{"collection":"tantra","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/tantra/htk/htk25.htm","path":"tantra/htk/htk25.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/tantra/htk/htk25.htm","text":"Hymn to Kali, by Arthur Avalon (Sir John George Woodroffe), [1922]\nO MOTHER, this Hymn of Thine is the source from whence originates Thy mantra. 1 It sings of Thy real self, and contains injunctions for the worship of Thy two lotus Feet. He who reads it at midnight or at time of worship 2 even his random talk 3 becomes the nectar juice of poesy.\nCOMMENTARY\n'Thy real self' (Svar\u016bp\u0101khya\u1e41)\nSpeaks of the Dhy\u0101na of both Thy gross and subtle aspects.\n'Reads' (Pa\u1e6dati)\nThat is recites aloud. The Vi\u015buddhe\u015bvara-Tantra says, 'Oh Dev\u012b, the reading of a Hymn (Stotra) mentally, or the recitation of a Mantra loudly is as ineffectual as water in a broken jar.'\n'Nectar of Poesy' (Prasarati kavitv\u0101m\u1e5btarasah)\nHe becomes full of the sweetness of Poesy. The K\u0101l\u012bkulasarvasva says, All whose difficulties and dangers are destroyed by a single reading, as it were flies in a flame. His speech flows like the Ganges full of prose and poetry.'\n93:1 Manusamuddhara\u1e47ajanuh\u2014that is, cause of mantroddh\u0101ra: formation of Mantra of Dev\u012b. The mantra is made known, and then impressed with the life and consciousness (caitanya) of the s\u0101dhaka (mantra-caitanya).\n93:2 P\u016bj\u0101.\n93:3 That is, even his meaningless delirious talk, as in fever or madness, etc. (K.13.).","title":"Hymn to Kali: Text: Verse 21","type":"page"}