201. Sadgatipradā
Sat means “truth”, gati means “movement to”, prada means “giver of”. Devi propels the devotee towards a realisation of the truth.
Experience of the phenomenon world is to be had at the lower end. At the higher end, experience of the transcendental takes place. The movement from the phenomenon to the transcendental is called Sadgati. Basically this consists of detaching the mind from instincts for self-survival and survival of the race, at the sexual end of the phenomenal world, to the higher experiences of music, art, culture and religious experiences at the sublimated end.
Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript
(an incomplete commentary on Lalitā Sahasranāma)
