Verse 21

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In plain words

It stands on the pole of steady resolve. It is roped tight with strong cords. It folds up and travels. It is bright with colour, patterned all over with lotuses, and it is pitched fresh on the good road every single day. Enemy of Kāma — come into this clean, wide-open canvas tent that is my mind, and reign there, my Lord, Śakti beside you, your hosts in attendance, O boundless one.

Close to the Sanskrit

Having as its support the pillar of fortitude, bound fast with strong cords, movable, brightly variegated, rich in lotuses, fitted onto the good path day after day — O enemy of Smara, having reached this bright, wide-spread cloth tent which is my mind, be victorious, O Lord, together with Śakti, O you served by Śiva's hosts, O all-pervading one.