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श्रवणमनननिदिध्यासनेन साक्षात्कृता इत्यर्थः ॥ॐ एकाग्रचित्तनिर्ध्यातायै नम ॥एषणारहितादृता ।एषणा इच्छा ।सा त्रिविधा ।एतल्लोकजयाय पुत्रैषणा ।पितृलोकजयसाधनकर्मसंपादनाय वित्तैषणा ।उपासनादिना जयसाधनं देवलोकः, तस्मिन्नेषणा लोकैषणा ।आभिः रहितैः अनाकृष्टचित्तैः, 'ते ह स्म पुत्रैषणायाश्च वित्तैषणायाश्च लोकैषणायाश्च व्युत्थायाथ भिक्षाचर्यं चरन्ति' इति श्रुतेः ।एषणारहिताः ये परमहंसपरिव्राजकाः संन्यासिनः तैः आदरेण अतिशयप्रेम्णा स्वस्वरूपेण आदृता अङ्गीकृता निरन्तरध्यानेन साक्षात्कृता सती मोक्षरूपतया प्राप्तेत्यर्थः ॥ॐ एषणारहितादृतायै नमः ॥एलासुगन्धिचिकुरा चैनःकूटविनाशिनी ।एकभोगा चैकरसा चैकैश्वर्यप्रदायिनी ॥ ७ ॥एलासुगन्धिचिकुरा ।एलावदिति दृष्टान्तप्रदर्शनं सौगन्ध्यमात्रसद्भावप्रदर्शनेनाकल्पितदिव्यपरिमलसद्भावे हेतुः, न तु प्राकृतत्वदशनपरम्, ब्रह्मणः स्वाधीनमायत्वात् ।तद्वत्सुगन्ध इति साजात्यमात्रं व्यज्यते, गुणमात्रादानेनसर्वत्र पदार्थान्तरस्य दृष्टान्तीकरणात् ।सुगन्धा येषां
In plain words
Through deep listening, contemplation, and unbroken meditation, the Divine Mother is directly realized. Salutations to Her who is contemplated by the one-pointed mind. She is 'Eṣaṇā-rahitā-ādṛtā'—the One revered by those who have transcended all desires. Desire is threefold: the longing for progeny to secure this world, the longing for wealth to perform rituals for the world of the ancestors, and the longing for the celestial realms of the gods. Free from these longings, their minds untouched by worldly attractions, the great Sannyāsīs and Paramahaṃsa ascetics—of whom the Upanishad declares, 'Having risen above the desire for children, wealth, and worlds, they wander as mendicants'—revere Her with supreme love as their very own Self. Through constant contemplation, they realize Her directly as the embodiment of ultimate liberation. Salutations to Her who is adored by the desireless. She whose hair is naturally fragrant like cardamom, who destroys the mountain of sins, who is the sole source of true enjoyment, who is the single essence of pure bliss, and who bestows supreme, non-dual sovereignty. (7) Regarding 'Elā-sugandhi-cikurā' (having hair fragrant like cardamom): The comparison to cardamom is used simply to illustrate the presence of Her natural, uncreated divine fragrance. It does not imply any material or worldly quality, for Brahman holds Maya completely under His own control. The phrase 'fragrant like that' merely suggests a similarity of quality, as worldly objects are used in analogies solely to highlight a specific attribute. Fragrant are the locks of hair of Her...
Close to the Sanskrit
Through hearing, reflection, and meditation, She is directly realized; this is the meaning. Om, salutations to Her who is meditated upon with a one-pointed mind. 'Eṣaṇā-rahitā-ādṛtā' (revered by those free of desires): 'Eṣaṇā' means desire. It is of three kinds: desire for progeny for conquering this world; desire for wealth for performing rituals that are the means to conquer the world of the ancestors; and desire for the world of the gods, which is the means of conquest through meditation and other practices. By those who are free from these, whose minds are un-attracted—as the Śruti says, 'They, having risen above the desire for progeny, the desire for wealth, and the desire for the worlds, then lead the life of a wandering mendicant'—by those desireless ones who are the Paramahaṃsa wandering ascetics, the Sannyāsīs, She is revered with great respect and supreme love as their own true nature, accepted, and through continuous meditation directly realized, thus attaining the form of liberation; this is the meaning. Om, salutations to Her who is revered by those free of desires. She who has hair fragrant like cardamom, and who is the destroyer of the heap of sins; She who is the sole enjoyment, and of one essence, and the giver of sole sovereignty. (7) 'Elā-sugandhi-cikurā': The illustration 'like cardamom' is the cause for showing the existence of Her uncreated divine fragrance by demonstrating the mere presence of fragrance, but it is not intended to show any worldly or material nature, because Brahman has Maya under His own control. By the phrase 'fragrant like that', only a similarity of class is suggested, since everywhere another object is used as an illustration by taking only its quality. Fragrant [are the locks of hair] of whom...