Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 94

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may the word "aur" also be for us for the destruction of the waters of dullness, for the destruction of the flood of delusion. The imperative is used in the sense of the optative. And the optative is used in command: with the certainty of the mind that it must inevitably take place. And with the letter "sa" included, what more need be said?—this also is the meaning. Thus, by the four verses beginning with "yā mātrā," [the seed syllables] have been taught individually and in purity: aiṃ, īṃ, auḥ. I do not resort to the third seed syllable having only poetry as its fruit, because that is an incidental fruit; rather, I resort to it as having the cessation of ignorance, which is the seed of all calamity, as its fruit—this is the intention. (5)