The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Lalitātriśatībhāṣyam

p. 235

p. 235

दिस्मृतिश्रुतिभ्याम् ईश्वरस्य रूपभेदवत्त्वावगमादिति मन्तव्यम् ॥ॐ हरिसोदर्यै नमः ॥हाहाहूहूमुखस्तुत्या ।हाहाहूहूनामकगन्धर्वै मुख्यौ येषांजनानां तैस्तथा ।स्तुत्या गुणिनिष्ठगुणाभिधानं स्तुतिः ।तदाश्रयत्वेन प्रतिपादनीयेत्यर्थः ॥ॐ हाहाहूहूमुखस्तुत्यायै नमः ॥हानिवृद्धिविवर्जिता ।अवयवोपचयरूपा वृद्धिः ; तदपचयरूपा हानिः ; ताभ्यां वर्जिता, 'न कर्मणा वर्धते नोकनीयान्' इति श्रुतेः ।उपलक्षणम् ; षड्भावविकाराणांशरीरधर्मत्वेन कर्मनिमित्तत्वादीश्वरे तदभावेन निर्विकारेत्यर्थः ।ॐ हानिवृद्धिविवर्जितायै नमः ॥हय्यङ्गवीनहृदया हरिगोपारुणांशुका ।लकाराख्या लतापूज्या लयस्थित्युद्भवेश्वरी ॥हय्यङ्गवीनहृदया ।हय्यङ्गवीनवत् नवनीतसदृश विरलमृद्ववयवपरिणामद्रवत्वसादृश्ययोगिहृदयकृपारसरूपपरिणामवतीति सा तथा ।हृदयाभावेऽपि सर्वात्मकतया तद्वत्त्वम् ।ईक्षणादिवन्मायापरिणामरूपा दया वा हृदयशब्देन उच्यते ।अवागमनाः' इति श्रुत्या सर्वनिषेधात् ॥ॐ हय्यङ्गवीनहृदयायै नमः ॥

In plain words

Scripture and tradition show us that the Lord assumes differentiated forms, and so it must be understood. Om, salutation to the sister of Hari. She is praised by the chief celestial musicians Haha and Huhu. Praise is simply naming the attributes that reside in the possessor of those qualities, pointing to her as their ultimate support. Om, salutation to her who is praised by Haha and Huhu. She is completely untouched by loss and growth. Growth is the accumulation of physical parts, and loss is their decay; she is free from both, as the scripture declares, 'She neither grows by action nor shrinks.' This implies that because the six fold changes of existence belong only to physical bodies driven by action, and the supreme reality knows no such thing, she is forever changeless. Om, salutation to her who is free from loss and growth.

Close to the Sanskrit

From the understanding of the differentiated form of the Lord through Smriti and Sruti, it is to be so understood. Om, salutation to the sister of Hari. Praised by the chiefs of whom, Haha and Huhu, are the named gandharvas; praise is the naming of qualities residing in the possessor of qualities, meaning she is to be established as the support thereof. Om, salutation to her who is praised by Haha and Huhu. Devoid of loss and growth: growth is the form of accumulation of parts, and loss is the form of decay; free from both, from the scriptural text 'she does not grow by action nor become smaller'. An implication; since the six modifications of existence are properties of the body caused by action, in the absence thereof in Ishvara, the meaning is that she is changeless. Om, salutation to her who is devoid of loss and growth.