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

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ter as the eye-glasses make the eye see better. Thou art
neither the Supreme Being (Tat Param) who is above
thyself and Maya. Thou art different from both.
Second Argument.
Churnika.—As the phrase “my body” is used in a sepa-
rate possessive sense, there is a soul different from the
body.
Varthikam.—As something exists apart when it says
‘this is my arm’ ‘this is my leg’ as when it speaks of my
town, and my house. It is established that this something
is the soul.
Illustration.—As thou speakest of thy wife and thy
house as thine and as identical with thyself, so thou
speakest of thy hands and thy feet and thy impression
and sensation, as though they are not different from you.
If examined deeply, thou wilt find the body, arms, &c.
to be different from thyself.
Third Argument.
Churnika.—As he understands all the five different
sensations, he is different from all the five senses which
can only feel each a particular sensation.
Varthikam.—As among the five senses, one cannot
feel what another can feel, and as there exists some-
thing which feels all the five classes of sensations by
means of all the five senses, it is established that this
something is the soul.
Illustration.—If there is something which understands
the actions of all the five senses in the body which are