Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 64

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ekamevādvitīyaṃ tadaikṣata tattejo'sṛjata tadapo'sṛjata tā annamasṛjanteti
śruteḥ . teja āditrirūpatvādvā kāraṇavyatirekeṇa kāryābhāvād vāārambhaṇaṃ
vikāro nāmadheyaṃ mṛttiketyeva satyaṃ evaṃ somya ! sa ādeśaḥ iti śruteśca .
tathā tribhyo lokebhyaḥ purā bhāvāt tadrūpatvādvā evaṃ tribhyo vedebhyaḥ purā
bhāvāt tattrirūpatvādvā tribhyo devebhdyaḥ purā bhāvāt tadrūpatvādvā tribhyaḥ
sūrgyāgnīndubhyaḥ purā bhāvāt tadrūpatvādvā tribhyaḥ pramātrādibhyaḥ purā
bhāvāt tadrūpatvādvā tisṛbhyaḥ śaktibhyaḥ purā bhāvāt tadrūpatvādvā ityādi
. iha mahāmantraḥ purā asyā eva tripurākhyā yatastrīṇi bījāni
paśyantīmadhyamāvaikharīrūpāṇi . iha sarvāntarātmanaḥ
parameśvarasyānavacchinnāhantāparāmarśamayayanapāyinī cādyā . dvitīyā
dehādiparicchinnāhantāparāmarśamayī . tṛtīyā
dehādimāyāpramātṛbhyo'nyatra nīlasukhādau svātmanyevedantāparāmarśamayī
. caturthī tadvistāramayīti bhedaḥ . puraistribhirityanuktiḥ padaistribhirityuktiśca
śrutipratyabhijñāpanārthā . catvāri vāk parimitā padānītyādikā
śrutiratrānusandheyā . atra stutau tripurāśabdo devatāvācī . itaratra mantravācīti
draṣṭavyam .. 1 ..

one only, without a second. It saw: it created fire; that created water; those created food." Or because of having three forms such as fire, since an effect does not exist apart from its cause, and from the scripture: "A modification is merely a handle for speech, a name; clay alone is the truth; such, my dear, is the instruction." Likewise, because of existing prior to the three worlds, or having their form; thus because of existing prior to the three Vedas, or having their three forms; because of existing prior to the three gods, or having their form; because of existing prior to the sun, fire, and moon, or having their form; because of existing prior to the three [factors] beginning with the cognizer, or having their form; because of existing prior to the three powers, or having their form; and so on. Here, the great mantra was prior; she alone is named Tripurā because her three seed syllables consist of paśyantī, madhyamā, and vaikharī. Here, the first [power of speech] is the unceasing reflective awareness of unlimited I-ness belonging to the Supreme Lord, who is the innermost self of all. The second consists of the reflective awareness of I-ness delimited by the body and so forth. The third consists of the reflective awareness of this-ness within one's own self, in objects such as blue and pleasure elsewhere than the bound cognizers of the body and so forth. The fourth consists of its expansion: such is the distinction. The non-statement "by three *pura*s" and the statement "by three *pada*s" is intended to recall scripture. The scripture beginning with "Speech is measured in four *pada*s" should be brought to mind here. In this hymn, the word *tripurā* denotes the deity. Elsewhere, it should be understood as denoting the mantra. || 1