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

TENTH SUTRA. 101
2. when the man mistaken for a post is ascertained to
be a man ;
3. when the cause of the earthen pot is found to be
earth (causation) ;
4. when the color or quality of a thing is found to be
united to the thing itself, (a thing and its inseparable attribute);
5. when the iron becomes red hot, (iron and heat);
6. when water is mixed with the milk ;
7. when the charmer becomes one with the object of his
Mantra ;
8. when the heated iron absorbs water ;
9. when the man becomes one with the devil when
possessed ;
10. when the fire-wood is covered up by the flames ;
11. when the lamp is lighted before the midday sun ;
12. when two lovers become one by the result of their
love ;
13. when two friends become united by friendship ;
14. when two animals are one by mere resemblance or
similarity such as color, &c.
It would be noticed that some of these relationships are exact-
ly what have been already used as illustrations in the preceding
pages, but it should be carefully noted that they are used as
mere illustrations only and nothing more. These are not to be
mistaken for the actual truth itself and the only similarity in
nature which appoximates almost to truth itself is found in the
relation of the soul and God in the bantha condition. In the
bantha condition soul exists and God is non-existent ; in