Verse 18

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18:

स्वाधिष्ठानाख्यमेतत्सरसिजममलं चिन्तयेद्योमनुष्यस्तस्याहंकारदोषादिकसकलरेपुः क्षीयते तत्क्षणेन ।
योगीशःसो'पिमोहाद्भुततिमिरचये भानुतुल्यप्रकाशो गद्यैह् पद्यैः प्रबन्धैर्विरचयति सुधावाक्यसन्दोह लक्ष्मीः ॥ १८ ॥

svādhiṣṭhānākhyametatsarasijamamalaṃ cintayedyomanuṣyastasyāhaṃkāradoṣādikasakalarepuḥ kṣīyate tatkṣaṇena |
yogīśaḥso'pimohādbhutatimiracaye bhānutulyaprakāśo gadyaih padyaiḥ prabandhairviracayati sudhāvākyasandoha lakṣmīḥ || 18 ||

He who meditates upon this stainless Lotus, which is named Svādhiṣṭhāna, is freed immediately from all his enemies,^[1] such as the fault of Aha kāra^[2] and so forth. He becomes a Lord among Yogīs, and is like the Sun illumining the dense darkness of ignorance.^[3] The wealth of his nectar-like words flows in prose and verse in well-reasoned discourse.

Commentary by Śrī-Kālīcaraṇa:

In this verse is described the benefit derived from the contemplation of the Svādhiṣṭhāna Lotus.

“Svādhiṣṭhāna”.—“By Sva is meant the Para-Liṅga (Supreme Liṅga), and hence the Lotus is called Svādhiṣṭhāna.”^[4]

“Fault of Ahaṃkāra and so forth” (Ahaṃkāra-doṣādi).—By this is implied the six evil inclinations: Kāma (lust), Krodha (anger), etc. These six,^[5] which are the six enemies of Man, are destroyed by contemplation on the Svādhiṣṭhāna Lotus. By contemplation upon it are also destroyed the darkness of Māyā, and Mohā,^[6] and the Sun of knowledge (Jñāna) is acquired. The rest is clear.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

That is, his enemies the six passions.

[2]:

Egoism. See Introduction.

[3]:

Moha.

[4]:

This is from v. 58 of Ch. XXVII of the Rudra-yāmala.

[5]:

Viz., Kāma (lust), Krodha (anger), Lobha (greed), Moha (delusion), Mada (pride), Mātsaryya [Mātsarya] (envy), which all arise from a sense of mineness (Ahaṃkāra).

[6]:

Ignorance, illusion, infatuation.