Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 280

280

The word "mother" (mātā) refers to the illustrious twelve-limbed vidyā; that too has already been extracted at the beginning. The word "maiden" (kumārī) refers to Bālā; she is indeed extracted explicitly. Although the Saubhāgyavidyā was not extracted earlier, even so, it is made manifest in this very verse. How? By the repetition "māyā" and "hrīṅkārī" of the seed syllable of the lord of the world, and by the repetition "kriyā" and "trinayanā" of the kāmabīja, a repetition is indicated. By the phrase "consisting of the supreme and non-supreme" (parāparamayī), "hasau" are also taken. When repeated thrice and conjoined with "hasa", the syllables of māyā and kāma constitute simply the Saubhāgyavidyā. From the word "kuṇḍalinī", the letter "e" is also taken, because it is subsumed under "ai", for "ai" is produced through the vṛddhi elongation of "e" with the "a"-vowel. Alternatively, that too was extracted in the very first verse. How? Because the six-peaked [mantra] was extracted,