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

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who is bereft of all relation with external adjuncts, all that is
without fruits by being merely an appearance and get
absorbed in him only. (34)
गच्छंस्तिष्ठन् स्वपन् वापि न निष्कर्मास्ति कश्चन।
स्वभावो देहिनां कर्म ज्ञानिनां तत्तु निष्फलम्॥३५॥
No body can be without action while going, standing or
sleeping. Action is the very nature of the embodied beings.
That is without fruits in the case of the enlightened persons.
(35)
परिपूर्णमहानन्दभाविनः शुद्धचेतसः।
न भवेत् कर्मकार्पण्यं नानाभोगफलप्रदम्॥३६॥
In the case of the Śivayogin who experiences the
absolute supreme bliss with his pure Self, there will be no
distress of Karman, which provides various fruits to be
enjoyed. (36)
भावः प्रतीयमानोऽपि परकाये तु कल्पितः।
शुक्तौ रजतवद् यस्माद्भावनिष्पत्तिमानयम्॥३७॥
As all the mental conceptions, even when they seem to
be manifested in him are only imagined in the Śivayogin like
the silver in a conch-shell, he is “Bhāvaniṣpattimān” (one in
whom all conceptions cease to exist). (37)
भावेन नास्ति सम्बन्धः केवलज्ञानयोगिनः।
तथापि भावं कुर्वीत शिवे संसारमोचके॥३८॥
The Yogin who is steeped in pure knowledge, is not
associated with any mental conception. Yet he should have
the conception of Śiva, who is the saviour from
transmigration. (38)
परिपूर्णप्रबोधेऽपि भावं शम्भौ न वर्जयेत्।
भावो हि निहितस्तस्मिन् भवसागरतारकः॥३९॥
Even in the state of total knowledge, the Yogin should
not give up the emotional attachment fixed in Śiva, as it is the
means of fording over the ocean of transmigration. (39)
निवर्त्य जन्मजं दुःखं भावः शैवो निवर्तते।
यथा काष्ठादिकं दग्ध्वा स्वयं शाम्यति पावकः॥४०॥
After reverting the sorrow resulting from birth
(transmigration), that “Bhāva” of Śiva disappears, just as
the fire becomes extinct on its own after burning the sticks,
etc., (40)
प्रकाशिते शिवानन्दे तद्भावैः किं प्रयोजनम्।
सिद्धे साध्ये चिरेणापि साधनैः किं प्रयोजनम्॥४१॥
When the bliss of the unity of Śiva dawns, what is the
use of such “Bhāvas”? When the goal is accomplished, even
though after a long time, what is the use of the means? (41)
एकीकृते शिवे भावे ज्ञानेन सह संयमी।
विस्मितात्मसमावेशः शिवभावे विभासते॥४२॥
When the conception of “Śivo’ham” (of the Yogin) is
merged into Śiva along with the knowledge, the Yogin who is
astonished with the merging of his own Self, appears in his
state of unity with Śiva. (42)
न भावेन विना ज्ञानं न भावो ज्ञानमन्तरा।
मोक्षाय कारणं प्रोक्तं तस्मादुभयमाश्रयेत्॥४३॥
There cannot be “Jñāna” without “Bhāva” and there
cannot be “Bhāva” without “Jñāna”. Both are said to be
cause for liberation. Hence both are to be resorted to. (43)
ज्ञानस्य व्यवहारेऽपि ज्ञेयाभावात् स्वभावतः।
स्वप्नवज्ज्ञाननिष्पत्त्या ज्ञाननिष्पन्न इत्यसौ॥४४॥
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usually come under his purview, the Śivayogin (asau) is
called “Jñānaniṣpanna” (one in whom the knowledge of
worldly affair has disappeared), with that knowledge melting
away like a dream. (44)
स्वप्नजातं यथा ज्ञानं सह स्वार्थैर्निवर्तते।
तथात्मनि प्रकाशे तु ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं निवर्तते।।४५।।
Just as the knowledge (experience) born of dream
disappears along with its objects, so does the knowledge to
be known disappears when the self-knowledge dawns. (45)
परिपूर्णे महानन्दे परमाकाशलक्षणे।
शिवे विलीनचित्तस्य कुतो ज्ञेयान्तरे कथा।।४६।।
In the case of the Yogin whose mind is completely
merged into Śiva who is the absolute supreme bliss and who
is of the nature of supreme ether, where is the reference to
(possiblility of) any other thing to be known? (46)
अखण्डानन्दसंवित्तिस्वरूपं ब्रह्म केवलम्।
मिथ्या तदन्यदित्येषा स्थितिर्ज्ञानमिहोच्यते।।४७।।
The knowledge, here, is the state in which there is (the
awareness of) Paraśiva-brahman alone who is of the nature
of the absolute blissful consciousness with the feeling that
everything other than him is false. (47)
सत्तात्मनानुवृत्तं यद् घटादिषु परं हि तत्।
व्यावर्तमाना मिथ्येति स्थितिर्ज्ञानमिहोच्यते।।४८।।
The state of awareness that what persists in all the
objects such as pot, cloth, etc., as the principle of existence,
is the Supreme (Paraśiva) and that what is excluded from it is
false, is said to be knowledge here. (48)
अकारणमकार्यं यदशेषोपाधिवर्जितम्।
तद्ब्रह्म तदहं चेति निष्ठा ज्ञानमुदीर्यते।।४९।।
That which is without the cause, which is not an effect
and which is free from all external adjuncts, is the Brahman
and I and that (the world) are Brahman—such a firm
conviction is said to be knowledge. (49)
ज्ञाताप्यहं ज्ञेयमिदमिति व्यवहतिः कुतः।
अभेदब्रह्मस्वारस्ये निरस्ताखिलवस्तुनि।।५०।।
“I am the knower and this is to be known”— how can
such a usage be possible (for the Yogin) in the natural
excellence of the communion with Paraśiva in which the
knowledge of the objective world is totally denied? (50)
यथा पिण्डस्थ आकाशस्तथात्मा पूर्ण उच्यते।
एतदर्थविवेको यः पिण्डाकाशस्थलं विदुः।।५१।।
