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

84 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
Third Argument.
Churnika.—The soul does not see itself when in union
with the five senses.
Varthikam.—The souls, being blinded by the senses
forget their real nature, as the senses do not show the soul
its own nature but only put before it, its own impressions,
just like the colors reflected on a mirror.
Illustration.—The soul, who, after reflecting that the
knowledge derived from the material senses is only material,
like the colors reflected on a mirror, and that these color-like
sensations are different from itself, and after perceiving such
false knowledge as false, understands the Truth, will be-
come the servant of God who is different from such Asat.
Fourth Argument.
Churnika.—The soul will know itself when it forgets
the senses.
Varthikam.—The soul reaches the feet of its Lord
when it sees itself to be different from the senses, just as a
man reaches the ground, when the rope of the swing breaks.
Illustrations.—(a) The soul which becomes bound with
Pasam, like the river flood when stopped by an embankment,
will not leave the Divine Feet of the Lord, who is un-
changeable, after once attaining Them, onbeing freed from
the ties of the world, like the flood which reaches the sea
on the embankments being destroyed.
(b.) If every object is God, then no body need attain
God's feet. If He is not every thing, He is not God.
Everything cannot see Him, as though the eye sees all
objects, all the other senses cannot see. Understand the su-
premacy of eyesight in persons who recover their eyesight.