मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 6
अतस्तस्याः कालशक्तेर्निर्गुणाया निराकृतेः । हितायाः प्राप्तयोगानां वर्णः कृष्णो निरूपितः ॥ ६ ॥
atastasyāḥ kālaśaktērnirguṇāyā nirākṛtēḥ | hitāyāḥ prāptayōgānāṁ varṇaḥ kṛṣṇō nirūpitaḥ || 6 ||
Translation
Therefore the colour black is given to her, the power of time, who is without qualities and without shape, the benefactor of those who have gained the means of liberation.
Word by word
- ataḥ
- (ataḥ) therefore
- tasyāḥ
- (tasyāḥ) of her
- kāla
- of time
- śaktēḥ
- (śakteḥ) the power
- nirguṇāyāḥ
- (nirguṇāyāḥ) without qualities
- nirākṛtēḥ
- (nirākṛteḥ) without shape
- hitāyāḥ
- (hitāyāḥ) the benefactor
- prāpta
- who have gained
- yōgānāṁ
- the means of liberation
- varṇaḥ
- (varṇaḥ) the colour
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- (kṛṣṇaḥ) black
- nirūpitaḥ
- (nirūpitaḥ) is given
Meaning
Because she is "kālaśakti", the power of time into which all things pass, and because she has neither qualities nor shape, black is the fitting colour for her. The commentary reads "prāptayogānām" as those who have gained the means to freedom, that is, knowledge: to them she is kind.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 5.