Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 23

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according to this rule, the blessing, being stated first, follows here in the beginning the path of propriety. The indication of the subject matter is made only as subordinate to that [blessing]. Thereby the subject of this jewel of a hymn, which has the form of the deity of the mantra, is revealed; and by the blessing the purpose, characterized by instantaneous liberation, is revealed. Here, all are bound souls bound by the noose of māyā, their bodies scorched by the threefold suffering. Even among them, whether under the authority of injunction or purely out of self-will, those men who kill animals [or: bound souls], all of them are eligible here provided they possess devotion to the guru and the deity, as is understood from the non-specific phrasing. As has been said: