शिवसूत्राणि
Śivasūtrāṇi
- 1 ātmā cittam The (individual) self is the mind.
- 2 jñānaṃ bandhaḥ (Such limited) knowledge is bondage.
- 3 kalādīnāṃ tattvānām aviveko māyā Non-discrimination among the tattvas beginning with kalā is māyā.
- 4 śarīre saṃhāraḥ kalānām (Let there be) dissolution of the (limiting) parts in the body (by meditation).
- 5 nāḍī-saṃhāra-bhūta-jaya-bhūta-kaivalya-bhūta-pṛthaktvāni (He achieves) dissolution of the nāḍīs, mastery of the elements, isolation from the…
- 6 mohāvaraṇāt siddhiḥ (Inferior) siddhis come from the veil of delusion.
- 7 moha-jayād anantābhogāt sahaja-vidyā-jayaḥ By conquest of delusion and through infinite expansion (of awareness), one masters innate…
- 8 jāgrad dvitīya-karaḥ (The yogin's) waking state is (only) a second ray (of his inner light).
- 9 nartaka ātmā The Self is a dancer.
- 10 raṅgo 'ntarātmā The inner self is (his) stage.
- 11 prekṣakāṇīndriyāṇi The senses are the spectators.
- 12 dhī-vaśāt sattva-siddhiḥ Through the power of (illumined) intellect, attainment of pure being (sattva) arises.
- 13 siddhaḥ svatantra-bhāvaḥ The state of (perfect) freedom is (thus) attained.
- 14 yathā tatra tathānyatra As (he is freely) there (in his own body), so (he is) elsewhere (in any other).
- 15 bījāvadhānam (Let his) attention (be ever) on the Seed (the supreme Śakti).
- 16 āsana-sthaḥ sukhaṃ hrade nimajjati Established in the (true) seat (of power), he easily plunges into the Lake (of supreme…
- 17 sva-mātrā-nirmāṇam āpādayati He brings about creation according to his own measure (of consciousness).
- 18 vidyāvināśe janma-vināśaḥ When (Pure) Knowledge does not vanish, there is the destruction of (further) birth.
- 19 kavargādiṣu māheśvaryādyāḥ paśu-mātaraḥ Māheśvarī and the other (śaktis), presiding over the classes of consonants (ka-varga, etc.
- 20 triṣu caturthaṃ tailavad āsecyam The Fourth (state) should be infused like oil into the three (states of waking, dream,…
- 21 magnaḥ sva-cittena praviśet Immersed (in the Self), let him enter (the Heart) by his own (purified) mind.
- 22 prāṇa-samācāre sama-darśanam When prāṇa flows (gently and evenly), equal vision (of all things) arises.
- 23 madhye 'vara-prasavaḥ
- 24 mātrāsva-pratyaya-sandhāne naṣṭasya punar-utthānam
- 25 śiva-tulyo jāyate (Such a yogin) becomes equal to Śiva.
- 26 śarīra-vṛttir vratam The (mere) maintenance of the body is (his) vow.
- 27 kathā japaḥ (His ordinary) speech is (his) japa.
- 28 dānam ātma-jñānam (His) gift (to others) is Self-knowledge.
- 29 yo 'vipastho jñā-hetuś ca
- 30 sva-śakti-pracayo 'sya viśvam The universe is, for him, the expansion of his own śakti.
- 31 sthiti-layau (Its) maintenance and dissolution (are likewise his own expansion).
- 32 tat-pravṛttāv apy anirāsaḥ saṃvettṛ-bhāvāt Even when that (creation/dissolution) is occurring, there is no loss (of his real…
- 33 sukha-duḥkhayor bahir-mananam (For him,) pleasure and pain are regarded as external (objects).
- 34 tad-vimuktas tu kevalī Freed from that (duality), he indeed is the Alone (kevalī).
- 35 moha-pratisaṃhatas tu karmātmā But (the soul) compacted with delusion is (only) the karmic self (bound to action).
- 36 bheda-tiraskāre sargāntara-karmatvam When (the sense of) difference is set aside, the power of effecting another creation…
- 37 karaṇa-śaktiḥ svato 'nubhavāt (The yogin's) creative power (is known) from his own direct experience.
- 38 tripadādy-anuprāṇanam (The three states, beginning with waking,) are enlivened by the primary (turya).
- 39 citta-sthitivac charīra-karaṇa-bāhyeṣu As (turya pervades) the steady mind, (so it pervades) the body, the senses, and external…
- 40 abhilāṣād bahir-gatiḥ saṃvāhyasya From desire (alone) comes the outward-going (of) the soul carried (about by saṃsāra).
- 41 tad-ārūḍha-pramites tat-kṣayāj jīva-saṅkṣayaḥ For one established in That (the Self), by the elimination of (desire), there is the…
- 42 bhūta-kañcukī tadā vimukto bhūyaḥ pati-samaḥ paraḥ Then, wearing the elements (only) as an outer cloak, liberated, he becomes equal to the…
- 43 naisargikaḥ prāṇa-sambandhaḥ The connection with prāṇa (of the bound soul) is natural (innate to embodiment).
- 44 nāsikāntar-madhya-saṃyamāt kim atra savya-apasavya-sauṣumneṣu
- 45 bhūyaḥ syāt pratimīlanam Again and again, let there be pratimīlana — (the simultaneous turning of the gaze inward…