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राम

Presence, Grace, and the Three Modes of Will

Yoga-śakti

Unit 35 of 37 · printed source 101

Sanskrit · Devanagari

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

IAST

icchāśaktistrividhā| pralayāvasthāyāṃ viśramaṇārthaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇavakṣaḥsthale śrīvatsākṛtirbhūtvā viśrāmyatīti sā yogaśaktiḥ || 35 ||

Fresh English translation

The power of will has three modes. During cosmic dissolution she becomes the form of the Śrīvatsa and rests upon the right side of the Lord’s chest for repose: this is Yoga-śakti, the power of union.