laghubhaṭṭāraka, having himself attained identity with the nature of supreme consciousness — accomplished through the realization of the oneness of the Self with the supreme consciousness, which is also called the descent of supreme power obtained through the compassionate sidelong glance of the best of gurus worshipped without deceit —, whose mass of the noose of all blemishes has vanished, and in whom supreme bliss has manifested, desiring that other people too may attain the state of supreme consciousness through this hymn illuminating the supreme deity's true nature, glory, and specific powers, saw with his own eyes the people drowned in the ocean of suffering beginning with birth and ending with death due to their ignorance of that [truth]. His heart overwhelmed with compassion, invoking a blessing upon them, he begins the hymn: