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

62 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
O! Thou, who art not Asat. If similes are required to
illustrate that the world is Asat, they are the figures formed
on the water, the dreams and the cloud-car. They disappear
before Him, as does darkness before the sun.
Second Argument..
Churnika.—The Being so arrived at (that is not per-
ceived by the soul) is Hara.
Varthikam.—All objects understood by us do not require
a light to know them by, and all not so understood cannot
be known even with a light. Hence that which is not
included in these two and which is beyond the ken of human
powers and is within its ken also, that is Sivam which is
Sat.
Illustrations.—(a) If the meaning of the expression
that God is neither what can be proved and known by us
nor what cannot be known is asked, he who has found the
truth will say that He exists. He cannot be seen by the
human understanding as He will then become Asat. He
must be seen by the Arul Sakti of Siva who cannot be
known by man. This Arul Sakti is His Foot.
(b) The faculties by which the Soul perceives are Asat.
Therefore none of them can perceive the One. Even
thou, who so perceivest, cannot understand Him. If
examined, what thou perceivest will be different from
thee. He who has understood himself will perceive him-
self to be not different from Him, as he merges his per-
sonality in Him and understands through His Arul.
(c) If God is capable of being meditated by man, He
becomes Asat. If He is regarded as a Being beyond human