मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 12
क्रीडन्तं कालिकं कालं पीत्वा मोहमयीं सुराम् । पश्यन्ती चिन्मयी देवी सर्वसाक्षिस्वरूपिणी ॥ १२ ॥
krīḍantaṁ kālikaṁ kālaṁ pītvā mōhamayīṁ surām | paśyantī cinmayī dēvī sarvasākṣisvarūpiṇī || 12 ||
Translation
The Devī, who is pure consciousness and the witness of all, gazes on Time as he plays with the world born of time, having drunk the wine of delusion.
Word by word
- krīḍantaṁ
- playing
- kālikaṁ
- with the world born of time
- kālaṁ
- Time
- pītvā
- having drunk
- mōha
- of delusion
- mayīṁ
- made
- surām
- the wine
- paśyantī
- gazes
- cinmayī
- pure consciousness
- dēvī
- the Devī
- sarva
- of all
- sākṣi
- witness
- svarūpiṇī
- whose nature is
Meaning
This explains the image of Kālī standing over Mahākāla. Time, drunk on the wine of māyā, sports with the world; she, whose very form is knowledge (cinmayī), watches it all as its witness, untouched.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kālikam: the world, arisen from time. Cinmayī: whose very form is knowledge.