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

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TWELFTH SUTRA.
NOTES.
In Sivagnana Siddhi, the purport of this Sutra is given
as Adiavar Lakshana or Bhakta Lakshana. The Jivan Mukta,
even after he has obtained the Anubuthi as described in the last
Sutra, cannot afford to indulge in Karmic acts so long as he is
encased in the flesh. There is no playing with fire. If he does,
he is sure to be brought back again into the Cycle of Karmic
evolution. Hence the caution conveyed in the first argument.
But if he should do anything or wish to do anything, let him join
the Society of Bhaktas, and avoid the Society of sinners. He is
also directed to love them and worship their forms and the forms in
the temple. In this mode of worship, is pointed out the way for
other mortals, of worship of God who surpasses powers of
thought and speech. In the preceding pages, I have pointed out
why it is not possible to know God. Yet in our own heart of
hearts, we yearn to worship and glorify Him, and this necessity is
also provided for. The principle of it is found in the fact that God
is Omnipresent and is one with or in Adwaitha relation with
everything, animate and inanimate. We must worship Him
as one of these. Hence it is, in the Veda, in Sri Ruthram, God is
addressed by naming every object of creation. The Gnani who
sees the objects, does not see them though, but only God's
Presence. However for mortals, they have got a choice. God,
though He is present in everything, is non-apparent as the ghee
in the milk. But there are forms, in which we can feel His
Presence more apparently like the butter in the curds.
“ விறகிற்றீயினன் பாலிற் படுநெய் போல்
மறைய நின்றனன் மாமணிச் சோதியான்
உறவு கோல் நட்டு உணர்வு கயிற்றினால்
முறுக வாங்கிக் கடையமுன் னிற்குமே.”