संक्षेपपूजा, संक्षेपपुरश्चरणम्Worship in brief, the preparatory rite in brief
Verse 90
न च प्रयासबाहुल्यं कायक्लेशोऽपि न प्रिये । आद्याकालीसाधकानां साधनं सुखसाधनम् ॥ ९० ॥
na ca prayāsabāhulyaṁ kāyaklēśō’pi na priyē | ādyākālīsādhakānāṁ sādhanaṁ sukhasādhanam || 90 ||
Translation
There is no great toil, nor any mortification of the body, beloved: the practice of the worshippers of Ādyā Kālī is a practice of ease.
Word by word
- na
- no; nor
- ca
- and
- prayāsa
- of toil
- bāhulyaṁ
- great amount
- kāya
- of the body
- klēśō
- (kleśaḥ) mortification
- api
- any
- priyē
- beloved
- ādyā
- of Ādyā
- kālī
- Kālī
- sādhakānāṁ
- of the worshippers
- sādhanaṁ
- the practice
- sukha
- of ease
- sādhanam
- a practice
Meaning
A remarkable claim about method. The path to Ādyā requires neither "a great deal of effort" (prayāsa-bāhulya) nor "pain of the body" (kāya-kleśa), the harsh austerities of fasting, exposure and the like. It is "a practice of ease" (sukha-sādhana). This sets the Tantra against the ascetic paths of its time: liberation does not require torment, and the body is not the enemy.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 88.