Verse 19 [Ambā in Dual and non-dual aspect]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 19:

ज्योतिरम्ब हृदि विद्ययेक्षितं यल्लघ् प्रसृतमर्घमण्डपे ।
धूमलक्ष्मगुरु यच्च तच्च्युतं ते तु सत्त्वतमसी वपुस्तव ॥ १९ ॥

jyotiramba hṛdi vidyayekṣitaṃ yallagh prasṛtamarghamaṇḍape |
dhūmalakṣmaguru yacca taccyutaṃ te tu sattvatamasī vapustava || 19 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

[Ambā in Dual and non-dual aspect]

The Siddhā calls Ambikā as Knowledge (Vidyā) shining subtle as light in the heart. It spreads or lightens the whole sphere of Arthamaṇḍala. The meaning of word symbolized as half-circle (ardha-bindu) and full circle (Bindu) whose external form is the objective creation. When these two semicircles (ardha-bindus) are opposite, it is in vimukha state which is Ambā’s Tāmasic body. Ambā in this state shines as Truth in her dual aspect, when she brightens Tāmasic body. However, there is yearning for the fullness (pūrṇabhāva) . When the semicircles are in unmukha or sumukha state, facing each other they become one Complete circle (bindu) when Ambā shines with her Sāttvic body as one in her non-dual aspect in every thing ^[1]

Oneness even in the dual aspect of Śakti

[Vidyā knowledge (Jñāna) as Sāttvic, action (Karma) as Tāmasic being her two forms]

The light of knowledge, which fulfils the yearning of the aspirant for completeness, shines in his heart as Kālī’s Sāttvic form. Darkness which is driven away by that light, the Avidyā, which is the Tāmasic form is also herself. Thus Ambikā shines as one even in her dual^[2] aspects.

The universe of word and meaning, the Arthamaṇḍala brightened by the light of knowledge shining in the heart is subtle. When the Mahābindu, at the instinct of creativity, splits into two ardhabindus (taking the variant reading ‘ardha’) (semi circles) which are opposite, Vimukha, then also the Absolute shines through Kālī’s dual aspect; but when they are Unmukha, face to face, at dissolution, they become one and everything shines through her oneness as Bindu.

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] Cf. [Divyacakorikā] p 43-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 19.

sāmānyena vāgarthayorakṣayaiśvaryarūpatāmunmīlya tatrāpi sūkṣmekṣikayā aupaniṣadayorave tayośśāktaśaivayoriva pūrṇabhāvasāmarasyena puruṣārthatva dyotanāya satvatamoguṇamaya devatāsthūlarūpatāṃ pratyekatayāpi sūcayati.

[2] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 13-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-19—

sattvatamasīrlakṣaṇaṃ tu sattvaṃ laghu prakāśakam, guru varaṇakameva tamaḥ |