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

SECOND SUTRA. 11
II
SECOND SUTRA.
THE RELATION OF GOD TO THE WORLD
AND TO SOULS.
Sutra. He is one with the souls (Abetha) He is
different from them (Betha). He is one and different
from them (Bethabetha). He stands in Samavaya
union with His Gnana Sakti and causes the souls to
undergo the processes of evolution (births) and re-
turn (Samharam) by inducing their good and bad
acts (Karma).
Commentary.
This treats of the subject of Rebirths and consists of 4
principal arguments.
First Argument.
Churnika.—Hara exists in all the souls inseparably (as
one with them.)
Varthikam.—The word Adwaitham cannot mean oneness
or Ekam; as without a second, no one can think of himself
as one, and as the very thought implies two things. The
word simply denies the separate existence and separability
of the two. In this sense, it is said here that the souls exist
as one with the Lord.
Illustrations (a). The soul, standing in its body composed
of bones, muscles, &c., and in union with the senses, answers
to the name given for its body, when any body addresses it,