Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 14
SiP 6 14.1
वामदेव उवाच ।। भगवन्षण्मुखाशेष विज्ञानामृतवारिधे ।। विश्वामरेश्वरसुत प्रणतार्त्तिप्रभञ्जन
vāmadeva uvāca || bhagavanṣaṇmukhāśeṣa vijñānāmṛtavāridhe || viśvāmareśvarasuta praṇatārttiprabhañjana
Vāmadeva said: O Lord, six-faced one, ocean of the nectar of complete knowledge, son of the lord of the universe and the immortals, breaker of the affliction of those who bow (to you)—
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SiP 6 14.2
षड्विधार्त्थपरिज्ञानमिष्टदं किमुदाहृतम् ।। के तत्र षड्विधा अर्थाः परिज्ञानञ्च किं प्रभो
ṣaḍvidhārtthaparijñānamiṣṭadaṃ kimudāhṛtam || ke tatra ṣaḍvidhā arthāḥ parijñānañca kiṃ prabho
What has been called the sixfold understanding of the (mantra's) meaning, the giver of what is desired? Which are the six meanings there, and what is (this) full understanding, O lord?
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SiP 6 14.3
प्रतिपाद्यश्च कस्तस्य परिज्ञाने च किं फलम् ।। एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व यद्यत्पृष्टं मया गुह
pratipādyaśca kastasya parijñāne ca kiṃ phalam || etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva yadyatpṛṣṭaṃ mayā guha
And who is the one to be instructed in it, and what is the fruit of understanding it? Tell me all this, whatever I have asked, O Guha.
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SiP 6 14.4
एतमर्त्थमविज्ञाय पशुशास्त्रविमोहितः।। अद्याप्यहम्महासेन भ्रान्तश्च शिवमायया
etamartthamavijñāya paśuśāstravimohitaḥ|| adyāpyahammahāsena bhrāntaśca śivamāyayā
Not having understood this matter, deluded by the scriptures of the bound souls, even today, O Mahāsena, I am confused by Śiva's māyā.
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SiP 6 14.5
अहं शिवपदद्वंद्वज्ञानामृतरसायनम्।। पीत्त्वा विगतसम्मोहो भविष्यामि यथा तथा
ahaṃ śivapadadvaṃdvajñānāmṛtarasāyanam|| pīttvā vigatasammoho bhaviṣyāmi yathā tathā
(Grant) that I, having drunk the elixir of immortality which is the knowledge of the two syllables of Śiva's word, may become free of confusion, in whatever way (this may be).
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SiP 6 14.6
कृपामृतार्द्रया दृष्ट्या विलोक्य सुचिरं मयि ।। कर्त्तव्योऽनुग्रहः श्रीमत्पादाब्जशरणागते प्रथमो मंत्ररूपः स्याद्द्वितीयो मंत्रभावितः ।। देवतार्त्थस्तृतीयोऽर्थः प्रपञ्चार्थस्ततः परम् सद्योजातम्प्रपद्यामीत्युपक्रम्य सदाशिवोम् ।। इति प्राह श्रुतिस्तारं ब्रह्मपंचकवाचकम् मुने तत्रापि सद्याद्या देवताः परिकीर्त्तिताः ।। परब्रह्मस्वरूपास्ताः पंच कल्याणदास्सदा पुरुषः श्रोत्रवाण्यौ च शब्दकाशौ च पंचकम् ।। व्याप्तमीशानरूपेण ब्रह्मणा मुनिसत्तम
kṛpāmṛtārdrayā dṛṣṭyā vilokya suciraṃ mayi || karttavyo'nugrahaḥ śrīmatpādābjaśaraṇāgate prathamo maṃtrarūpaḥ syāddvitīyo maṃtrabhāvitaḥ || devatārtthastṛtīyo'rthaḥ prapañcārthastataḥ param sadyojātamprapadyāmītyupakramya sadāśivom || iti prāha śrutistāraṃ brahmapaṃcakavācakam mune tatrāpi sadyādyā devatāḥ parikīrttitāḥ || parabrahmasvarūpāstāḥ paṃca kalyāṇadāssadā puruṣaḥ śrotravāṇyau ca śabdakāśau ca paṃcakam || vyāptamīśānarūpeṇa brahmaṇā munisattama
Looking upon me a long while with a gaze moist with the nectar of compassion, favour must be shown to me, who have come for refuge to the blessed lotus feet. || The first (meaning) would be the form of the mantra; the second is that which is contemplated as the mantra; the third meaning is the deity-meaning; after that comes the meaning as the manifold world. || "Sadyojāta—I approach": beginning thus, and (ending) "Sadāśiva, om," so the Veda declared the Tāra (syllable), which expresses the five Brahmans. || O sage, there too the deities beginning with Sadyojāta are proclaimed: these five, whose nature is the supreme Brahman, are ever givers of welfare. || Puruṣa, hearing and speech, sound and space—this set of five is pervaded by the Brahman in the form of Īśāna, O best of sages.
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SiP 6 14.7
इति श्रुत्वा मुनीन्द्रोक्तं ज्ञानशक्तिधरो विभुः ।। प्राहान्यदर्शनमहासंत्रासजनकं वचः
iti śrutvā munīndroktaṃ jñānaśaktidharo vibhuḥ || prāhānyadarśanamahāsaṃtrāsajanakaṃ vacaḥ
Having heard what was said by the chief of sages, the mighty one who bears the power of knowledge spoke words that arouse great terror in other doctrines.
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SiP 6 14.8
सुब्रह्मण्य उवाच ।। श्रूयताम्मुनिशार्दूल त्वया यत्पृष्टमादरात्।। समष्टिव्यष्टिभावेन परिज्ञानम्महेशितुः
subrahmaṇya uvāca || śrūyatāmmuniśārdūla tvayā yatpṛṣṭamādarāt|| samaṣṭivyaṣṭibhāvena parijñānammaheśituḥ
Subrahmaṇya said: Listen, O tiger among sages, to what you have respectfully asked—the full knowledge of the Great Lord in his aggregate and individual aspects.
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SiP 6 14.9
प्रणवार्त्थपरिज्ञानरूपं तद्विस्तरादहम् ।। वदामि षड्विधार्थैक्य परिज्ञानेन सुव्रत
praṇavārtthaparijñānarūpaṃ tadvistarādaham || vadāmi ṣaḍvidhārthaikya parijñānena suvrata
That, which consists in the full understanding of the meaning of the praṇava, I shall declare at length, O you of good vows, through the understanding of the unity of the six meanings.
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SiP 6 14.11
चतुर्थः पञ्चमार्थस्स्याद्गुरुरूपप्रदर्शकः। षष्ठश्शिष्यात्मरूपोऽर्थः षड्विधार्थाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
caturthaḥ pañcamārthassyādgururūpapradarśakaḥ| ṣaṣṭhaśśiṣyātmarūpo'rthaḥ ṣaḍvidhārthāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
The fourth and the fifth meaning would be that which reveals the form of the guru; the sixth meaning is that whose form is the disciple's self. (Thus) the six kinds of meaning have been proclaimed.
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SiP 6 14.12
तत्र मन्त्रस्वरूपन्ते वदामि मुनिसत्तम।। येन विज्ञातमात्रेण महाज्ञानी भवेन्नरः
tatra mantrasvarūpante vadāmi munisattama|| yena vijñātamātreṇa mahājñānī bhavennaraḥ
Among these I shall declare to you the very form of the mantra, O best of sages, by the mere knowing of which a man becomes greatly wise.
