The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Lalitātriśatībhāṣyam

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p. 265

वाचकः अस्या अस्तीति तथा ।ॐ ककारिण्यै नमः ॥काव्यलोला ।वाल्मीकिवेदव्यासादिकृतेषु काव्येषु लोला, वाच्यलक्ष्यार्थभेदेन तत्र संबद्धेत्यर्थः ।अथवा, कविभिः कृतेषु स्तुतिविशेषेषु प्रीतिमतीत्यर्थः ॥ॐ काव्यलोलायै नमः ॥कामेश्वरमनोहरा ।कामेश्वरस्य मनः हरतीति तथा ।ॐ कामेश्वरमनोहरायै नमः ॥कामेश्वरप्राणनाडी कामेशोत्सङ्गवासिनी ।कामेश्वरालिङ्गिताङ्गी कामेश्वरसुखप्रदा ॥कामेश्वरप्राणनाडी ।कामेश्वरस्य प्राणनाडी यथा नाड्या प्राणः संचरति सा तथा, जीवनाडीत्यर्थः ।‘इडया तु बहिर्याति’ इति लयखण्डवचनात् ।लोके विशस्यमाने पशो हृदयं पुण्डरीकाकारं मांसखण्डात्मकान्तःसुषिराष्टदलोपेतमङ्गुष्ठपरिमाणसुषिरयुताधोभागकर्णिकामध्यं दृश्यते, तस्याः कर्णिकायाः केसरायमानाः एकशतं नाडीनामङ्कुराः तद्वेष्टनपुरीतन्नामकनाडीसुषिरविन्यस्तमूलाः भवन्ति ।तत्र सुषुम्नानामकनाडी मूलाधारादारभ्य ब्रह्मरन्ध्रपर्यन्तं गता ।तस्यां षट् चक्राणि मूलाधारादीनि तत्तन्मातृकावर्णसहितयोगशास्त्रोक्तदलसंयु-

In plain words

She is designated by the mystic syllable starting with 'ka'. She takes delight in the poetic masterpieces authored by Valmiki, Vyasa, and other sages, as well as in the devotional hymns composed by poets. She is the enchanter of Kameshvara's heart, resting intimately upon his lap, embraced in his arms, and showering absolute bliss upon him. She is the vital life-channel of the supreme lord, sustaining the entire current of divine consciousness just as the subtle channels sustain the life-breath within the physical body.

Close to the Sanskrit

The designator exists of this, thus. Om, salutation to her who embodies the letter ka. Delighting in poetry. In poems composed by Valmiki, Vedavyasa, and others, eager, by the distinction of direct and implied meanings, connected there, meaning; or, having delight in special hymns of praise composed by poets, meaning. Om, salutation to her who delights in poetry. Captivator of Kameshvara's mind. She steals the mind of Kameshvara, thus. Om, salutation to the captivator of Kameshvara's mind. Life-channel of Kameshvara, residing on the lap of Kamsha, whose limbs are embraced by Kameshvara, bestower of bliss to Kameshvara. Life-channel of Kameshvara. Just as prana moves about in a channel of Kameshvara, she is that, meaning the life-channel. 'Through Ida indeed it goes out' - because of the statement in the Layakhanda text. In the world, in an animal being dissected, the heart is seen lotus-shaped, possessing an inner cavity of a lump of flesh with eight petals, whose lower part has a thumb-sized aperture with a pericarp in the middle; of that pericarp, acting as filaments, one hundred and one sprouts of channels whose roots are placed in the cavity of the channel named purītan which envelops it, become. Among them, the channel named Sushumna has gone starting from the Muladhara up to the crown aperture. In that, six chakras beginning with Muladhara and connected with petals stated in yoga treatises along with respective Matrika letters