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

A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
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ज्ञानेनाचारयुक्तेन प्रसीदति महेश्वरः।
तस्मादाचारवान् ज्ञानी भवेदादेहपातनात्॥१४॥
Maheśvara is pleased with spiritual knowledge coupled
with religious practices. Hence, one should be an
enlightened person engaged in religious practices till the
body falls off. (14)
भावचिह्नानि विदुषो यानि सन्ति विरागिणः।
तानि भावागमत्वेन वर्तन्ते सर्वदेहिनाम्॥१५॥
All those gestures of faith which are discerned in an
enlightened recluse (Śivayogin), form the Gospel of Faith
(Bhāvāgama) for all the embodied beings. (15)
शिवोऽहमिति भावोऽपि शिवतापत्तिकारणम्।
न ज्ञानमात्रं नाचारो भावयुक्तः शिवो भवेत्॥१६॥
The conception that "I am Śiva" is the means to attain
the state of Śiva, neither mere knowledge nor mere religious
practice. He who possesses this faith becomes Śiva. (16)
ज्ञानं वस्तुपरिच्छेदो ध्यानं तद्भावकारणम्।
तस्माज् ज्ञाते महादेवे ध्यानयुक्तो भवेत्सुधीः॥१७॥
Knowledge is the ascertainment of an object.
Meditation is the means to the conception of that object.
Hence, when the Mahādeva is known, the enlightened
preson (i.e., Śivayogin) should turn to meditation. (17)
अन्तर्बहिश्च सर्वत्र परिपूर्णं महेश्वरम्।
भावयेत् परमानन्दलब्धये पण्डितोत्तमः॥१८॥
The best among the enlightened (Śivayogin) should
conceive of the Maheśvara as having pervaded everywhere,
inside and outside, in order to attain the supreme bliss. (18)
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अर्थहीना यथा वाणी पतिहीना यथा सती।
श्रुतिहीना यथा बुद्धिर्भावहीना तथा क्रिया॥१९॥
चक्षुर्हीनो यथा रूपं न किञ्चिद्वीक्षितुं क्षमः।
भावहीनस्तथा योगी न शिवं द्रष्टुमीश्वरः॥२०॥
Action without the spiritual conception is like the
speech without meaning, a devoted wife without her
husband, and knowledge without scripture. (19) Just as he
who is without eyes cannot see any form, so is the Yogin not
competent to have a vision of Śiva without spiritual
conception. (20)
भावशुद्धेन मनसा पूजयेत्परमेष्ठिनम्।
भावहीनां न गृह्णाति पूजां सुमहतीमपि॥२१॥
The Śivayogin should worship the Parameśvara
(Supreme Lord) with the mind endowed with pure intentions
(thoughts). The Lord does not accept the worship which is
without the spiritual conception however great it might be.
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नैरन्तर्येण सम्पन्ने भावे ध्यातुं शिवं प्रति।
तद्भावो जायते यद्वत् क्रिमेः कीटस्य चिन्तनात्॥२२॥
When the mental cherishing (Bhāva) by way of
meditating on Śiva becomes incessant, the attainment of
Śiva’s form is possible, as is the case with a worm (which
becomes the bee) through the (continuous) thought about
an insect (i.e., bee). (22)
निष्कळङ्कं निराकारं परब्रह्म शिवाभिधम्।
निर्णायतुमसमर्थोऽपि तद्विभूतिं विभावयेत्॥२३॥
If one is incapable of meditating on Śiva, the
Parabrahman, who is free from flaws and who is without any