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SiP 6 14.13
आद्यस्स्वरः पंचमश्च पञ्चमान्तस्ततः परः ।। बिन्दुनादौ च पञ्चार्णाः प्रोक्ता वेदैर्न चान्यथा
ādyassvaraḥ paṃcamaśca pañcamāntastataḥ paraḥ || bindunādau ca pañcārṇāḥ proktā vedairna cānyathā
The first vowel, the fifth (vowel), then that which ends the fifth (consonant) class, and bindu and nāda: these are called the five phonemes by the Vedas, and not otherwise.
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SiP 6 14.14
एतत्समष्टिरूपो हि वेदादिस्समुदाहृतः ।। नादस्सर्व्वसमष्टिः स्याद्बिंद्वाढ्यं यच्चतुष्टयम्
etatsamaṣṭirūpo hi vedādissamudāhṛtaḥ || nādassarvvasamaṣṭiḥ syādbiṃdvāḍhyaṃ yaccatuṣṭayam
This is declared to be the beginning of the Veda, being of the aggregate form; nāda would be the aggregate of all, (as also) that group of four together with the bindu.
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SiP 6 14.15
व्यष्टिरूपेण संसिद्धं प्रणवे शिववाचके ।। यंत्ररूपं शृणु प्राज्ञ शिवलिंगं तदेव हि
vyaṣṭirūpeṇa saṃsiddhaṃ praṇave śivavācake || yaṃtrarūpaṃ śṛṇu prājña śivaliṃgaṃ tadeva hi
Hear, O wise one, the form of the diagram, established in its individual aspect in the praṇava that denotes Śiva; for that itself is the Śiva-liṅga.
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SiP 6 14.16
सर्व्वाधस्ताल्लिखेत्पीठं तदूर्ध्वम्प्रथमं स्वरम् ।। उवर्णं च तदूर्द्ध्वं स्थम्पवर्गान्तं तदूर्ध्वगम्
sarvvādhastāllikhetpīṭhaṃ tadūrdhvamprathamaṃ svaram || uvarṇaṃ ca tadūrddhvaṃ sthampavargāntaṃ tadūrdhvagam
Lowest of all he should draw the pedestal, above that the first vowel, and above that the letter u, and above that the last of the pa-class (m).
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SiP 6 14.17
तन्मस्तकस्थं बिंदुं च तदूर्द्ध्वं नादमालिखेत् ।। यंत्रे संपूर्णतां याति सर्वकामः प्रसिध्यति
tanmastakasthaṃ biṃduṃ ca tadūrddhvaṃ nādamālikhet || yaṃtre saṃpūrṇatāṃ yāti sarvakāmaḥ prasidhyati
And the bindu placed on its head, and above that he should draw the nāda: (thus) the diagram attains completeness, and every desire is fulfilled.
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SiP 6 14.18
एतं यंत्रं समालिख्य प्रणवे नव वेष्टयेत् ।। तदुत्थेनैव नादेन विद्यन्नादावसानकम्
etaṃ yaṃtraṃ samālikhya praṇave nava veṣṭayet || tadutthenaiva nādena vidyannādāvasānakam
Having drawn this diagram, he should wrap it nine times in the praṇava, with the nāda arisen from it, knowing (the praṇava) to terminate in nāda.
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SiP 6 14.19
देवतार्त्थम्प्रवक्ष्यामि गूढं सर्व्वत्र यन्मुने ।। तव स्नेहाद्वामदेव यथा शंकरभाषितम्
devatārtthampravakṣyāmi gūḍhaṃ sarvvatra yanmune || tava snehādvāmadeva yathā śaṃkarabhāṣitam
I shall declare the deity-meaning, which is hidden everywhere, O sage—out of affection for you, Vāmadeva, just as it was spoken by Śaṃkara.
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SiP 6 14.21
विज्ञेया ब्रह्मरूपिण्यस्सूक्ष्माः पंचैव देवताः ।। एता एव शिवस्यापि मूर्तित्वे नोपबृंहिताः
vijñeyā brahmarūpiṇyassūkṣmāḥ paṃcaiva devatāḥ || etā eva śivasyāpi mūrtitve nopabṛṃhitāḥ
The five deities are to be known as subtle and of the nature of Brahman; and these same ones are (thus) not augmented when Śiva has an embodied form.
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SiP 6 14.22
शिवस्य वाचको मन्त्रश्शिवमूर्त्तेश्च वाचकः ।। मूर्त्तिमूर्तिमतोर्भेदो नात्यन्तं विद्यते यतः
śivasya vācako mantraśśivamūrtteśca vācakaḥ || mūrttimūrtimatorbhedo nātyantaṃ vidyate yataḥ
The mantra denotes Śiva and it also denotes Śiva's embodied form, since between the form and the one possessing the form no absolute difference exists.
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SiP 6 14.23
ईशानमुकुटोपेत इत्यारभ्य पुरोदितः ।। शिवस्य विग्रहः पञ्चवक्त्राणि शृणु सांप्रतम्
īśānamukuṭopeta ityārabhya puroditaḥ || śivasya vigrahaḥ pañcavaktrāṇi śṛṇu sāṃpratam
Śiva's body has been described earlier, beginning with "endowed with the Īśāna crown"; now hear about the five faces.
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SiP 6 14.24
पंचमादि समारभ्य सद्योजाताद्यनुक्रमात् ।। उर्द्ध्वांतमीशानांतं च मुखपंचकमीरितम्
paṃcamādi samārabhya sadyojātādyanukramāt || urddhvāṃtamīśānāṃtaṃ ca mukhapaṃcakamīritam
Beginning from the fifth and following the sequence from Sadyojāta onward, ending with the upward(-facing) one, that is, ending with Īśāna — thus the set of five faces has been declared.
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SiP 6 14.25
ईशानस्यैव देवस्य चतुर्व्यूहपदे स्थितम् ।। पुरुषाद्यं च सद्यांतं ब्रह्मरूपं चतुष्टयम्
īśānasyaiva devasya caturvyūhapade sthitam || puruṣādyaṃ ca sadyāṃtaṃ brahmarūpaṃ catuṣṭayam
Belonging to the god Īśāna alone, established in the station of the four-fold group (caturvyūha), is the fourfold Brahman-form beginning with Puruṣa and ending with Sadya(jāta).
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SiP 6 14.26
पंच ब्रह्मसमष्टिस्स्यादीशानं ब्रह्म विश्रुतम् ।। पुरुषाद्यं तु तद्व्यष्टिस्सद्योजातान्तिकं मुने
paṃca brahmasamaṣṭissyādīśānaṃ brahma viśrutam || puruṣādyaṃ tu tadvyaṣṭissadyojātāntikaṃ mune
The five together are the aggregate of Brahman; Īśāna is renowned as (that) Brahman, while (the series) beginning with Puruṣa and ending with Sadyojāta is its distributed (individual) form, O sage.
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SiP 6 14.27
अनुग्रहमयं चक्रमिदं पंचार्त्थकारणम् ।। परब्रह्मात्मकं सूक्ष्मं निर्विकारमनामयम्
anugrahamayaṃ cakramidaṃ paṃcārtthakāraṇam || parabrahmātmakaṃ sūkṣmaṃ nirvikāramanāmayam
This wheel, consisting of grace, is the cause of the five purposes (or: of the five functions); it is of the nature of the supreme Brahman, subtle, changeless, free from affliction.
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SiP 6 14.28
अनुग्रहोऽपि द्विविधस्तिरोभावादिगोचरः ।। प्रभुश्चान्यस्तु जीवानां परावरविमुक्तिदः
anugraho'pi dvividhastirobhāvādigocaraḥ || prabhuścānyastu jīvānāṃ parāvaravimuktidaḥ
Grace too is twofold: one has concealment and the like as its sphere, and the other, the Lord's, is the bestower of higher and lower liberation upon living beings.
