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

98 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
Varthikam.—It is enjoined that the Soul should
perceive its actions to be those of the Lord’s, unceasingly,
as it will not act, except with His Arul, and, in consequence,
ignorance and Karma will not enter it.
Illustrations.—(a) If the soul determines that the
senses are not itself, and that their actions are not its own,
and that the perceived objects are also not itself, and that
it is the servant of Hara, and then arrives at the conclusion,
that everything is His work, then none of the actions of
the Soul which, thus, attributes every work to Him, will
affect it, in whatever body it may be encased. And
Praraptha Karma will also then cease.
(b.) As it is the prerogative of the great to protect
those who resort to them, so God raises those who approach
Him and yet bears no ill-will (to the rest). He transforms
His devotees into His own Form ; and the rest who do not
approach Him, He makes them eat the fruits of their own
Karma. These two functions He performs according to the
deserts of each.
(c.) Like the smell which is present in the pot, even
after the asafœtida is removed, the effects of the Gnani's
previous Karma will be felt in the material body and
yet they will not furnish food for a future birth, as it,
having been transformed into the Lord is fixed in Him.
(d.) Like the Siddha who, sitting in fire, is not burnt
by it, and like the horseman who, riding on the fleetest
animal, does not lose his hold, the Gnanis who, ascertaining
the true path, fix their thoughts on the Divine Feet of Hara,
will not, though, having perception through the senses,
be affected by such perception, and leave their true nature.