The Secret Doctrine of Goddess Lalita
(Sri LalitaAṣṭottara Rahasyārthamu)
22. charāchara jagannātha
She who is the ruler of the animate and inanimate worlds.
Although śakti permeates everything, from parā to vaikharī, from śiva to the gross world, it is our great misfortune that we fail to perceive Her. Even though She is the creator and sustainer of the world and we realize we have no control over anything, instead of being detached and peaceful, we are restless and anxious. We transact with the world thinking we are the doers and enjoyers of the results. In reality, we are neither the doers nor the enjoyers. śakti is the doer of all actions and enjoyer of all results. She is the ruler of all animate and inanimate things (jagannātha). The word nātha means “sole refuge.” The Supreme Power, parāśakti, is the source and only refuge for all sentient and insentient beings. We must see Her underlying presence (sat-cīt) in everything, and attribute every action and its results to Her. It is impossible for finite beings like us to interfere in Her process with our limited intellects, since our intellects too conform to Her divine will.