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तव्या, औपाधिकचैतन्येन तथाभूतचैतन्यस्य साम्योपपत्तेः ॥ॐ कल्पवल्लीसमभुजायै नमः ॥कस्तूरीतिलकाचिता ।कस्तूरीतिलकेन ललाटदेश संस्थापितबिन्द्वाकारमृगनाभिना अश्चिता चिह्निता अलंकृतेत्यर्थः ॥ॐ कस्तूरीतिलकाञ्चितायै नमः ॥हकारार्था ।हकारस्य आकाशबीजस्य अर्था, अर्थः स्वरूपचैतन्यम् आकाशविग्रहेत्यर्थः, 'आकाशो ह वै नाम नामरूपयोर्निर्वहिता ते यदन्तरा तद्ब्रह्म' इति श्रुतेः ॥ॐढकारार्थायै नमः ॥हंसगतिः ।हन्ति गच्छतीति हंसः प्राणः आदित्यो वा ।इंसस्य प्राणस्य गतिः गमनागमने लक्षणया तज्जाप्याजपामन्त्ररूपा यस्याः सा तथा, 'हकारेण बहिर्याति सकारेणपुनर्विशेत्' इति वचनात् ।यद्वा, तदभिमानिदेवतारूपाप्रीषोमात्मकसूर्यचन्द्रगती अहोरात्रात्मककालस्वरूपायाः यस्याः सा ।अथवा, हन्ति देहाद्देहान्तरं गच्छति स्वकर्मवशेनेति हंसो जीवः, तस्य गतिः प्राप्यस्थानं मुक्तिरित्यर्थः ; 'ब्रह्मविदाप्नोति परम्' 'यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते 'इति श्रुतिस्मृतिवचनात् ।अथवा, हन्ति स्वकार्यभूतंजगत्प्रविशतीति हंसः ।' हंसस्तु परमेश्वरः' इति नृसिंहता-
In plain words
...because the individual consciousness, when freed from its limiting adjuncts, is realized as identical with the supreme consciousness. Om, salutations to Her whose arms are like wish-fulfilling creepers. Adorned with a musk tilaka: She is beautifully marked and decorated with a circular dot of musk placed upon Her forehead. Om, salutations to Her who is adorned with a musk tilaka. She who is the meaning of the syllable 'Ha': the syllable 'Ha' is the seed-sound of space, and Her true meaning is the pure consciousness that fills all space, as the Upanishad declares: 'Space indeed is the revealer of name and form; that within which they exist is Brahman.' Om, salutations to Her who is the meaning of the syllable 'Dha'. She whose movement is like a swan (Hamsagati): 'Hamsa' represents the vital breath (Prana) or the Sun, which moves continuously. The movement of this breath is inhalation and exhalation, which forms the silent, unuttered prayer (Ajapa-mantra) that She embodies; as it is said: 'With the sound of Ha the breath goes out, and with Sa it enters again.' Or, She is the very movement of the Sun and the Moon (representing fire and nectar), the inner deities of breath, embodying time as day and night. Or, 'Hamsa' is the individual soul that travels from body to body guided by its karma; Her movement is its ultimate destination, which is liberation, as the scriptures declare: 'The knower of Brahman attains the Supreme' and 'Having reached it, they never return.' Or, 'Hamsa' is the Supreme Lord Himself, who enters into the world of His own creation, as the Upanishad states: 'The Hamsa is indeed the Supreme Lord'...
Close to the Sanskrit
...to be known, because of the logical consistency of the identity of the conditioned consciousness with the consciousness of that nature. Om, salutations to Her whose arms are like wish-fulfilling creepers. Adorned with a musk tilaka: adorned, marked, or decorated with a musk tilaka, which is a dot-shaped musk mark placed on the forehead. Om, salutations to Her who is adorned with a musk tilaka. She who is the meaning of the syllable 'Ha': the meaning of the syllable 'Ha', which is the seed-syllable of space, is the essential consciousness, meaning Her form is space; because of the Upanishadic text: 'Space indeed is the accomplisher of name and form; that which is within them is Brahman.' Om, salutations to Her who is the meaning of the syllable 'Dha'. She whose movement is like a swan (Hamsagati): 'Hamsa' means Prana or the Sun, because it goes or moves. The movement of the Hamsa (Prana) is inhalation and exhalation, which by implication refers to the Ajapa-mantra consisting of its repetition, of which She is the form; because of the saying: 'With the sound of Ha it goes out, and with Sa it enters again.' Or, She whose nature is the movement of the Sun and the Moon, which represent Agni and Soma, the presiding deities of that Prana, and who is of the nature of time consisting of day and night. Or, 'Hamsa' means the individual soul (Jiva), because it goes from one body to another under the influence of its own karma; its movement is its destination, which is liberation; because of the Upanishadic and Smriti texts: 'The knower of Brahman attains the Supreme' and 'Going where they do not return.' Or, 'Hamsa' means the Supreme Lord, because He enters the world which is His own effect; as stated in the Nrisimhatapaniya Upanishad: 'The Hamsa indeed is the Supreme Lord'...