सिद्धान्तशिखामणि (शिवयोगी रेणुकाचार्य - वीरशैव षट्स्थल दर्शन एवं शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत महाग्रन्थ)

168 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
शिवज्ञानमृगेन्द्रस्य कथं तिष्ठन्ति सन्निधौ ॥१७॥
How can the elephants in the form of passion, anger,
great delusion, arrogance, jealousy and avarice— (i.e., the
six enemies of spirit— Ariṣaḍvarga) stand before the lion in
the form of the knowledge of Śiva (as one’s Self)? (17)
यत्र कुत्रापि वा द्वेष्टि प्रपञ्चे शिवरूपिणि।
शिवद्वेषी स विज्ञेयो रजसाविष्टमानसः ॥१८॥
That person who hates everything everywhere in this
world which is of the form of Śiva, is indeed the Śiva-hater;
he should be known as one whose mind is overpowered by
Rajas. (18)
यो द्वेष्टि सकलान् लोकान् यो वाऽहङ्कुरुते सदा।
योऽसत्यभावानायुक्तः स तामस इति स्मृतः ॥१९॥
He who hates all the beings who shows arrogance and
who is filled with false conceptions, is regarded as Tāmasa’.
(19)
तमोमूला हि सञ्जाता रागद्वेषादिपादपाः।
शिवज्ञानकुठारेण छेद्यन्ते हि निरन्तरम् ॥२०॥
The trees in the form of attachment, hatred, etc., that
are born have their roots in the darkness of ignorance. They
are to be continuously cut by the axe in the form of
Śivajñāna.(20)
शिवज्ञाने समुत्पन्ने सहस्रादित्यसन्निभे।
कुतस्तमोविकाराः स्युर्महतां शिवयोगिनाम् ॥२१॥
When the Śivajñāna which is equal to a thousand suns,
is born, how can the perversions of Tamas (ignorance) exist
in the case of the great Śivayogins. (21)
निराकृत्य तमोभागं संसारस्य प्रवर्तकम्।
निर्दिश्यते तु यज्ज्ञानं स निर्देश इति स्मृतः ॥२२॥
Appendix-I : Sources of the Sthalas and Avāntasthalas 169
That knowledge which is taught after removing the part
of darkness (ignorance) which leads one to transmigration
(saṁsāra), is called Nirdeśa (guidance). (22)
गुरुरेव परं तत्त्वं प्रकाशयति देहिनाम्।
को वा सूर्यं विना लोके तमसो विनिवर्तकः ॥२३॥
Guru alone reveals the Supreme Principle to the
embodied Souls. Who else other than the sun can be the
remover of darkness? (23)
अन्तरेण गुरुं सिद्धं कथं संसारनिष्कृतिः।
निदानज्ञं विना वैद्यं किं वा रोगो निवर्तते ॥२४॥
Wthout the accomplished Guru, how can there be the
termination of transmigration? Without the physician who is
conversant with Pathology, can the disease be cured? (24)
अज्ञानमलिनं चित्तदर्पणं यो विशोधयेत्।
प्रज्ञाविभूतियोगेन तमाहुर्गुरुसत्तमम् ॥२५॥
He who can cleanse the mirror of mind which is dirty on
account of ignorance, by means of the holy ash in the form of
his knowledge (his spiritual power), is said to be the Guru
par excellance.(25)
अपरोक्षिततत्त्वस्य जीवन्मुक्तस्वभाविनः।
गुरोः कटाक्षे संसिद्धे को वा लोकेषु दुर्लभः ॥२६॥
When the gracious glance of the Guru who has the
inner perception of the Śivatattva (i.e., the Self as Śiva) and
who is of the nature of a Jīvanmukta (liberated while alive),
is accomplished, what is difficult to get in the worlds? (26)
कैवल्यकल्पतरवो गुरवः करुणालयाः।
दुर्लभा हि जगत्यस्मिन् शिवाद्वैतपरायणाः ॥२७॥
Rare, indeed, in this world, are the Gurus who are the