[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Other cults, manuals and hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general) › [Hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra) › [Laghustutih (vrittisameta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti) › 38 # Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 38 Laghustutiḥ (vṛttisametā) 38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.38) iti . kiṃ tasyāḥ svarūpamityata uktaṃ jyotirmayī vāṅmayīti . prakāśaikavapuṣaḥ sarvabhūtātmanaḥ parameśvarasya svabhāvabhūto yo'navacchinno'haṃvimarśaḥ sa jyotiḥpadena nigadyate . yathoktaṃ rahasyāgame - svasaṃvit tripurā devīti . tadvimarśābhilāpalakṣaṇo'kārādihakārāntāśeṣavarṇapratyāhārarūpo'khilāmnā yasārabhūtaḥ > Thus \[it is said\]. What is her essential nature? In response to this, it was said: “consisting of light, consisting of speech.” The uncircumscribed reflective awareness of “I” (ahaṃvimarśa) that is the intrinsic nature of the supreme Lord, whose form is sheer illumination and who is the self of all beings, is expressed by the word “light” (jyotis). As it is said in the Rahasyāgama: “One’s own consciousness is the goddess Tripurā.” Characterized by the articulation of that reflective awareness, consisting of the pratyāhāra of all letters beginning with ‘a’ and ending with ‘ha’, and forming the essence of all sacred scriptures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.37) - [Next: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.39) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti~en-mt.38) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Laghustutivṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti!laghustutivrtti.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.38) · Pramāṇa