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Verse 35

Sita

इच्छाशक्तिस्त्रिविधा प्रलयावस्थायां विश्रमणार्थं भगवतो दक्षिणवक्षःस्थले श्रीवत्साकृतिर्भूत्वा विश्राम्यतीति सा योगशक्तिः ॥३५॥

इच्छा-शक्तिः । त्रि-विधा । प्रलय-अवस्थायाम् । विश्रमण-अर्थम् । भगवतः । दक्षिण-वक्षः-स्थले । श्रीवत्स-आकृतिः । भूत्वा । विश्राम्यति । इति । सा । योग-शक्तिः ।

icchāśaktis trividhā pralayāvasthāyāṃ viśramaṇārthaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇavakṣaḥsthale śrīvatsākṛtir bhūtvā viśrāmyatīti sā yogaśaktiḥ ||35||

ইচ্ছা-শক্তি ত্রিবিধ। প্রলয়াবস্থায় বিশ্রামের জন্য সে ভগবানের দক্ষিণ বক্ষঃস্থলে শ্রীবৎস-চিহ্নের আকৃতি ধারণ করে বিশ্রাম করে; তাই তাকে যোগ-শক্তি বলা হয়।

The power of will (icchā-śakti) is threefold. In the state of dissolution, for the sake of repose, it rests on the Lord’s right side of the chest, having become the form of the Śrīvatsa mark; thus it is the yoga-power (yoga-śakti).

Icchā-śakti (divine will) and pralaya (cosmic dissolution)Mahavakya: Indirect: frames the cosmos as dependent on the Lord’s will; no direct Mahāvākya linkage.AtharvaChandas: Prose (gadya)