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

A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
form, one can meditate upon his meritorious magnificence.
(23)
परस्य ज्ञानचिह्नानि यानि सन्ति शरीरिणाम्।
तानि ज्ञानागमत्वेन प्रवर्तन्ते विमुक्तये।।२४।।
Those gestures of knowledge which belong to the Para
Śivayogin, are in vogue as the Jñānāgama (Gospel of
Knowledge) for the emancipation of the beings. (24)
भावेन किं फलं पुंसां कर्मणा वा किमिष्यते।
भावकर्मसमायुक्तं ज्ञानमेव विमुक्तिदम्।।२५।।
What is the use of (mere) “Bhāva” for the aspirants?
What is it that is aspired by (mere) “Karma”? The
knowledge which is combined with “Bhāva” and “Karma”,
alone brings Mokṣa.(25)
केवलं कर्ममात्रेण जन्मकोटिशतैरपि।
नात्मनां जायते मुक्तिर्ज्ञानं मुक्तेर्हि कारणम्।।२६।।
The Jīvas cannot attain Mukti through Karma alone
even in hundreds of crores of lives. It is the Jñāna that is the
cause of Mokṣa. (26)
ज्ञानहीनं सदा कर्म पुंसां संसारकारणम्।
तदेव ज्ञानयोगेन संसारविनिवर्तकम्।।२७।।
Action without knowledge is always the cause for the
transmigration of beings. The same action coupled with
knowledge is the means of relief from transmigration. (27)
फलं क्रियावतां पुंसां स्वर्गाद्यं नश्वरं यतः।
तस्मात्स्थायिफलप्राप्त्यै ज्ञानमेव समभ्यसेत्।।२८।।
The fruit in the form of heaven, etc., in the case of those
who are engaged in sacrificial action, is transitory. Hence, in
order to attain a permanent fruit, knowledge alone should be
practised. (28)
शास्त्राभ्यासादियत्नेन सद्गुरोरुपदेशतः।
ज्ञानमेव समभ्यस्येत् किमन्येन प्रयोजनम्।।२९।।
Knowledge alone should be acquired through the effort
of studying Śāstras and through the teaching of the Guru.
What is the use of anything else? (29)
ज्ञानं परशिवाद्वैतपरिपाकविनिश्चयः।
येन संसारसम्बन्धविनिवृत्तिर्भवेत् सताम्।।३०।।
“Knowledge” is the mature ascertainment of the non-
duality of Śiva, by which there would be the removal of the
relation with transmigration in the case of virtuous persons.
(30)
शिवात्मकमिदं सर्वं शिवादन्यन्न विद्यते।
शिवोऽहमिति या बुद्धिस्तदेव ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।।३१।।
All this is consisting of Śiva. There is nothing other
than Śiva. I am Śiva. The conviction of this nature is the
best knowledge. (31)
अन्धो यथा पुरस्थानि वस्तूनि च न पश्यति।
ज्ञानहीनस्तथा देही नात्मस्थं वीक्षते शिवम्।।३२।।
Just as a blind person does not see the objects before
him, so does the embodied soul which is devoid of knowledge
not see Śiva residing in itself. (32)
शिवस्य दर्शनात् पुंसां जन्मरोगनिवर्तनम्।
शिवदर्शनमप्याहुः सुलभं ज्ञानचक्षुषाम्।।३३।।
The vision of Śiva is the means by which the disease of
transmigration is removed in the case of human beings. The
vision of Śiva is said to be easy for those who have the eye of
knowledge. (33)