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

2 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
Udarana.—The world, if it exists, is followed by des-
truction and reproduction. Having seen that particular
species in nature have particular seasons of reproduction,
development, and decay, will not the wise argue that the
world also undergoes periodical changes ?
Second Argument.
Churnika.—These changes are caused by Hara.
Varthikam.—Objects not in existence (unreal) do not
come into visible being, hence the seen universe must be an
entity. As products of industry cannot be produced except
by an artisan, so the world which appears as a product has
a Creator or an Efficient Cause. And the cosmos can only
be developed from the condition into which it had been
dissolved previously in Samharam.
Udarana (a). The world which has been resolved into
Hara must emanate from Him. The dissolution is required
as rest for Karma Mala, and the reproduction for the re-
moval of Anava Mala. All will admit that things will be
reproduced from what they had been resolved into. If you
say that the world resolved into Vishnu whose form is
Mulaprakriti, then all the higher products of Maya above
Mulaprakriti will not be dissolved. All the products of
Maya become resolved along with Vishnu and Brahma into
Hara who is the author of both.
(b). Just as a sprout appears when a seed is embedded
in moist earth, so the world is created from Maya by the
Sakti or Light of Iswara, whose creation is in accordance
with the unchangeable laws of Karma; and Lo! the Power of
Sakti!
Just as, when not sprouting, the seed is concealed in the
earth, so Maya exists in God when not differentiated. And