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

34 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
III
THIRD SUTRA.
ON THE EXISTENCE OF SOUL.
Sutra. It rejects every portion of the body as
not being itself ; It says my body ; it is conscious
of dreams ; it exists in sleep without feeling pleasure
or pain or movements ; it knows from others ; This
is the soul which exists in the body formed as a
machine from Maya.
Commentary.
This treats of Atmā Prakasa and consists of seven
arguments.
First Argument.
Churnika.—An intelligent soul exists, as its intelligence
is exercised when it says “this is not the soul, this is
not the soul.”
Varthikam.—As there exists something after it rejects
everything else as not being the soul, it is established that
this something is the soul.
Illustration.—Standing in intimate and inseparable
connection with each and every part of the body and its
organs, an intelligence of the form of Sri Panchatchara
is found to exist which is not one or other of these.
That Thou art. Thou art not Maya, with which thou art
united, as it only enables thy understanding to shine bet-