Just as the ether (space) in the body (piṇḍa), so is the
Ātman absolute. This discrimination about the truth is what
is known as “Piṇḍākāśasthala (the state in which there is an
awareness of the asolute nature of the Ātman). (51)
घटोपाधिर्यथाकाशः परिपूर्णः स्वरूपतः।
तथा पिण्डस्थितो ह्यात्मा परिपूर्णः प्रकाशते।।५२।।
Just as the ether having the pot as its container, is
absolute by its nature, so is the Ātman residing in the body
also absolute. (52)
अन्तःस्थितं पराकाशं शिवमद्वैतलक्षणम्।
भावयेद् यः सुमनसा पिण्डाकाशः स उच्यते।।५३।।
He who contemplates through his pure mind Śiva who is
residing inside as the supreme ether and as one characterised
by non-duality, is called as “Piṇḍākāśa”. (53)
शिवागारमिदं प्रोक्तं शरीरं बोधदीपितम्।
षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वघटितं सुमनःपद्मपीठकम्।।५४।।

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पराकाशस्वरूपेण प्रकाशः परमेश्वरः।
हृदाकाशगुहालीनो दृश्यतेऽन्तः शरीरिणाम्।।५५।।
This body which is illumined by enlightenment is said to
be a temple which is constructed with thirty-six principles
(form Śiva to Bhūmi) and which is endowed with a lotus-seat
in the form of pure mind. Parameśvara is realised inside by
the accomplished Souls as appearing in the form of the
supreme ether of consciousness residing in the cave in the
form of the cavity of the heart of the embodied beings. (54-
55)
एतच्छिवपुरं प्रोक्तं सप्तधातुसमावृतम्।
अत्र हृत्पङ्कजं वेश्म सूक्ष्माम्बरमनोहरम्।।५६।।
तत्र सन्निहितः साक्षात् सच्चिदानन्दलक्षणः।
नित्यसिद्धः प्रकाशात्मा जलस्थाकाशवच्छिवः।।५७।।
This (body) is said to be the city of Śiva bound by the
seven essential ingredients (saptadātavaḥ.). In that the lotus
of the heart which is charming with subtle ether, is the
abode. In that remains actually Śiva who is always bound
there ever effulgent like the ether reflected in (clear) water.
(56-57)
अन्तराकाशबिम्बस्थमशेषोपाधिवर्जितम् ।
घटाकाश इव च्छिन्नं भावयेच्चिन्मयं शिवम्।।५८।।
Paraśiva who is of the nature of consciousness residing
in the heart-lotus inside free from all external adjuncts,
should be cherished (contemplated) as divided like the sky
limited by the pot. (58)
यथाकाशो विभुर्ज्ञेयः सर्वप्राण्युपरि स्थितः।
तथात्मेत्युपमानार्थं बिन्द्वाकाशस्थलं विदुः।।५९।।
Just as the ether can be known as all-pervasive and as
spreading above all the beings, so does the Ātman
knowable—thus as a means of comparison, this
Bindvākāśasthala is grasped. (59)
यथैको वायुराख्यातः सर्वप्रणिगतो विभुः।
तथात्मा व्यापकः साक्षात् सर्वप्राणिगतः स्वयम्।।६०।।
यथा वह्नेरमेयात्मा सर्वत्रैकोऽपि भासते।
तथा शम्भुः समस्तात्मा परिच्छेदविवर्जितः।।६१।।
सर्वेषां देहिनामन्तश्चित्ततोऽयं प्रकाशते।
तस्मिन् प्रतिफलत्यात्मा शिवो दर्पणवद् विभुः।।६२।।
एको वशीकृतः संवित्प्रकाशात्मा परात्परः।
सर्वप्राणिगतो भाति तथापि विभुरुच्यते।।६३।।
Just as one air, which is all pervasive, is said to have
asumed the life-breath of the beings, so the Ātman who is all-
peraśive, has himself been residing in all the beings. (60) Just
as one fire which is of immeasurable form, shines
everywhere, so is Śiva who is the Self of all, free from
division. (61) The heart-lotus resides in all the beings like a
mirror. Therein Śiva, who is all-pervaśive, gets reflected as
the Self. (62) Śiva, who is higher than the highest, who is
independent, who is of the nature of bright consciousness
and who is residing in all the beings, is still called all-
pervasive. (63)
एक एव यथा सूर्यस्तेजसा भाति सर्वगः।
तथात्मा शक्तिभेदेन शिवः सर्वगतो भवेत्।।६४।।
Just as one and only sun shines everywhere with his
lustre, so does Śiva, the Ātman, reside everywhere through
the diversification of his Śaktis. (64)
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अभिन्नः परमात्मेति महाकाशस्थलं विदुः ।।६५।।
यथा न भिन्नमाकाशं घटेषु च मठेषु च।
तथाण्डेषु पिण्डेषु स्थितो ह्यात्मा न भिद्यते ।।६६।।
The great ether, contained in the body (piṇḍāṇḍa) and
the world (brahmāṇḍa) is not different; in the same way,
Paramātman is not different from Jīvātman and this is known
as “Mahākāśasthala”. (65) Just as the ether is not different
in the pots and the monasteries, so the Ātman residing in the
worlds and the bodies, does not differ. (66)
अनिर्देश्यमनौपम्यमवाङ्मानसगोचरम्।
सर्वतोमुखसम्पन्नं सप्तानन्दं चिदात्मकम् ।।६७।।
कालातीतं कलातीतं क्रमयोगादिवर्जितम्।
स्वानुभूतिप्रमाणस्थं ज्योतिषामुदयस्थलम् ।।६८।।
शिवाख्यं परमं ब्रह्म परमाकाशलक्षणम्।
लिङ्गमित्युच्यते सद्भिर्यद्विना न जगत्स्थितिः ।।६९।।
This Paraśiva, the Supreme Brahman, who is depicted
as the Supreme Ether, who is indescribable, who is without
any comparison, who is beyond the range of speech and
mind, who is endowed with all round vision, who is reality
and bliss, who is supreme consciounsess, who transcends
time, who transcends all the “kalās” (instants), who is not
subjected to any order of modifications, who is evident
through self-realisation and who is the source of all the
luminaries, is said to be the “Mahāliṅga” by the wise.
Without that Mahāliṅga (Mahākāśa) the universe cannot
exist. (67-69)
परमाकाशमव्यक्तं प्रबोधानन्दलक्षणम्।
लिङ्गं ज्योतिर्मयं प्राहुर्लीयन्ते यत्र योगिनः ।।७०।।
संविदेव परा काष्ठा परमानन्दरूपिणी।
तामाहुः परमाकाशं मुनयो मुक्तसंशयाः ।।७१।।
The Supreme Ether, which is unmanifest, which is
characterised by intelligence and bliss, is called as the Liṅga
consisting in brilliance, wherin the Yogins merge. (70) The
divine consciousness which is of the nature of supreme bliss,
is the highest point. That is said to be the Supreme Ether by
the Yogins who are relieved of all doubts. (71)
तरङ्गादि यथा सिन्धोः स्वरूपान्नातिरिच्यते।
तथा शिवाच्चिदाकाशाद् विश्वमेतन्न भिद्यते ।।७२।।
Just as the waves, etc., of the ocean do not differ from
the nature of the ocean, so does this world not differ from
Śiva, the Supreme Ether. (72)
यथा पुष्पपलाशादि वृक्षरूपान्न भिद्यते।
तथा शिवात् पराकाशाज्जगतो नास्ति भिन्नता ।।७३।।
Just as the flowers, leaves, etc., do not differ from the
form of the tree, so this world has no difference from Śiva,
the Supreme Ether. (73)
यथा ज्योतींषि भासन्ते भूताकाशे पृथक्पृथक्।
तथा भान्ति पराकाशे ब्रह्माण्डानि विशेषतः ।।७४।।
Just as the luminaries shine separately in the elemental
ether, so in the Supreme Ether (i. e., Śiva) the worlds appear
separately. (74)
निरस्तोपाधिसम्बन्धं निर्मलं संविदात्मकम्।
पराकाशं जगच्चित्रविलासालम्बभित्तिकाम् ।।७५।।
The Supreme Ether (i.e., Paraśiva), which is bereft of
all the relation with external adjuncts and which is of the
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splendour of the picture in the form of the world. (75)
शिवस्य परिपूर्णस्य चिदाकाशस्वरूपिणः।
आत्मत्वेनानुसाधनात् क्रियाद्योतनवान् यमी।।७६।।
The Śivayogin is called “Kriyāprakāśavān” (one in
whom there is the inner revelation of one's Self as Śiva) as he
contemplates on Śiva, who is the absolute and who is the
ether of intelligence (Cit) in form, as being his own Self. (76)
निष्कळङ्कचिदानन्दगगनोपमरूपिणः ।
शिवस्य परिपूर्णस्य वृत्तिश्चैतन्यरूपिणी।।७७।।
The state or “being” of Śiva (Śivayogin), who is
absolute, and who is like the spotless ether of intelligence
and bliss, is in the form of “spiritual power” (Caitanya). (77)
निष्कळङ्के निराकारे नित्ये परमतेजसि।
विलीनचित्तवृत्तस्य तथा शक्तिः क्रियोच्यते।।७८।।
In the same way, the Śakti of the Śivayogin whose
mental inclinations are merged into the supreme brilliance
which is spotless, which is formless and which is eternal, is
called Kriyāśakti. (78)
सर्वज्ञः सर्वकर्ता च सर्वगः परमेश्वरः।
तदैक्यचिन्तया योगी तादृशात्मा प्रकाशते।।७९।।
The Parameśvara is omniscient, ommipotent and
omnipresent. With the contemplation of communion with
him, the Śivayogin appears as of the same nature. (79)
सर्वेन्द्रियाणां व्यापारे विद्यमानेऽपि संयमी।
प्रत्यङ्मुखेन मनसा शिवं पश्यन् प्रमोदेत।।८०।।
Although the functions of all the senses are going on,
the Yogin turns his mind inwards and delights on having a
vision of Śiva inside. (80)
कूटस्थमचलं प्राज्ञं गुणातीतं गुणोत्तरम्।
शिवतत्त्वं स्वरूपेण पश्यन् योगी प्रमोदेत।।८१।।
Realising the “Śivatattva” as the Supreme Soul which is
immovable, which is intelligent, which is beyound the Guṇas
and which is of great excellence as his own Self, the Śivayogin
enjoys extreme delight. (81)
परात्मनि क्रिया सर्वा गन्धर्वनगरीमुखा।
प्रकाशत इति प्रोक्तं क्रियायास्तु प्रकाशनम्।।८२।।
All the action in the Paramātman (Śivayogin) flashes
like the city of Gandharvas. Hence, this is called
“Kriyāprakāśasthala”. (82)
तरङ्गाद्या यथा सिन्धौ न भिद्यन्ते तथात्मनि।
भावा बुद्ध्यादयः सर्वे यत्तद् भावप्रकाशनम्।।८३।।
Just as the waves, foam, etc., (which appear) in the
ocean do not differ (from the ocean), so all the inner
conceptions such as intellect, etc., (which appear) in the
Ātman (i.e., in the Self of the Śivayogin) do not differ (from
his Self). (83)
शिव एव जगत्सर्वं शिव एवाहमित्यपि।
भावयन् परमो योगी भावदोषैर्न बाध्यते।।८४।।
शिवभावे स्थिरे जाते निर्लेपस्य महात्मनः।
ये ये भावाः समुत्पन्नास्ते ते शिवमयाः स्मृताः।।८५।।
Contemplating that “Śiva is alone the entire world and
Śiva is himself my Self”, the supreme Yogin is not tormented
by the defects of transmigration. (84) When the conception
of Śiva as everything becomes firm in the case of the
Śivayogin who is not attached to the objects of senses,
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their content. (85)
अद्वितीयशिवाकारभावनाध्वस्तकर्मणा ।
न किञ्चिद्भाव्यते साक्षात् शिवादन्यन्महात्मना।।८६।।
Nothing is actually conceived other than Śiva by the
great Śivayogin whose fund of Karman is exhausted totally
by the conception of the form of the non-dual Paraśiva. (86)
गलिताज्ञानबन्धस्य केवलात्मानुभाविनः।
यत्र यत्र इन्द्रियासक्तिस्तत्र तत्र शिवात्मता।।८७।।
In the case of the Śivayogin from whom the bondage of
ignorance has slipped away and who has merely the inner
experience of his Self as Śiva, wherever there is the contact
of the senses, there is the experience of Śiva there. (87)
रागद्वेषादयो भावाः संसारक्लेशकारणम्।
तेषामुपशमो यत्र तत्र भावः शिवात्मकः।।८८।।
In that Śivayogin in whom there is the pacification of
the feelings of attachment, hatred, etc., which happen to be
the cause of the afflictions of mundane life, the mental
conception is in the form of Śiva only. (88)
यथा सूर्यसमाक्रान्तौ न शक्नोति तमः सदा।
तथा प्रकाशमात्मानं नाविद्याक्रामति स्वयम्।।८९।।
Just as darkness is not able anytime to overcome the
sun, so is nescience by itself not able to overcome the Self
(the Śivayogin) which is of the form of brightness of self-
realisation. (89)
मुख्यार्थेऽसम्भवे जाते लक्षणायोगसंश्रयात्।
तज्ज्ञानयोजनं यत्तदुक्तं ज्ञानप्रकाशनम्।।९०।।
The justification (i.e., the compatiblity) of that
knowledge of the “Śiva-Jīvaikya” or “Liṅgāṅgasāmarasya”
through the application of the function of Indication
(Lakṣaṇā) when the primary sense (mukhyārtha) obtained
through Abhidhā (Denotation) is incompatible, is said to be
“Jñānaprakāśana” (the manifestation of knowledge). (90)
मुक्तस्य ज्ञानसम्बन्धो ज्ञेयाभावः स्वभावतः।
उपाधिसहितं ज्ञानं न भेदमतिवर्तते।।९१।।
ज्ञानमित्युच्यते सद्भिः परिच्छेदोऽपि वस्तुनः।
परात्मन्यपरिच्छेदे कुतो ज्ञानस्य सम्भवः।।९२।।
ज्ञानस्याविषये तत्त्वे शिवाख्ये चित्सुखात्मनि।
आत्मैकत्वानुसन्धानं ज्ञानमित्युच्यते बुधैः।।९३।।
The relation with the knowledge (of the meaning known
through Lakṣaṇā) and the absence of anything to be known,
are natural for the liberated Śivayogin. The knowledge with
adjuncts cannot transgress difference. (91) Even the
distinctive cognition of the objects is also said to be
knowledge by the learned. When there is no distinction in
the Supreme Soul, whence can knowledge arise? (92) The
contemplation consisting of concentration on the unity of
Ātman (Śivajīvaikya) in the Supreme Principle called Śiva
which cannot be the subject of ordinary knowledge and
which is of the nature of bliss of consciousness, is said to be
knowledge by the learned. (93)
अपरिच्छिन्नमानन्दं सत्ताकारं जगन्मयम्।
ब्रह्मेति लक्षणं ज्ञानं ब्रह्मज्ञानमिहोच्यते।।९४।।
ब्रह्मज्ञाने समुत्पन्ने विश्वोपाधिविवर्जिते।
सर्वं संविन्मयं भाति तदन्यन्नैव दृश्यते।।९५।।
तस्मादद्वैतविज्ञानमपवर्गस्य कारणम्।
भावयन् सततं योगी संसारेण न लिप्यते।।९६।।

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The knowledge of the definition of Brahman as the
undivided bliss and existence and as consisting of the world,
is here said to be the knowledge of Brahman. (94) When the
knowledge of Brahman, which is without the adjunct of the
world arises, everything appears as made up of spiritual
consciousness and nothing other than that is seen. (95)
Hence, assuming for ever that the knowledge of non-duality
is the cause for liberation, the Śivayogin is never
contaminated by transmigration. (96)
नित्ये निर्मलसत्त्वयोगिषु परे निर्वासाने निष्कले
सर्वातीतपदे चराचरमये सत्तात्मनि ज्योतिषि।
संविद्व्योम्नि शिवे विलीनहृदयस्त्वेद्वैवैमुख्यतः
साक्षात् सर्वगतो विभाति विगलद्विश्वः स्वयं
संयमी ।।९७।।
इति श्रीमत्षट्स्थलद्रह्मिणा
शिवयोगिनाम्ना विरचिते श्रीवीरशैवधर्मनिर्णये
श्रीसिद्धान्तशिखामणौ शरणस्थल-
विषयद्वादशविधलिङ्गप्रसङ्गो नामैकोनविंशः
परिच्छेदः समाप्तः ।।१९।।
With his mind merged in such a way as to be averse to
be different, into Paraśivabrahman, who is eternal, who is
supreme, who is without any impressions, who is without
limbs, who is in the state which is beyond the reach of all,
who is consisting of the movable and the immovable merged
in him, who is of the nature of existence, who is full of lustre
and who is the ether of consciousness, and with the slipping
away of the world, the Śivayogin (saṁyamī) actually appears
supreme among those Yogins who are endowed with pure
“Sattva” (bright) quality. (97)
Here ends the Nineteenth Chapter dealing with the twelve
Liṅgasthalas of the Śaraṇasthala in Śrīsiddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
which is the authority on Vīraśaivism, written by Śrī Śivayogi
Śivācārya who attained Brahman through the path of Six
Sthals (19)
विंशः परिच्छेदः
ऐक्यस्थलान्तर्गतनवविधलिङ्गस्थलप्रसङ्गः
अथागस्त्यप्रश्नः—
स्थलभेदास्त्वया प्रोक्ताः शरणस्थलसंश्रिताः।
ऐक्यस्थलगतान् ब्रूहि स्थलभेदान् गणेन्द्र मे ।।१।।
Then Agastya asks —
The kinds of (Liṅga) Sthalas pertaining to the
Śaraṇasthala are told. O Lord of the Gaṇas, tell me about
the kinds of Liṅgasthala pertaining to the Aikyasthala. (1)
अथास्य प्रश्नस्योत्तरं वक्ति —
स्थलानां नवकं चैक्यस्थलेऽस्मिन् प्रकीर्त्यते ।।२।।
Then Srī Reṇuka replies the question —
The Sthalas belonging to the Aikyasthala are said to be
nine. (2)
तत्स्वीकृतप्रसादैक्यस्थलमादौ प्रकीर्तितम्।
शिष्टौदनस्थलं चाथ चराचरलयस्थलम् ।।३।।
भाण्डस्थलं ततः प्रोक्तं भाजनस्थलमुत्तमम्।

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अङ्गालेपस्थलं पश्चात् स्वपराज्ञस्थलं ततः ।।४।।
भावाभावविनाशं च ज्ञानशून्यस्थलं ततः।
तदेषां क्रमशो वक्ष्ये शृणु तापस लक्षणम् ।।५।।
The Liṅgasthalas of the Aikyasthala are: 1.
S v ī k ṛ t a p r a s ā d i s t h a l a ,
2. Śiṣṭaudanasthala, 3. Carācaralayasthala, 4. Bhāṇḍasthala,
5. Bhājanasthala,
6. Aṅgālepasthala, 7. Svaparājñasthala, 8.
Bhāvābhāvavināśasthala and
9. Jñānaśūnyasthala. The Characteristics of these are told in
due order. Please listen, O mendicant. (3-5)
मुख्यार्थो लक्ष्यार्थश्च यत्र नास्ति चिदात्मनि।
विशृङ्खलतया तस्य प्रसादः स्वीकृतो भवेत् ।।६।।
In the Soul made up of “Cit” (supreme intelligence or
consciousness), there is neither the Primary sense nor the
Indicated sense; owing to its absolute freedom, the Soul
(Śivayogin) enjoys the bliss of “Prasādā”, the most profound
grace in the form of Self-realisation. (6)
मातृमेयप्रमाणादिव्यवहारे विहारिणीम्।
संवित्साक्षात्कृतिं लब्ध्वा योगी स्वात्मनि तिष्ठति ।।७।।
Having obtained the realisation of the consciousness
(knowledge or awareness)— the consciousness which is
present in the process of the knower, the known, the
knowledge, etc., — the Śivayogin remains in his own Self. (7)
अद्वैतबोधनिर्धूतभेदावेशस्य योगिनः।
साक्षात्कृतमहासंवित्प्रकाशस्य क्व बन्धनम् ।।८।।
In the case of the Śivayogin in whom the influence of
difference has been eradicated by the knowledge of non-
duality and who has the revelation of the great brilliance of
supreme consciousness, whence can there be bondage at all?
(8)
चिदात्मनि शिवे न्यस्तं जगदेतच्चराचरम्।
जायते तन्मयं सर्वमग्नौ काष्ठादिकं यथा ।।९।।
This entire world of the movable and the immovable
which is placed in Śiva consisting in pure consciousness,
becomes Śiva in form just as the wooden sticks, etc., assume
the form of fire in fire. (9)
न भाति पृथ्‍वी न जलं न तेजो नैव मारुतः।
नाकाशो न परं तत्त्वं शिवे दृष्टे चिदात्मनि ।।१०।।
When once Śiva, who is of the nature of consciousness,
is seen, earth does not appear, nor water, nor light, nor wind,
nor ether nor any other supreme principle. (10)
ज्योतिर्लिङ्गे चिदाकारे ज्वलत्यन्तर्निरन्तरम्।
विलीनं निखिलं तत्त्वं पश्यन् योगी न लिप्यते ।।११।।
Visualing steadily inside the entire multitude of
principles(36) as having merged in the “Jyotirliṅga” which is
in the form of consciounsess and which shines inside, the
Śivayogin is not contaminated by anything. (11)
अन्तर्मुखेन मनसा स्वात्मज्योतिषि चिन्मये।
सर्वानप्यर्थविषयान् जुह्वन् योगी प्रमोदेत ।।१२।।
Offering as oblation all the concepts of the objects,
through his inward mind, into the fire of his Self (which is
Paraśiva), which is of the nature of consciouness, the
Śivayogin gets delighted. (12)
सच्चिदानन्दजलधौ शिवे स्वात्मनि निर्मलः।
समर्प्य सकलान् भुङ्क्ते विषयान् तत्प्रसादतः ।।१३।।
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pristine Self which is Paraśiva, the ocean of existence,
intelligence, and bliss, the Śivayogin who is pure, partakes
them as the “Prasāda” of that Śiva. (13)
प्रकाशते या सर्वेषां माया सैवौदनाकृतिः।
लीयते तत्र चिल्लिङ्गे शिष्टं तत्परिकीर्तितम्॥१४॥
जगदङ्गे परिग्रस्ते मायापाशविजृम्भिते।
स्वात्मज्योतिषि बोधेन तदेकमवशिष्यते॥१५॥
That “Māyā” (evolved existence), which appears to all,
is in the form of the food (odana); it merges into that
“Cilliṅga” (Liṅga in the form of intelligence or
consciousness); this is called “Śiṣṭa” (remnant) for the
Śivayogin. (14) When the body, in the form of the world,
which is bound by the fetters of Māyā, is overwhelmed
through enlightenment, by the brightness of Self-awareness,
what remains is that “Māyātattva” only. (15)
अखण्डसच्चिदानन्दपरब्रह्मस्वरूपिणः।
जीवन्मुक्तस्य धीरस्य माया कैङ्कर्यवादिनी॥१६॥
To the Śivayogin who is of the nature of Parabrahman
characterised by absolute existence, intelligence and bliss,
who is liberated even while alive and who is enlightened,
Māyā acts as the maid-servent. (16)
विश्वसंमोहिनी माया बहुशक्तिनिरङ्कुशा।
शिवैकत्वमुपेतस्य न पुरः स्थातुमीहति॥१७॥
The Māyā who fascinates the world and who is
independent through her abundent power, does not like to
stand before the Śivayogin who has attained oneness with
Śiva. (17)
ज्योतिर्लिङ्गे चिदाकारे निमग्नेन महात्मना।
भुज्यमाना यथायोगं नश्यन्ति विषयाः स्वतः॥१८॥
The objects of senses which are being enjoyed as the
occasion arises by the great Śivayogin who has merged in the
“Joytiriliṅga” of the nature of consciousness, get themselves
exhausted. (18)
शब्दादयोऽपि विषया भुज्यमानास्तदिन्द्रियैः।
आत्मन्येव विलीयन्ते सरितः सागरे यथा॥१९॥
The objects of senses such as sound, etc., being enjoyed
by their respective senses, get absorbed in the Ātman
himself like the rivers in the ocean. (19)
अर्थजातमशेषं तु ग्रसन् योगी प्रशाम्यति।
स्वात्मनैवास्थितो भानुस्तेजोजालमशेषतः॥२०॥
The Śivayogin who has absorbed into his Self the entire
multitude of sense-objects, becomes calm, like the sun who
remains by withdrawing the entire net-work of his rays in
himself. (20)
लिङ्गैक्ये तु समापन्ने चरणाचरणे गते।
निर्देही स भवेद्योगी चराचरविनाशकः॥२१॥
When the universe consisting of the movable and the
immovable objects (caraṇa-acaraṇa=cara-acara), becomes
absorbed into the “Liṅga”, the Śivayogin who is free from all
bodily characteristics, comes to be called as
“Carācaravināśaka” (one who causes the universe to
disappear). (21)
अनाद्यविद्यामूला हि प्रतीतिर्जगतामियम्।
स्वात्मैकबोधातन्नाशे कुतो विश्वप्रकाशनम्॥२२॥
This apprehension of the world is rooted in the
beginningless nescience. When that is lost due to the
realisation of non-duality of Ātman, whence can there be the
flash of the world? (22)

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यथा मेघाः समुद्भूता विलीयन्ते नभस्थले।
तथात्मनि विलीयन्ते विषयाः स्वानुभाविनः।।२३।।
Just as the cloud arising in the expanse of the sky gets
absorbed there itself, so are the objects of the senses get
absorbed in the Self of the Śivayogin who is accomplished in
the mystic experience of the Self as Śiva himself. (23)
स्वप्ने दृष्टं यथा वस्तु प्रबोधे लयमश्नुते।
तथा सांसारिकं सर्वमात्मज्ञाने विनश्यति ।।२४।।
Just as the object seen in the dream disappears on
awakening, so does all that is mundane disappear on the
dawn of Self-realisation. (24)
जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिभ्यः परावस्थामुपेयुषः।
किं वा प्रमाणं किं ज्ञेयं किं वा ज्ञानस्य साधनम् ।।२५।।
In the case of the Śivayogin who has attained to the
supreme state (turīyāvasthā) beyond the wakeful, dream and
dreamless sleep states, what is the means of knowledge?
What is to be known? What is the instrument of knowledge?
(25)
तुर्यातीतपदं यत्तद् दूरं वाङ्मनसाध्वनः।
अनुप्रविश्य तद्योगी न भूयो विश्वमीक्षते ।।२६।।
The state of “Turyātīta” (the state beyond the fourth
state) is that which is beyond the range of speech and mind.
Having entered that state, the Yogin does not witness the
world again. (26)
नान्यत् पश्यति योगीन्द्रो नान्यज्जानाति किञ्चन।
नान्यच्छृणोति सन्दृष्टे चिदानन्दमये शिवे ।।२७।।
When Paraśiva, who is consisting of intelligence and
bliss, is seen (realised), the great Śivayogin, does not see
anything else, does not know anything else and does not hear
anything else.(27)
असदेव जगत्सर्वं सदिव प्रतिभासते।
ज्ञाते शिवे तदज्ञानं स्वरूपमुपपद्यते ।।२८।।
The entire world, which is “non-existent” apart from
Paraśiva, appears as “existent” apart from Paraśiva. When
Śiva is realised, that ignorance transforms into the form of
“Cicchakti” (Jñānaśakti). (28)
ब्रह्माण्डशतकोटीनां सर्गस्थितिलयान् प्रति।
स्थानभूतो विमर्शे यस्तद्भाण्डस्थलमुच्यते ।।२९।।
The “Vimarśā-śakti” (Power of discrimination) of the
Śivayogin which is the basis of creation, protection and
absorption of hundreds of crores of worlds, is said to be
“Bhāṇḍa-sthala” (realisation of the substratum). (29)
विमर्शाख्या पराशक्तिर्विश्वोद्भासनकारिणी।
साक्षिणी सर्वभूतानां सम्मिन्धे सर्वतोमुखी ।।३०।।
The “Parāśakti” called “Vimarśā”, who is the revealer
of the entire world and who is the witness of all the beings,
displays herself all around. (30)
विश्वं यत्र लयं याति विभात्यात्मा चिदाकृतिः।
सदानन्दमयः साक्षात् सा विमर्शमयी कला ।।३१।।
She in whom the world gets absorbed, who appears as
the Ātman in the form of consciousness and in whom the
Yogin actually enjoys the state of reality and bliss, is the Śakti
(Kalā) of the nature of “Vimarśā”. (31)
पराहन्तासमावेशपरिपूर्णविमर्शवान् ।
सर्वज्ञः सर्वगः साक्षी सर्वकर्ता महेश्वरः ।।३२।।
The Śivayogin who is endowed with absolute “Vimarśā”
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(Parāhantā) is the omniscient, all-pervasive, all-witnessing
and omnipotent Maheśvara (the Great Lord Śiva). (32)
विश्वाधारमहासंवित्प्रकाशपरिपूरितम्।
पराहन्तामयं प्राहुर्विमर्शं परमात्मनः॥३३॥
विमर्शाभाण्डविन्यस्तविश्वतत्त्वविजृम्भणः।
अनन्यमुखसम्प्रेक्षी मुक्तः स्वात्मनि तिष्ठति॥३४॥
The “Vimarśa” of the Paramātman which is filled fully
with the brilliance of the great knowledge (consciousness)
that happens to be the substratum of the world, is said to be
filled with “Parāhantā”. (33) Having deposited the
displayed Principles forming the the universe in the
receptacle of his “Vimarśa”, the Śivayogin stations himself
in his own Self (which is Śiva) without being inclined to see
anything else. (34)
समस्तजगदण्डानां सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारणम्।
विमर्शो भासते यत्र तद्भाजनमिहोच्यते॥३५॥
विमर्शाख्या पराशक्तिर्विश्ववैचित्र्यकारिणी।
यस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितं ब्रह्म तदिदं विश्वभाजनम्॥३६॥
That in which the “Vimarśaśakti” that is the cause for
the creation, protection and absorption of the entire
multitude of worlds, appears, is said to be the “Bhājana”
here (in the case of the Śivayogin). (35) That in which
Parāśakti called “Vimarśā” that causes the variety of the
world, is established, is the Paraśivabrahman and that is the
“Bhājana” (receptacle) of the world. (36)
अन्तःकरणरूपेण जगदङ्कुररूपतः।
यस्मिन् विभाति चिच्छक्ति र्ब्रह्मभूतः स उच्यते॥३७॥
He in whom the “Cicchakti” (power of knowledge)
appears in the form of his consciousness and in the form of
the sport of the universe, is said to be Paraśivabrahman. (37)
यथा चन्द्रे स्थिरा ज्योत्स्ना विश्ववस्तुप्रकाशिनी।
तथा शक्तिविमर्शात्मा प्रकारे ब्रह्मणि स्थिता॥३८॥
Just as moonlight which reveals all the objects, is
permanent in the moon, so is the Vimarśaśakti permanent in
Brahman (Paraśiva) in the aspect created for it by his will.
(38)
अकारः शिव आख्यातो हकारः शक्तिरुच्यते।
शिवशक्तिमयं ब्रह्म स्थितमेकमहंपदे॥३९॥
“Akāra” (the syllable “अ”) is said to be Śiva and
“Hakāra” (the syllable “ह”) is said to be Śakti. Śiva-Śakti-
synthesis is Brahman. It stands as one denoted by the word
“Aham”. (39)
अहन्तां परमां प्राप्य शिवशक्तिमयीं स्थिराम्।
ब्रह्मभूयंगतो योगी विश्वात्मा प्रतिभासते॥४०॥
Having attained that supreme “Ahantā” consisting in
the permanent Śiva-Śakti-synthesis, the Yogin who has
become Paraśiva-Śakti-synthesis, appears as the universe in
form. (40)
वृक्षस्थं पत्रापुष्पादि वटबीजस्थितं यथा।
तथा हृदयबीजस्थं विश्वमेतत् परात्मनः॥४१॥
Just as the leaves, flowers, etc., of the (banyan) tree, are
in their potential form hidden in the seed of the banyan tree,
so is the entire universe hidden in the seed of the heart of the
Paramātman.(41)
दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नं चिदानन्दमयं महत्।
यस्य रूपमिदं ख्यातं सोऽङ्गालेप इहोज्यते॥४२॥

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He (the Śivayogin) whose form is well known to be not
subjected to the limitations of place, time, etc., to be
consisting in supreme intelligence and bliss and to be
magnamimous, is here called “Aṅgālepa” (one whose body
is not the means of defilement to him). (42)
समस्तजगदात्मापि संविद्रूपो महामतिः।
लिप्यते नैव संसारैर्र्यथा धूमादिभिर्नभः।।४३।।
The enlightened Yogin who is the “Ātman” of the entire
universe and who is of the nature of consciousness, is not at
all stained by the worldly associations, like the sky by the
smoke, etc. (43)
न विधिर्न निषेधश्च न विकल्पो न वासना।
केवलं चित्स्वरूपस्य गलितप्राकृतात्मनः।।४४।।
There is neither injunction nor prohibition, neither
indecision nor mental impression in the case of the Śivayogin
who is of the nature of pure consciousness and who has been
relieved of the ordinary inclinations to action. (44)
घटादिषु पृथग्भूतं यथाऽऽकाशं न भिद्यते।
तथोपाधिगतं ब्रह्म नानारूपं न भिद्यते।।४५।।
अनश्वरमनिर्देश्यं यथा व्योम प्रकाशते।
तथा ब्रह्मापि चैतन्यमत्र वैशेषिकी कला।।४६।।
Just as the ether which is separated as contained in the
pot, etc., does not differ, so the Brahman who has many
forms as contained in the adjuncts does not differ.(45) Just
as the ether appears as not transitory and as indescribable,
so does Brahman appear. But consciousness has been his
distingnishing mark.(46)
न देवत्वं न मानुष्यं न तिर्यक्त्वं न चान्यथा।
सर्वाकारत्वमाख्यातं जीवन्मुक्तस्य योगिनः।।४७।।
There is no form of a god, nor of a man, nor of an
animal, nor of any other thing in the case of the Śivayogin
who is liberated even while alive. He is said to be omniform.
(47)
अप्रमेये चिदाकारे ब्रह्मण्यद्वैतवैभवे।
विलीनः किं नु जानाति स्वात्मानं परमेव वा।।४८।।
When the Śivayogin is completely merged into the
splendour of non-duality in Paraśiva who is beyond grasp and
who is of the form of supreme consciousness, can he know of
his “Self” or of the “other Self”? (48)
यत्र नास्ति भिदायोगादहं त्वमिति विभ्रमः।
न संयोगो वियोगश्च न ज्ञेयज्ञातृकल्पना।।४९।।
न बन्धो न च मुक्तिश्च न देवाद्यभिमानिता।
न सुखं नैव दुःखं च नाज्ञानं ज्ञानमेव वा।।५०।।
नोत्कृष्टत्वं न हीनत्वं नोपरिष्टान्न चाप्यधः।
न पश्चान्नैव पुरतो न दूरे किञ्चिदन्तरे।।५१।।
सर्वाकारे चिदानन्दे सत्यरूपिणि शाश्वते।
पराकाशमये तस्मिन् परे ब्रह्मणि निर्मले।।५२।।
एकीभावमुपेतानां योगिनां परमात्मनाम्।
परापरपरिज्ञानपरिहासकथा कुतः।।५३।।
There is no delusion of difference as regards “I” and
“You” due to communion, neither conjunction nor
separation, nor any conception of the knowable and the
knower, there is neither bondage nor release, nor any
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ignorance nor knowledge; there is neither excellence nor
degradation, neither above nor below, neither behind nor in
front, neither far nor near; such is Paraśiva who is omniform,
who is the bliss of consciousness, who is eternally true, who
is permanent, who is of the nature of the supreme ether and
who is pure; in the case of the great Souls, the Śivayogins,
who have become one with such Paraśiva, how can there be
the ridicule in the form of the awareness of one’s self and the
otherself? (49-53)
देशकालानवच्छिन्नतेजोरूपसमाश्रयात् ।
स्वपरज्ञानविरहात् स्वपराज्ञस्थलं विदुः ॥५४॥
Due to his absorption in the brilliance of Paraśiva which
is free from spacio-temporal limitations and due to his lack
of awareness of his “Self” and another “Self”, this state of
the Śivayogin is known as “Śvaparājñasthala”.(54)
त्वन्ताहन्ताविनिर्मुक्ते शून्यकल्पे चिदम्बरे ।
एकीभूतस्य सिद्धस्य भावाभावकथा कुतः ॥५५॥
In the case of the accomplished Śivayogin who has
become one with the Ether of Consciousness (Paraśiva)
which is free from the notions of “You” and “I” and which is
thus a state similar to void, how can there be the conception
of the positive and the negative? (55)
अहंभावस्य शून्यत्वादभावस्य तथात्मनः ।
भावभावविनिर्मुक्तो जीवन्मुक्तः प्रकाशते ॥५६॥
सुखदुःखादिभावेषु नाभावो भाव एव वा।
विद्यते चित्स्वरूपस्य निर्लेपस्य महात्मनः ॥५७॥
The Śivayogin who is liberated even while alive appears
as relieved from the “Bhāva” and the “Abhāva”, because of
the absence of the positive conception of “I” and of the
negative conception that there is no Ātman (apart from the
body). (56) In the case of the Śivayogin who is of the nature
of supreme consciousness and who is not associated with
anything, there is no conception of either “Abhāva” or