Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 187

187

viprāḥ kṣoṇibhuja ityādi . he tripure ! devi ! viprāḥ kṣoṇibhujo viśastaditare
strīśūdrādayo vilomajāśca ye ta ete sarve pūjāvidhau pūjāyā vidhānaṃ karaṇaṃ
vidhistasmin . kṣīrādibhiḥ parāvaramayīṃ sakalaniṣkalākārāṃ tvāṃ santarpya
gandhākṣatakusumaṃ bindumekamapi dattvā toṣayitvā yāṃ yām
aihikīmāmuṣmikīṃ vā alpāmanalpāṃ vā siddhiṃ phalaṃ teṣāṃ manaḥ sthiratayā
nityaṃ prārthayate tāṃ tāṃ vighnaiḥ prāptairapyavighnīkṛtā eva tarasā
asminneva janmani avyavahitajanmāntare vā avāpnuvanti . dhruvaṃ niścitametat .
tvadbhaktānāṃ svānubhava evātra mānamiti bhāvaḥ . yathāhuḥ -

[On the words] viprāḥ kṣoṇibhujaḥ and so forth: O Tripurā! O goddess! Brahmins, kings, merchants, and those distinct from them, namely women, Śūdras, and those born of mixed unions—whoever they may be, all these, “in the ritual of worship,” meaning in the performance or practice of worship, having gratified you, “who consist of the higher and the lower,” meaning whose form is with form and formless, with milk and so on, by offering even a single drop with perfume, unbroken rice, and flowers and thereby pleasing you—whatever accomplishment or fruit, whether of this world or the next, small or great, their mind continually prays for with firmness, they attain that very one swiftly, in this very birth or in an immediately following birth, entirely unobstructed by obstacles even when these have arisen. This is certain. The sense is that the personal experience of your devotees is the only proof here. As they say: