मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 5
श्वेतपीतादिको वर्णो यथा कृष्णे विलीयते । प्रविशन्ति तथा काल्यां सर्वभूतानि शैलजे ॥ ५ ॥
śvētapītādikō varṇō yathā kṛṣṇē vilīyatē | praviśanti tathā kālyāṁ sarvabhūtāni śailajē || 5 ||
Translation
As white, yellow and every other colour vanish into black, so, O daughter of the mountain, do all beings enter into Kālī.
Word by word
- śvēta
- white
- pīta
- yellow
- ādikaḥ
- (ādikaḥ) and the rest
- varṇaḥ
- (varṇaḥ) colour
- yathā
- as
- kṛṣṇē
- in black
- vilīyatē
- is dissolved
- praviśanti
- enter
- tathā
- so
- kālyāṁ
- into Kālī
- sarva
- all
- bhūtāni
- beings
- śailajē
- O daughter of the mountain
Meaning
The first feature is her black colour. Black absorbs every other colour, and in the same way every being is dissolved into Kālī at the end. Her darkness is not a lack of light but the colour in which all colours are gathered.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Śveta" and the rest. O Śailajā, Pārvatī, as in the colour black the colours white, yellow and the rest are dissolved, are wholly merged, so too all beings enter Kālī, are dissolved in her. For this reason the colour of Kālī is described, is said to be, black: that is the construction. Prāptayogānām: of those who have gained the means to liberation, which is knowledge.