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SiP 6 14.29
एतत्सदाशिवस्यैव कृत्यद्वयमुदाहृतम् ।। अनुग्रहेऽपि सृष्ट्यादिकृत्यानां पंचकं विभोः
etatsadāśivasyaiva kṛtyadvayamudāhṛtam || anugrahe'pi sṛṣṭyādikṛtyānāṃ paṃcakaṃ vibhoḥ
This has been declared to be the twofold activity of Sadāśiva alone; and within grace itself there is the set of five activities of the Lord, creation and the rest.
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SiP 6 14.31
अनुग्रहमयं चक्रं शांत्यतीतकलामयम् ।। सदाशिवाधिष्ठितं च परमं पदमुच्यते
anugrahamayaṃ cakraṃ śāṃtyatītakalāmayam || sadāśivādhiṣṭhitaṃ ca paramaṃ padamucyate
The wheel consisting of grace, made of the Śāntyatītā kalā and presided over by Sadāśiva, is called the supreme station.
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SiP 6 14.32
एतदेव पदं प्राप्यं यतीनां भवितात्मनाम् ।। सदाशिवोपासकानां प्रणवासक्तचेतसाम्
etadeva padaṃ prāpyaṃ yatīnāṃ bhavitātmanām || sadāśivopāsakānāṃ praṇavāsaktacetasām
This very station is to be attained by ascetics of purified self, worshippers of Sadāśiva, whose minds are fixed on the Praṇava.
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SiP 6 14.33
एतदेव पदं प्राप्य तेन साकं मुनीश्वराः ।। भुक्त्वा सुविपुलान्भोगान्देवेन ब्रह्मरूपिणा
etadeva padaṃ prāpya tena sākaṃ munīśvarāḥ || bhuktvā suvipulānbhogāndevena brahmarūpiṇā
Having reached this very station, O lords among sages, and having enjoyed abundant enjoyments together with that god who has the form of Brahman,
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SiP 6 14.34
महाप्रलयसंभूतौ शिवसाम्यं भजंति हि ।। न पतंति पुनः क्वापि संसाराब्धौ जनाश्च ते
mahāpralayasaṃbhūtau śivasāmyaṃ bhajaṃti hi || na pataṃti punaḥ kvāpi saṃsārābdhau janāśca te
at the coming of the great dissolution they attain equality with Śiva; and those people never again fall anywhere into the ocean of transmigration.
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SiP 6 14.35
ते ब्रह्मलोक इति च श्रुतिराह सनातनी ।। ऐश्वर्य्यं तु शिवस्यापि समष्टिरिदमेव हि
te brahmaloka iti ca śrutirāha sanātanī || aiśvaryyaṃ tu śivasyāpi samaṣṭiridameva hi
And the eternal scripture says, "They (dwell) in the world of Brahman"; but the lordship of Śiva too — this very (wheel) is its aggregate.
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SiP 6 14.36
सर्वैश्वर्येण सम्पन्न इत्याहाथर्व्वणी शिखा ।। सर्वैश्वर्य्यप्रदातृत्वमस्यैव प्रवदन्ति हि
sarvaiśvaryeṇa sampanna ityāhātharvvaṇī śikhā || sarvaiśvaryyapradātṛtvamasyaiva pravadanti hi
"He is endowed with all lordship" — so says the Atharvan Śikhā (Upaniṣad); indeed they declare that the bestowing of all lordship belongs to him alone.
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SiP 6 14.37
चमकस्य पदान्नान्य दधिकं विद्यते पदम् ।। ब्रह्मपंचकविस्तारप्रपंचः खलु दृश्यते
camakasya padānnānya dadhikaṃ vidyate padam || brahmapaṃcakavistāraprapaṃcaḥ khalu dṛśyate
There is no word higher than the word of the Camaka; the elaboration constituted by the expansion of the five Brahmans is indeed seen (there).
