165. Mamatāhantrī
She destroys the notions of “mine”.
Why is it necessary not to have the sense of something belonging to me? Why is it necessary to destroy the feeling of mine? Suppose we own an object. We can own it thinking that it is ours. We can also own it thinking that it is not ours. Examples of the first category are house, children, furniture, etc. Examples of the second category are the public gardens, air, mountains, lakes, seas, etc.
We suffer agony on being deprived of an object about whom we have the sense of mine. This object is mine. This property is mine. This child is mine. This house is mine. This money is mine. For the objects that are not perceived as mine neither acquisition nor removal brings satisfaction nor constitute a loss. Happiness and misery are consequences of the idea of ownership. Remove that and there will be no misery on their being lost.
Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript
(an incomplete commentary on Lalitā Sahasranāma)
