54) Svādhīna-vallabhā
Śiva is under Her control. It has been aptly said that Śiva is Śava without the "I" in it. This “I" stands for the desire, Lalitā. Symbolically, the liṅga is indeed corpse like when it is not tumescent with desire. At the physical level, the vulva surrounds the penis, controlling it. At a deeper level, the cause surrounds the effect which is still hidden in the womb of time unmanifest. The manifest world is the property of the unmanifest world. The unmanifest is unknown; the process of manifesting is the process of knowing; the cause, the womb behind this process is the desire of God to know himself; such desire is Devi. The controller appears to be the controlled.
Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Saraswatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript
(an incomplete commentary on Lalitā Sahasranāma)
