160. Niścintā
She has no worries of any kind.
People think that by doing karmas oriented for the welfare of everyone, such as distributing wealth or doing good deeds, one gets liberated. This is not so. The śruti says:
“Na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvamānaśuḥ.”
This means, not by good actions, not by people, not by wealth, is the liberation achieved. Only by sacrifice is liberation achieved.
The word ‘tyāga’ means sacrifice. The nature of this ‘tyāga’, of this sacrifice, is described in the following words of Ātmayajña starting with “tatsaiyam viduṣo yagasa…”1. One has to sacrifice one's own desires in the fire of his own consciousness. That is the way, that is the way. There is no other way.
Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript
(an incomplete commentary on Lalitā Sahasranāma)
1 Mahānārāyaṇa upaniṣad (Section 80): tasyaivaṁ viduṣo yajñasyātma yajamānaḥ.....