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SiP 6 14.38
ब्रह्मभ्य एवं संजाता निवृत्त्याद्याः कला मताः ।। सूक्ष्मभूतस्वरूपिण्यः कारणत्वेन विश्रुताः
brahmabhya evaṃ saṃjātā nivṛttyādyāḥ kalā matāḥ || sūkṣmabhūtasvarūpiṇyaḥ kāraṇatvena viśrutāḥ
Thus the kalās beginning with Nivṛtti are held to have arisen from the Brahmans; having the subtle elements as their nature, they are known as causes.
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SiP 6 14.39
स्थूलरूपस्वरूपस्य प्रपंचस्यास्य सुव्रत ।। पंचधावस्थितं यत्तद्ब्रह्मपंचकमिष्यते
sthūlarūpasvarūpasya prapaṃcasyāsya suvrata || paṃcadhāvasthitaṃ yattadbrahmapaṃcakamiṣyate
O you of good vows, that which abides fivefold with respect to this manifold world whose nature is gross form is held to be the set of five Brahmans.
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SiP 6 14.41
प्रकृतिस्त्वक्च पाणिश्च स्पर्शो वायुश्च पंचकम् ।। व्याप्तं पुरुषरूपेण ब्रह्मणैव मुनीश्वर
prakṛtistvakca pāṇiśca sparśo vāyuśca paṃcakam || vyāptaṃ puruṣarūpeṇa brahmaṇaiva munīśvara
Primal matter, skin, hand, touch, and wind — this set of five is pervaded by the Brahman in the form of Puruṣa, O lord of sages.
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SiP 6 14.42
अहंकारस्तथा चक्षुः पादो रूपं च पावकः ।। अघोरब्रह्मणा व्याप्तमेतत्पंचकमंचितम्
ahaṃkārastathā cakṣuḥ pādo rūpaṃ ca pāvakaḥ || aghorabrahmaṇā vyāptametatpaṃcakamaṃcitam
The I-maker, likewise the eye, the foot, form, and fire — this honoured set of five is pervaded by the Aghora Brahman.
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SiP 6 14.43
बुद्धिश्च रसना पायू रस आपश्च पंचकम् ।। ब्रह्मणा वामदेवेन व्याप्तं भवति नित्यशः
buddhiśca rasanā pāyū rasa āpaśca paṃcakam || brahmaṇā vāmadevena vyāptaṃ bhavati nityaśaḥ
Intellect, tongue, anus, taste, and water — this set of five is constantly pervaded by the Brahman Vāmadeva.
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SiP 6 14.44
मनो नासा तथोपस्थो गन्धो भूमिश्च पंचकम्।। सद्येन ब्रह्मणा व्याप्तं पंचब्रह्ममयं जगत्
mano nāsā tathopastho gandho bhūmiśca paṃcakam|| sadyena brahmaṇā vyāptaṃ paṃcabrahmamayaṃ jagat
Mind, nose, likewise the generative organ, smell, and earth — this set of five is pervaded by the Brahman Sadya(jāta); the world is made of the five Brahmans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 14.45
यंत्ररूपेणोपदिष्टः प्रणवश्शिववाचकः।। समष्टिः पंचवर्णानां बिंद्वाद्यं यच्चतुष्टयम्
yaṃtrarūpeṇopadiṣṭaḥ praṇavaśśivavācakaḥ|| samaṣṭiḥ paṃcavarṇānāṃ biṃdvādyaṃ yaccatuṣṭayam
The Praṇava, which denotes Śiva, has been taught in the form of a diagram (yantra): it is the aggregate of the five phonemes, namely the fourfold (set) beginning with the dot.
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SiP 6 14.46
शिवोपदिष्टमार्गेण यंत्ररूपं विभावयेत्।। प्रणवम्परमं मन्त्राधिराजं शिवरूपिणम्
śivopadiṣṭamārgeṇa yaṃtrarūpaṃ vibhāvayet|| praṇavamparamaṃ mantrādhirājaṃ śivarūpiṇam
By the path taught by Śiva one should contemplate (it) in the form of a yantra — the praṇava, supreme, sovereign among mantras, having the form of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition