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

A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
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।।
After offering all the objects of the senses to his own

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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
conceit as god, etc., neither joy nor sorrow, neither

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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