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The Vision of Śiva · Chapter 1

The Vision of Śiva — Chapter 1

शिवदृष्टि

Śivadṛṣṭi

Chapter 1 49 verses

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  1. 1 asmadrūpasamāviṣṭaḥ svātmanātmanivāraṇe | śivaḥ karotu nijayā namaḥ śaktyā … May Śiva, who has entered into the form of the 'I', by his own Self avert (the…
  2. 2 ātmaiva sarvabhāveṣu sphurannirvṛtacidvibhuḥ | aniruddhecchāprasaraḥ prasaraddṛkkriyaḥ śivaḥ The Self alone, shining forth in all existing things, is Śiva — the all-pervading Lord…
  3. 3 sa yadāste cidāhlādamātrānubhavatallayaḥ | tadicchā tāvatī tāvajjñānaṃ tāvatkriyā … When he abides absorbed in nothing but the experience of the bliss of consciousness, then…
  4. 4 susūkṣmaśaktitritayasāmarasyena vartate | cidrūpāhlādaparamo nirvibhāgaḥ parastadā Then he abides through the perfect fusion of the exceedingly subtle triad of powers —…
  5. 5 na paraṃ tadavasthāyāṃ vyavasthaiṣā vyavasthitā | yāvatsamagrajñānāgrajñātṛsparśadaśāsvapi In that state this fixed distinction (among the three powers) is not yet further…
  6. 6 evaṃ na jātucittasya viyogastritayātmanā Thus there is never, at any time, any separation of him from his nature as the triad (of…
  7. 7 yadā tu tasya ciddharmavibhavāmodajṛmbhayā But when, by the blossoming-forth of the delight in the abundance of consciousness that…
  8. 8 vicitraracanānānākāryasṛṣṭipravartane | bhavatyunmukhitā cittā secchāyāḥ prathamā tuṭiḥ — there arises in consciousness a turning-toward the bringing-about of the creation of…
  9. 9 sā ca dṛśyā hṛduddeśe kāryasmaraṇakālataḥ | praharṣāvedasamaye darasaṃdarśanakṣaṇe And that (incipient turning) can be observed in the region of the heart — at the moment…
  10. 10 anālocanato dṛṣṭe visargaprasarāspade | visargoktiprasaṅge ca vācane dhāvane … — when something is seen without deliberation, at the seat where emission spreads forth,…
  11. 11 kutsite'kutsitasya syātkathamunmukhateti cet If it be objected: 'How could there be in the unblamable one (Śiva) any turning-toward…
  12. 12 rūpaprasārarasato garhitatvamayuktimat | pañcaprakārakṛtyoktiśivatvānnijakarmaṇe — (we answer:) because it springs from the relish of the unfolding of his own nature,…
  13. 13 gacchato nistaraṅgasya jalasyātitaraṅgitām Of water that, though waveless, is flowing, (it passes) into a state of intense rippling —
  14. 14 ārambhe dṛṣṭimāpātya tadaunmukhyaṃ hi gamyate | vrajato muṣṭitāṃ … — if one casts one's gaze upon it at the very outset, its incipient stirring (toward…
  15. 15 bodhasya svātmaniṣṭhasya racanāṃ prati nirvṛtiḥ | tadāsthāpravikāso yastadaunmukhyaṃ … There is a blissful repose of awareness reposing in its own Self with respect to creation;
  16. 16 kiṃciducchūnatā saiva mahadbhiḥ kaiściducyate | tasyecchā kāryatāṃ yātā … That very (turning-toward) is called by some of the great ones a 'slight swelling';
  17. 17 aunmukhyasya ya ābhogaḥ sthūlaḥ secchā vyavasthitā | naicānmukhyaprasaṅgena … The expansive fullness of the turning-toward, when it is coarse, is established as 'will';
  18. 18 goḥ stanātpātataḥ kṣīre vikārastata eva hi | na … When milk falls from a cow's udder there is a modification just by that (falling);
  19. 19 yata icchati tajjñātuṃ kartuṃ vā secchayā kriyā | … Since, through that will, he wills to know that or to do it, this is action;
  20. 20 anantaraṃ hi tatkāryajñānadarśanaśaktitā — and immediately afterward there is the power of knowing and beholding that effect.
  21. 21 jñānaśaktistadarthaṃ hi yo'sau sthūlaḥ samudyamaḥ | sā kriyāśaktiruditā … (That is) the power of knowledge;
  22. 22 evaṃ sarvasamutpattikāle śaktitrayātmatā | na nivṛttā, nacaunmukhyaṃ nivṛttaṃ, … Thus at the time of the arising of all things, the nature consisting of the triad of…
  23. 23 yadekataraniryāṇe kāryaṃ jātu na jāyate | tasmātsarvapadārthānāṃ sāmarasyamavasthitam Since, if even one of them were to depart, no effect would ever arise — therefore the…
  24. 24 ghaṭādigrahakāle'pi ghaṭaṃ jānāti sā kriyā | jānāti jñānamatraiva … Even at the moment of apprehending a pot or the like, that action knows the pot;
  25. 25 aunmukhyābhāvatastasya nivṛttirnirvṛtiṃ vinā | dveṣye pravartate naiva na … From the absence of turning-toward (would come) his withdrawal — yet not without his…
  26. 26 buddhiṃ vinā kathaṃ bodhaḥ sā buddhiḥ prakṛteḥ prajā … (Objection:) 'Without the intellect how can there be cognition?
  27. 27 sā buddhiryat punaḥ sūkṣmaṃ sarvadikkaṃ vyavasthitam | jñānaṃ … Whereas that subtle knowledge, present in every direction and consisting of pure…
  28. 28 nyāyādibhirna tulyatvaṃ tairhi yā prākṛtī matiḥ | tasyā … There is no equivalence with the intellect posited by Nyāya and the rest;
  29. 29 tadevaṃ prasṛto devaḥ kadācicchaktimātrake Therefore the God, having thus streamed forth, (abides) at times in the condition of…
  30. 30 bibharti rūpamicchātaḥ kadācijjñānaśaktitaḥ | sadāśivatvamudrekātkadācidaiśvarīṃ sthitim — he assumes a form: sometimes through will, sometimes through the power of knowledge;
  31. 31 kriyāśaktisamābhogātkadācitsthūlavedanāt | vidyātvavidyeśānatvamantramantreśvarātmatām Through the full expansion of the power of action, and sometimes through coarse…
  32. 32 ātmapracchādanakrīḍāṃ kurvato vā kathaṃcana | māyārūpamitītyādi ṣaṭtriṃśattattvarūpatām Or, of him performing in some manner the play of self-concealment, (he assumes) the form…
  33. 33 bibhradbibharti rūpāṇi tāvatā vyavahārataḥ | yāvatsthūlaṃ jaḍābhāsaṃ saṃhataṃ … Bearing form upon form he bears them, to that very extent, by way of everyday transaction…
  34. 34 tathā nānāśarīrāṇi bhuvanāni tathā tathā | visṛjya rūpaṃ … Likewise, having emitted manifold bodies and worlds in this way and that, he takes on…
  35. 35 sthānānurūpato dehāndehākāreṇa bhāvanāḥ | ādadattena tenaiva rūpeṇa pravibhāvyate Taking up bodies in conformity with their station, and (their) dispositions in bodily…
  36. 36 krīḍayā duḥkhavedyāni karmakārīṇi tatphaleḥ | saṃbhatsyamānāni tathā narakārṇavagahvare Through play (he takes on) (states) to be experienced as suffering, productive of binding…
  37. 37 yathā nṛpaḥ sārvabhaumaḥ prabhāvāmodabhāvitaḥ Just as a king, a universal sovereign, suffused with the delight of his own majesty —
  38. 38 krīḍankaroti pādātadharmāṃstaddharmadharmataḥ | tathā prabhuḥ pramodātmā krīḍatyevaṃ tathā … — while playing, performs the part of a foot-soldier, taking on the manner proper to that…
  39. 39 itthaṃ śivo bodhamayaḥ sa eva paranirvṛtiḥ | saiva … In this way Śiva, consisting of awareness, is himself the supreme blissful repose;
  40. 40 saiva śāktaśarīrādinārakāntaṃ hi bhūtatā | prasūyate svacidrūpapramukhaṃ pārthivāntakam That very (power) brings forth all becoming — from the Śākta body down to the hells,…
  41. 41 svaśivatvamivājānanpaśvātmavyapadeśataḥ — (souls) as it were not knowing their own Śiva-nature, under the designation 'bound…
  42. 42 tadrūpatvena vā paśyansthitaḥ śānta iva kvacit | kevaleśadṛdhatvena … Or, seeing (all) as having his own nature, he abides as if tranquil;
  43. 43 aprabuddho niṣkalaśca kvacitpralayakevalī | ātmabodhī vikalavatkvacidvijñānakevalī Sometimes unawakened and partless, he is the Pralayākala;
  44. 44 yogināmicchayā yadvannānārūpopapattitā | nacāsti sādhanaṃ kiṃcinmṛdādīcchāṃ vinā prabhoḥ Just as for yogins the production of manifold forms occurs by mere will, so for the Lord…
  45. 45 dṛśyante'tra tadicchāto bhāvā bhītyādiyogataḥ Here (in the world) the existing things are seen (to arise) from his will (alone) — just…
  46. 46 evaṃ sarveṣu bhāveṣu yathā sā śivarūpatā Thus (it is shown) how, in all existing things, there is that Śiva-nature —
  47. 47 nīrūpatā nirvṛtirvā śaktitritayayogitā | sacitvaṃ saṃsthitaṃ nityaṃ kathanīyaṃ … — (whether as) formlessness, or blissful repose, or the possession of the triad of powers…
  48. 48 evaṃ sarvapadārthānāṃ samaiva śivatā sthitā | parāparādibhedo'tra śraddadhānairudāhṛtaḥ Thus the Śiva-nature of all entities stands uniformly the same;
  49. 49 evaṃ bhedātmakaṃ nityaṃ śivatattvamanantakam | tathā tasya vyavasthānānnānārūpe'pi … Thus the Śiva-principle, though consisting of differentiation, is eternal and endless;