Verse 121Emotion

Devotional Overflow into Śakti

Bhairava

This verse says that when devotion becomes strong enough, a special inner power awakens. Instead of forcing progress, you let heartfelt devotion draw you into a deeper state. The practice is to love the divine so fully that your whole being is transformed by it.

भक्त्युद्रेकावद्वरिस्य यादृशी जायते मवत् । सा शवि् शाङ्करी वनत्यं भियेत्तां तत् वशि् ॥ १२१ ॥

bhaktyudrekāvadvarisya yādṛśī jāyate mavat | sā śaviḥ śāṅkarī vanatyaṃ bhiyettāṃ tat vaśiḥ || 121 ||

Translation

As that state arises from an overflow of devotion, so does the power of Śaṅkarī become established; by that one becomes governed by that power.

Use intense devotion to let the divine power of consciousness arise and take over the practitioner.

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