शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

FIFTH SUTRA. 57
NOTES.
This Sutra points out the essential limitation of all human
senses, faculties, and the soul. The power of each is limited
to knowing or perceiving the lower one and it cannot perceive
itself or the higher faculty, and one faculty cannot perform the
functions of another. The external and internal senses and the
soul are therefore placed in an ascending order. Of these the
highest, the soul can only perceive and know what is subordinate
to itself. It cannot know itself nor know God. It is on this
analogy and for this reason that God is imperceivable by the
human senses and inconceivable by the human mind or soul;
and it will be seen further that the soul cannot see God at any
time by its own powers and that even the Yogi sees nothing but
a figment of his own brain.
Not only are these human powers limited in their nature
but there exists an interdependance of the lower over the higher.
In the last sutra, it was shown that the soul does not become
conscious till the Andakarana are evolved from matter; and it is
here shown that the Andakarana themselves will not act unless
the soul influences them and act together; and that the Andakara-
na have no independent action. And it is further seen that the
higher consciousness exists or even predominates when the lower
ones cease. That which stands therefore to the soul as the soul
stands towards mind, is God, 'முற்றறிவன்', Perfect Intelligence
பேரறிவன் 'Supreme intelligence' or as described in the next
sutra 'Siva Sat' or 'Chit Sat.' And herein consists the most
important distinction between God and man, and which entitles