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

12 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
and identifies itself with the body. Similarly though the
Lord stands in a similar intimate relation with the soul, He
is not the soul, and the soul cannot become the Lord. In
the human state, He is one and not one with the soul.
(b). The vedic Text, ‘Ekam evadwithiyam Brahma’
‘Ekam Eva Rudro Nadwitiyaya thas theh’ means that there
is only one Supreme Being withont a second. And this one
is the Pathi and not the soul. You who say (ignorantly)
you are one (with the Lord) are the soul and are bound up
with Pasa. As we say that without (the primay sound) ‘A’
all other letters will not sound, so the Vedas say “without
the Lord, no other things will exist.”
(c). The Arul Sakti of the Lord which pervades the whole
universe is inseparably and eternally connected with the
world, just like the sound in the tune and the flavour in
the fruit. So, the rare Vedas declare that Brahm is
Adwaitham and not Ekam with the universe.
(d). Just like the whetstone composed of gold, wax and
sand, God is one with the world and is different from it and
He is neither (Bethabetham). When God enters my
soul, when I am freed from Pasam, I identify myself with
God, and say I am all the world.
Second Argument.
Churnika.—Hara makes the souls eat the fruit of their
Karma.
Varthikam.—The soul’s good and bad Karma are induced
by the Gnana Sakti of the Lord; just as a king protects
his town by appointing watchmen to guard it and thus
exercises his authority.
Illustrations (a). The soul joining the body caused by its
previous Karma eats the fruits thereof. Similarly our pre-