The Vision of Śiva · Chapter 7

The Vision of Śiva — Chapter 7

शिवदृष्टि

Śivadṛṣṭi


Chapter 7 122 verses

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  1. 1 atha sthite sarvadikke śivatattve'dhunocyate | tasmiñjñāte'thavājñāte śivatvamanivāritam Now, the omnipresent Śiva-principle being (thus) established, it is now said: whether…
  2. 2 vahnirjñāto'thavājñātaḥ prakāśaṃ janayenna kim | ajñātaṃ na suvarṇaṃ … Fire, whether known or unknown, does it not (equally) generate light?
  3. 3 satyamevaṃ tathāpīha suvarṇaṃ jñātamātrakam | mūlyādinopabhogāya dānārthamupayujyate True, it is so;
  4. 4 cintāmaṇiravijñāto bhaveccintāmaṇiḥ sphuṭam | tathāpi kāryabhogārthaṃ sa jñātaḥ … An unrecognized wish-granting gem (cintāmaṇi) would plainly (still) be a wish-granting…
  5. 5 sakṛjjñāte suvarṇe hi bhāvanā karaṇaṃ vrajet | ekavāraṃ … When gold has once been known — (whether) a single time by a means of valid knowledge, or…
  6. 6 jñāte śivatve sarvasthe pratipattyā dṛḍhātmanā | karaṇena nāsti … When the Śiva-nature present in all is known by a firm apprehension, there is nowhere any…
  7. 7 jñāte'pi tarubhūmyādidārḍhyānna karaṇādikam | bhūtale pratyayaṃ yāti na … Even when (the ground) is known, because of the firmness of trees, ground and the like,…
  8. 8 tasmācchive'pyavijñāte jñāte vā śiva eva te | sarva … Therefore, whether Śiva be unrecognized or recognized, all those (things) are Śiva alone;
  9. 9 vijñātaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ yadyapyevamavasthitam | tathāpi citrakarmārthamupāyo vācya … Although for persons recognition arises (and stands) thus established (without further…
  10. 10 tajjñānasphuṭatāhetau cintāratnasuvarṇavat | vahniryadyapi vijñātaḥ prakāśādi karotyasau As a means to the vividness of that knowledge — like the wish-gem and gold — (consider:)…
  11. 11 tathāpi yojito yuktyā prakāśamadhikaṃ gṛhe | dīpenānyatamenāpi na … Nevertheless, when applied by (proper) method, a single well-placed lamp (gives) greater…
  12. 12 tasmādupāyo vaktavyo dṛṣṭakāryaprasiddhaye | tataḥ svātmakriyaunmukhyamicchāprathamakodgamaḥ Therefore a means is to be taught for the accomplishment of visible effects;
  13. 13 samastacitrakāryāntargarbhiṇī śiṃbikākṛtiḥ | svarūpāhlādanirmuktirahitecchodayodgamaḥ (That will is) like a seed-pod, pregnant within with all the variegated effects;
  14. 14 śavalā citirucyeta parasya pararūpiṇī | sā śaktiḥ parameśasya … The variegated consciousness may be called (the power) of the Supreme, having the very…
  15. 15 na dravyavyatiriktāsti kriyā naca na vidyate | na … Action is not different from the substance, and yet it is not non-existent;
  16. 16 nacāpi kevalāddravyāt kiṃcanāpi pravartate | tasmāditthamiha jñeyaṃ śāktaṃ … Nor does anything at all proceed from the bare substance alone (without its power);
  17. 17 prathamodaya icchāyāḥ sarvabhāvaikyadeśyatā | sa eva śāktabodhātmasvacchāvayavarūpavān At the first arising of will, (there is) the indicating of the unity of all things;
  18. 18 svānandaikarasāhlādī svakāryārthaśarīravān | tathāsthitasya dhyānena bodhādvā tatsvarūpabhāk (That will,) delighting in the single savor of its own bliss, has for its body the…
  19. 19 tasyecchāspandanaṃ pūrvanyagbhāvo hlādasaṃgamaḥ | bhūpabhūpatiśaktyābhamagnyaṃ tatpūrṇacillayāt Its stirring of will (involves) a prior drawing-in (and) a meeting with delight;
  20. 20 yāti vyāptiṃ tathābhūtāṃ śāmyadāmodasatkriyām | śāntānandavapuḥ svaccha urarīkṛtadṛkkriyaḥ It attains a pervasion of such a kind, whose true activity is a delight that grows…
  21. 21 madhyavyomaśāntabodhabharalabdhodayaḥ śivaḥ | tasyāpi vidyudālokavadabhedavatī calā (This is) Śiva, whose rising is won through the fullness of tranquil awareness in the…
  22. 22 bhāvisvabhedatatkṛtyajñānapraunmukhyavartinī | nijabhāvakṛtasṛṣṭitadanugrahacetanā (The power,) poised in the eagerness to know the coming self-differentiation and its…
  23. 23 bhāsate'vasthitā śaktiḥ śaivī śaivārthadāyikā | tataḥ saiva svayaṃ … The power of Śiva shines forth, abiding, bestowing the goal that is Śiva;
  24. 24 nyagbhūtecchā jñānamayī spandanāvitatāṃginī | vidyāmantrakalākalpyadehasaṃpiṇḍitodbhavā With its will (now) subsided, consisting (chiefly) of knowledge, its limbs spread out by…
  25. 25 tejaḥkaṇaprasaravadupalabhyā viyatyalam | sthitiḥ sādāśivī cāsāvadhikārābhimānatā Like the spreading of a spark of light, (the power is) to be apprehended fully in the…
  26. 26 samalā tatsamāśleṣāt sarveśitvasamudgamaḥ | tasya śaktipradīpasya kiraṇābhodyamapradā (The power,) now bearing impurity from contact with that (limiting condition), (yields)…
  27. 27 tataḥ sthūlairmantramayairaṅgaiḥ sarvakriyāparā | bhavatīśvararūpeṇa svakāryākhilarūpiṇī Thence, with its gross limbs that consist of mantra, the power becomes devoted to every…
  28. 28 tasyāpi śaktirmṛtpiṇḍaghaṭavadviśvatāṃ gatā | yāvadyāvattaredvidyāmāyādighanapārthivam And his power too, like (clay-)lump becoming pot, has gone forth into (becoming) the…
  29. 29 tattvaṃ devastathā tāvadbhāvaśaktyā ghaṭādika | nijaśaktisamāviṣṭerāyānti śivasampadaḥ Each principle is the god;
  30. 30 kriyāśaktiparātmatve kvacitpiṇḍaśivātmatā | kvacidantaḥkṛtau jñānādbhavetpadaśivātmatā When the power of action is supreme, in some (case there is) identity with…
  31. 31 icchāmātre rūpaśivastaraṃge tadatītatā | kartṛmātre sarvabhāvavyatītaśivabhāvatā In (the stage of) pure will (there is) Śiva-as-form (rūpa);
  32. 32 dṛḍhāṃguliniveśena dṛḍhasthūlanirīkṣaṇāt | bhramato bhāvacalanāt plavācca prekṣaṇākṣateḥ By a firm placing of the fingers, from a steady fixed gaze upon a gross (object), from…
  33. 33 puro'ṇupuñjabhrāntyāptyā cittvalābho jaḍeṣvapi | sarvacitkṣepataḥ sāmyātsarvatrecchātra īdṛśī Through the (vivid) seizing of a whirling atom-cluster before one, the attainment of…
  34. 34 pratītyudgamakāle tu sārvabhāvyādasau vibhuḥ | sṛṣṭānubhavado rūḍheramūrtajñānacillayāt But at the time of cognition's arising, by reason of (its) being all things, this…
  35. 35 jñānayogasamudyuktilīnatvena kriyāgamaḥ | icchātaḥ kāntitejobhistatkartṛtvamaheśatā By absorption in the full conjunction of knowledge and yoga (comes) the advent of action;
  36. 36 saṃviddehatadgatatve saṃvitsvātantryamāpatet | toṣe nirvṛtiyogo vā dārḍhyāt svātantryametayoḥ When awareness has pervaded the body and what it contains, the autonomy (svātantrya) of…
  37. 37 duḥkhāsaktyānyathāsaktyā sukhe nirvṛtibhūmitā | jaḍakāyāṃganicaye maddārḍhyocitacintayā By non-attachment to pain, by attachment turned otherwise (toward the self), one attains…
  38. 38 jaḍāśeṣapadārthātmarūḍhestadbodhapūrṇatā | nijābhimānasaṃsṛṣṭe svaśarīre mahodayāt From (firm) establishment as the self of all insentient entities (comes) the fullness of…
  39. 39 anyadehe tathāvṛttestathā buddhiviśiṣṭatā | bhāvanātītanirmūlasatkāryādivisargavat In another's body too, from (the self's) functioning likewise (i.
  40. 40 tattadbhāvabharāsaktestattannirmāṇamānatā | lasadagrasphurattejaḥ kaṇasattodbhavo mahān From absorption in the fullness of this or that mode of being (comes) the capacity for…
  41. 41 devatāhemanirmāṇasannidhānasphuṭārthatāḥ | sāmmukhyavṛttidehāntaratirāgamahāguṇāḥ (There arise) the producing of deities and gold, the summoning (of things) into presence,…
  42. 42 dehāntareṣu saṃkrāntiḥ parityāgo'pareṣvapi | antarmukhamukhākṣyādikramagocaracidgateḥ (There arise) transit into other bodies, the abandonment (of one's own), (and entry) into…
  43. 43 saṃsparśatastadudbodha anyatrāpi tathā sthitiḥ | svadehe devadṛḍhatā nāgādidamanārhatā By (mere) contact (comes) the awakening of that (power), and an abiding likewise…
  44. 44 tathā sakalarūpāṇāṃ bhāvanaiva tathā svayam | nijāntaḥ sṛṣṭibāhyasthasthūlasannidhiyogataḥ Likewise, of all forms (the realization) is the very (act of) creative imagining…
  45. 45 ātmano mahimā jñeyastataḥ sṛṣṭeranantatā | sthūlabhāvādavibhrāntadṛṣṭipātāttadekatām The glory of the self is to be known, and thence the infinitude of creation;
  46. 46 prāpito jagadaikyaṃ ca samantādavakalpate | yatra tatrāpi viśrāntilīnaṃ … And being (so) brought (to oneness), the unity of the world takes shape on all sides;
  47. 47 viśvamekasvarūpeṇa rūpeṇa pratipadyate | śivabhāvanayauṣadhyā baddhe manasi saṃsṛteḥ One apprehends the universe by (its) single own-form;
  48. 48 kāṣṭhakuḍyādiṣu kṣipte rasavacchivahematā | tattattattvabalāveśāt sarvavastvekarūpiṇam Just as mercury, when cast upon wood, walls and the like, (transmutes them into gold), so…
  49. 49 sthairyeṇābhāvabhāvānāmātmānaṃ nirmiṇoti saḥ | svaśarīre dṛḍhā śaktiḥ prāptākṣyādividheyatām By firmness he fashions the self of (both) non-existents and existents;
  50. 50 tadvadanyatra bhāvādau svātmaśaktyā kilādhipaḥ | sarvabhāveṣu sadyogātsatyatve śivatā … Just so, elsewhere too — in a thing and the rest — (the adept is) indeed sovereign by the…
  51. 51 sarvakāmadughā sādhvī śivatā prasarennṛṇām | padasyārthaḥ padārthatvamitthamarthavyavasthitau The gracious Śiva-nature, yielding all desires, would spread forth for men;
  52. 52 yasmātpadārthatā tulyā cittābhāvodbhavo muhuḥ | sarvatra cittābhāvena satyākāratayā … Since entity-hood is the same (in all), the arising of (its) being-in-thought (recurs)…
  53. 53 sarvatrānubhavāvasthāprasaraḥ sārato bhavet | sarvasyaiva sthiraṃ rūpaṃ sarvākāratadātmanā Everywhere the spreading-out of the state of experience would come about in essence;
  54. 54 sarvākāre mahākāraracanā rucirācirāt | sarvatraikye sthirā rūḍhirjanyā rāgādināhatā In the all-formed (consciousness, there is) ere long the resplendent fashioning of the…
  55. 55 sarvasya śreyaso nūnaṃ satyānnirgatatā matā | mūle samarthatāveśo … The issuing-forth of every good is assuredly held (to come) from the real;
  56. 56 kāryo mūlasamāveśa iti jñātvā tathodayaḥ | sarvāmūrtatvatattvāsthābuddhidṛṣṭiprasaktitaḥ Absorption in the root is to be effected;
  57. 57 samyagutpadyate'ntardhirūpaṇaṃ bhaktinirgatiḥ | matirmamatvanirmāṇamanasāṃ mahatāṃ tarām There arises fully an inward visualizing, an outpouring of devotion, (and) insight — most…
  58. 58 prasaratyasti vijñānaṃ sarvadikkamabādhitam | mamatvamānase sādhu sādhūnāṃ saktimāgate There spreads forth an unobstructed cognition reaching in all directions, when the mind…
  59. 59 saṃkalpaprabhavaṃ sarvaṃ jagadetadanantakam | sarvaṃ mameti nirvyūḍhe syāttadekamayo … This whole endless world arises from (Śiva's) conceiving;
  60. 60 abhimānāttathaivaiṣāṃ bhāvasargaḥ pravartate | pratyekadevagrāmasya mamatābhiniveśataḥ From (such) self-identification, just so, a creation of things sets forth for these…
  61. 61 divyāni tānyayatnena prasaranti samantataḥ | sāmastyena prasarpanto nirviśeṣā … Those divine (creations) spread forth without effort on all sides;
  62. 62 sadā krīḍāvaśādeva kāmāḥ syuḥ sarvagocarāḥ | viśeṣamamatāveśapraveśavaśato mahān Ever, by force of (sheer) play alone, (the adept's) wishes would range over all;
  63. 63 tanusvarūpanirmāṇāparimāṇabhavodayaḥ | śivatattve tridhābhūte svacchākālakalākale (There is) the rising of a measureless existence, fashioning bodies and forms, in the…
  64. 64 sakale ca samāsaktastattadrūpoparūpaṇam | sāmarthye'khaṃḍasāmarthyaṃ satate jñānavīryatā And, fully engaged in the (realm of) parts, (there is) the figuring-forth of this and…
  65. 65 īśe samagrakartṛtvaṃ sarasvatyā manūttamaḥ | prameye mamatāveśānnirmiṇoti navaṃ … In (the principle of) the Lord (lies) total agency;
  66. 66 kalane cidghanatvaṃ syādvedane sarvacidgamaḥ | snehe tu sarvakāmatvaṃ … In (the power of) cognizing there would be consciousness-density;
  67. 67 niyame sarvayamanaṃ kaivalyaṃ pralayākale | svātmano hyaniruddhārthā nirupādhivibhūtikā In (the power of) restraint, the restraining of all;
  68. 68 sarvākārābhimānena mametidṛḍhasaktinā | sarvākārasamāpattiranantaivopajāyate By the self-identification with all forms, with the firm attachment 'this is mine,' the…
  69. 69 naitacchāstraṃ vinā proktaṃ kāyākāreṇa kāyikam | jalena jalarūpaṃ … This is not declared without scriptural warrant: that what pertains to the body (is…
  70. 70 sarvavyāptyā snehapūrṇaṃ stryādikāyātmacintanāt | jagadvidheyatāmeti kimutaikaśarīrakam By all-pervasion, from contemplating as one's own self the body, filled with affection,…
  71. 71 sarvamasmīti ruciraṃ rūpamātmani cintayan | ahameva matparo na … Contemplating in oneself a resplendent form (with the thought) 'I am all,' (and) 'I alone…
  72. 72 sarvasmin mayi kasyāpi kāyaṃ dhyāyan jugupsitam | mamaivāsau … When I am all, meditating on someone's body as loathsome — that very one (who is part) of…
  73. 73 vyāpakatve śatrudehaṃ svaṃ bhramantaṃ vicintayet | vidrutaṃ karabhārūḍhaṃ … In (the state of) pervasion, one should contemplate the enemy's body as one's own, driven…
  74. 74 vyāptaṃ kiñcidripordehaṃ madīyaṃ saṃharāmyaham | jaḍarūpo bhavāmīti cintayā … (With the thought) 'I withdraw the enemy's body — pervaded (by me) and (so) mine — I…
  75. 75 vyāptidārḍhye naktamekaṃ candraṃ vātmānamutthitam | vicintya prasravantaṃ ke … When (one's) pervasion is firm, having contemplated oneself at night as a single risen…
  76. 76 cittattvaṃ cintayan rūpaṃ vyāpakaṃ vākhilātmasu | avināśyekapiṇḍe vā … Contemplating the principle of consciousness — its form as all-pervading in all selves,…
  77. 77 sravatkṛṣṇāmṛtaṃ meghamātmopari nijātmakam | dhyāyato bālamātmānaṃ sā jarā … For one who meditates on a cloud above himself, streaming dark nectar (and) being his own…
  78. 78 dhyānaṃ nāmātra yatsarvaṃ sarvākāreṇa lakṣyate | bhāvanācakṣuṣā sādhvī … What is here called meditation is that whereby everything is envisaged in its all-form…
  79. 79 yena yenendriyeṇārtho gṛhyate tatra tatra sā | śivatā … By whatever sense-faculty an object is grasped, there in each case that real Śiva-nature…
  80. 80 yasyāṃ yasyāṃ pratītau tu śivo'smīti manogamaḥ | tasyāṃ … In whatever cognition the thought 'I am Śiva' arises in the mind — in that very…
  81. 81 yasminnarthe sadātyāgo gacchatastiṣṭhato'pivā | dhāvataḥ khādato vāpi sa … With respect to whatever object, a perpetual not-letting-go (of the conviction 'I am…
  82. 82 bhāvite'bhāvite vāpi śivatve śivataiva me | sarvadā pitṛmātrāditaulyadārḍhyena … Whether (my) Śiva-nature be cultivated (in meditation) or not, mine is Śiva-nature alone,…
  83. 83 tathāpi kośahemādisādṛśyaṃ yogasatyatā | śivo'smīti madicchātaḥ sarvabhāvapravartanam Nevertheless, the verifying of the union is like (assaying) gold in the crucible and the…
  84. 84 ata eva śivaḥ sarvamiti yogo'tha cetasi | santataṃ … For this very reason, the union in the form 'Śiva is all' is then (present) in the mind…
  85. 85 aniruddho japo'styeva sarvāvasthāsvasau japaḥ | nānākāraiḥ sadā kurvannudayan … There is indeed an unimpeded recitation (japa);
  86. 86 abhyāsenāsmi so'pyatra japaḥ parama ucyate | saṃkalpāñjanayannasmi sthitaḥ … By (such) practice, 'I am he' too — that is here called the supreme recitation;
  87. 87 so hi nāma japo jñeyaḥ satyādistrividho hi saḥ … That indeed is to be known as recitation, (and) it is threefold, beginning with the real.
  88. 88 pratipattyānayā snānaṃ nirmalīkaraṇaṃ matam | duḥkhe vāpi sukhe … By this realization, ablution is held (to be) a making-pure — whether in pain or in…
  89. 89 śivo'smītimanohlādo jalasnānaṃ paraṃ matam | cinnirmalā tanmayaṃ hi … The gladness of mind in (the thought) 'I am Śiva' is held to be the supreme…
  90. 90 ityāsthājalaśaucena śuddhisnānaṃ tathoditam | sarvabhāvāḥ śivākārā antarbhūtāḥ śivānale By such a cleansing in the water of (firm) conviction, the purifying bath is thus…
  91. 91 so'haṃ śivaḥ sutṛpto'smi homa ityuditaḥ paraḥ | atrākāre … 'I am that Śiva, I am wholly satisfied' — thus is the supreme oblation (homa) declared;
  92. 92 tasmādasmi nirākāṃkṣastṛptyānyo homa īdṛśaḥ | pūjanānnāsti me tuṣṭirnāsti … Therefore I am free of craving;
  93. 93 pūjakairavibhedena sadā pūjeti pūjanam | atrākāre ca me … (Being) in non-difference with the worshippers, there is perpetual worship — that is…
  94. 94 liṃgādike pūjito'smi sadā pūjeti vā sthitā | pūjakaḥ … 'In the liṅga and the like I am the one worshipped' — or thus stands perpetual worship;
  95. 95 kimetenātmabhāvena tṛptyā vā parapūjanam | sarvākāreṣu bhogyena yajanaṃ … What need is there, by this self-identification or by (this) satiation, of worshipping a…
  96. 96 bhuñje'haṃ yatra tatrāpi bhogalagnaḥ pratītitaḥ | śivo'smi sādhanāviṣṭaḥ … I enjoy, wherever (it be), absorbed in enjoyment through the conviction (in cognition):…
  97. 97 śiva evānayā sthityā satyayā yāga uttamaḥ | yena … By this true standpoint Śiva alone is the supreme sacrifice;
  98. 98 sa mayā kriyate yāgaḥ śivatvādyāga uttamaḥ | śivaṃ … That sacrifice is performed by me, (and) because it is Śiva, it is the supreme sacrifice.
  99. 99 bhinno'pyabhinna evāsmi śiva itthaṃ viceṣṭanam | śivo bhoktā … Though (apparently) divided, I am undivided indeed, (being) Śiva — thus is the whole…
  100. 100 bhuktvodeti śivāvasthā sthitetthaṃ bhoktṛrūpatā | śivaḥ kartā śivaḥ … Having enjoyed, the state of Śiva arises;
  101. 101 śiva eva phalāvasthā vyāpāra iti sādhuṣu | bhāvanākaraṇābhyāṃ … Śiva alone is the state of the fruit, (and) the activity (too) — so it is among the good…
  102. 102 yathā tathā pratiṣṭhāmaḥ prabuddhasyeti vartanam | yaddṛśyaṃ yacca … 'In whatever way (we are), we (yet) abide established (in Śiva)' — such is the conduct of…
  103. 103 yacchrāvyaṃ tacchivavyaktestacchivatvena saṃśritaḥ | gamye grāhye tathā vācye … — whatever is to be heard, that — (all) from the manifestation of Śiva — is embraced as…
  104. 104 sthite śivatve baddhāstho bhavet sarvagataḥ śivaḥ | mantavye … When Śiva-nature is established, one firm in conviction would become all-pervading Śiva —…
  105. 105 sukhe duḥkhe vimohe ca sthito'haṃ paramaḥ śivaḥ | … In pleasure, in pain, and in delusion, I abide (as) the supreme Śiva;
  106. 106 bhavati śivamayātmā sarvabhāvena sarvaḥ Everyone, by (his) being all, becomes one whose self is made of Śiva.
  107. 107 śaivādīni rahasyāni pūrvamāsanmahātmanām | ṛṣīṇāṃ vaktrakuhare teṣvevānugrahakriyā The Śaiva and other secret teachings were formerly (held) in the mouths of the…
  108. 108 kalau pravṛtte yāteṣu teṣu durgamagocare | kalāpigrāmapramukhe samucchinne … When the Kali age had set in, and those (seers) had departed to an inaccessible region…
  109. 109 kailāsādrau bhraman devo mūrtyā śrīkaṃṭharūpayā | anugrahāyāvatīrṇaścodayāmāsa bhūtale — the God, wandering on Mount Kailāsa in a form having the shape of Śrīkaṇṭha, descended…
  110. 110 muniṃ durvāsasaṃ nāma bhagavānūrdhvaretasam | nocchidyeta yathā śāstraṃ … (He commissioned) the celibate sage named Durvāsas (saying): 'So that the teaching be not…
  111. 111 tataḥ sa bhagavān devādādeśaṃ prāpya yatnavān | sasarja … Thereupon that venerable one, having received the command from the God, diligently…
  112. 112 tasmin saṃkramayāmāsa rahasyāni samantataḥ | so'pi gatvā guhāṃ … Into him he transmitted the secret teachings completely;
  113. 113 tannāmnā cihnitaṃ tatra sasarja manasā sutam | khamutpapāta … There he created by his mind a son marked with that name (Tryambaka);
  114. 114 siddhastadvatsutotpattyā siddhā evaṃ caturdaśa | yāvatpañcadaśaḥ putraḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ (Each became) perfected likewise by begetting a son;
  115. 115 sa kadācillokayātrāmāsīnaḥ prekṣate tataḥ | bahirmukhasya tasyātha brāhmaṇī … He, once seated, watches the goings-on of the world;
  116. 116 rūpayauvanasaubhāgyabandhurā sā gatā dṛśam | dṛṣṭvā tāṃ lakṣaṇairyuktāṃ … She, lovely with beauty, youth, and good fortune, came into his sight;
  117. 117 sadharmacāriṇīṃ samyaggatvā tatpitaraṃ svayam | arthayitvā brāhmaṇīṃ tāmānayāmāsa … — as a lawful wife;
  118. 118 brāhmaṇena vivāhena tato jātastathāvidhaḥ | tena yaḥ sa … By that brahmanical marriage there was then born one of such (perfected) kind;
  119. 119 nāmnā sa saṃgamādityo varṣādityo'pi tatsutaḥ | tasyāpyabhūt sa … By name he was Saṃgamāditya;
  120. 120 ānandasaṃjñakastasmādudbabhūva tathāvidhaḥ | tasmādasmi samudbhūtaḥ somānandākhya īdṛśaḥ From him arose one of like kind, named Ānanda;
  121. 121 karomi sma prakaraṇaṃ śivadṛṣṭyabhidhānakam | evameṣāṃ tryambakākhyā terambā … I have composed (this) treatise entitled Śivadṛṣṭi.
  122. 122 sthitā śiṣyapraśiṣyādyairvistīrṇā maṭhikoditā | tadevametadvihitaṃ mayā prakaraṇaṃ manāk — the lineage-hermitage so called, established and spread wide by pupils, pupils' pupils,…