Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 6
SiP 7.1 6.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे शिवतत्त्वज्ञानवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ६ मुनय ऊचुः यो ऽयं पशुरिति प्रोक्तो यश्च पाश उदाहृतः अभ्यां विलक्षणः कश्चित्कोयमस्ति तयोः पतिः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivatattvajñānavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 6 munaya ūcuḥ yo 'yaṃ paśuriti prokto yaśca pāśa udāhṛtaḥ abhyāṃ vilakṣaṇaḥ kaścitkoyamasti tayoḥ patiḥ
Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the former section, the fifth chapter, named 'The Description of the Knowledge of Śiva's Nature.' Chapter 6. The sages said: This one who has been called the beast (paśu), and that which has been declared the bond — distinct from these two, is there someone, and who is he, the lord of those two?
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SiP 7.1 6.2
वायुरुवाच अस्ति कश्चिदपर्यंतरमणीयगुणाश्रयः पतिर्विश्वस्य निर्माता पशुपाशविमोचनः
vāyuruvāca asti kaścidaparyaṃtaramaṇīyaguṇāśrayaḥ patirviśvasya nirmātā paśupāśavimocanaḥ
Vāyu said: There is a certain one who is the seat of endlessly delightful qualities, the Lord, the maker of the universe, the releaser of the bound soul from its bonds.
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SiP 7.1 6.3
अभावे तस्य विश्वस्य सृष्टिरेषा कथं भवेत् अचेतनत्वादज्ञानादनयोः पशुपाशयोः
abhāve tasya viśvasya sṛṣṭireṣā kathaṃ bhavet acetanatvādajñānādanayoḥ paśupāśayoḥ
In his absence, how could this creation of the universe come about? For these two, the bound soul and the bond, are without consciousness and without knowledge.
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SiP 7.1 6.4
प्रधानपरमाण्वादि यावत्किंचिदचेतनम् तत्कर्तृकं स्वयं दृष्टं बुद्धिमत्कारणं विना
pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiṃcidacetanam tatkartṛkaṃ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā
Whatever is unconscious — primal matter, atoms, and the rest — is itself seen (to be) made by an agent, (never) without an intelligent cause.
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SiP 7.1 6.5
जगच्च कर्तृसापेक्षं कार्यं सावयवं यतः तस्मात्कार्यस्य कर्तृत्वं पत्युर्न पशुपाशयोः
jagacca kartṛsāpekṣaṃ kāryaṃ sāvayavaṃ yataḥ tasmātkāryasya kartṛtvaṃ patyurna paśupāśayoḥ
And the world depends on an agent, since it is an effect and has parts; therefore the agency with respect to the effect belongs to the Lord, not to the bound soul or the bond.
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SiP 7.1 6.6
पशोरपि च कर्तृत्वं पत्युः प्रेरणपूर्वकम् अयथाकरणज्ञानमंधस्य गमनं यथा
paśorapi ca kartṛtvaṃ patyuḥ preraṇapūrvakam ayathākaraṇajñānamaṃdhasya gamanaṃ yathā
And the agency of the bound soul too is preceded by the Lord's impelling — like the walking of a blind man, whose knowledge of how to act is faulty.
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SiP 7.1 6.7
आत्मानं च पृथङ्मत्वा प्रेरितारं ततः पृथक् असौ जुष्टस्ततस्तेन ह्यमृतत्वाय कल्पते
ātmānaṃ ca pṛthaṅmatvā preritāraṃ tataḥ pṛthak asau juṣṭastatastena hyamṛtatvāya kalpate
And having known the self as separate, and the impeller as separate from it, he, favoured then by him, becomes fit for immortality.
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SiP 7.1 6.8
पशोः पाशस्य पत्युश्च तत्त्वतो ऽस्ति पदं परम् ब्रह्मवित्तद्विदित्वैव योनिमुक्तो भविष्यति
paśoḥ pāśasya patyuśca tattvato 'sti padaṃ param brahmavittadviditvaiva yonimukto bhaviṣyati
Of the bound soul, of the bond, and of the Lord there is in truth a supreme state; the knower of brahman, only by knowing that, will become freed from (further) birth.
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SiP 7.1 6.9
संयुक्तमेतद्द्वितयं क्षरमक्षरमेव च व्यक्ताव्यक्तं बिभर्तीशो विश्वं विश्वविमोचकः
saṃyuktametaddvitayaṃ kṣaramakṣarameva ca vyaktāvyaktaṃ bibhartīśo viśvaṃ viśvavimocakaḥ
The Lord, the liberator of all, bears this joined pair — the perishable and the imperishable, the manifest and the unmanifest — (that is,) the universe.
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SiP 7.1 6.10
भोक्ता भोग्यं प्रेरयिता मंतव्यं त्रिविधं स्मृतम् नातः परं विजानद्भिर्वेदितव्यं हि किंचनः
bhoktā bhogyaṃ prerayitā maṃtavyaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam nātaḥ paraṃ vijānadbhirveditavyaṃ hi kiṃcanaḥ
The enjoyer, the enjoyed, and the impeller: this threefold (reality) is taught as what is to be pondered; beyond this there is nothing at all to be known by those who understand.
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SiP 7.1 6.11
तिलेषु वा यथा तैलं दध्नि वा सर्पिरर्पितम् यथापः स्रोतसि व्याप्ता यथारण्यां हुताशनः
tileṣu vā yathā tailaṃ dadhni vā sarpirarpitam yathāpaḥ srotasi vyāptā yathāraṇyāṃ hutāśanaḥ
As oil in sesame seeds, or butter set in curds, as water pervading a stream, as fire in kindling wood,
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SiP 7.1 6.12
एवमेव महात्मानमात्मन्यात्मविलक्षणम् सत्येन तपसा चैव नित्ययुक्तो ऽनुपश्यति
evameva mahātmānamātmanyātmavilakṣaṇam satyena tapasā caiva nityayukto 'nupaśyati
just so does one ever disciplined behold, through truth and through austerity, the great Self within the self, distinct from the self.
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SiP 7.1 6.13
य एको जालवानीश ईशानीभिस्स्वशक्तिभिः सर्वांल्लोकानिमान् कृत्वा एक एव स ईशते १
ya eko jālavānīśa īśānībhissvaśaktibhiḥ sarvāṃllokānimān kṛtvā eka eva sa īśate 1
He who is the one Lord holding the net, (ruling) by his own commanding powers, having made all these worlds, he alone rules.
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SiP 7.1 6.14
एक एव तदा रुद्रो न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कश्चन संसृज्य विश्वभुवनं गोप्ता ते संचुकोच यः
eka eva tadā rudro na dvitīyo 'sti kaścana saṃsṛjya viśvabhuvanaṃ goptā te saṃcukoca yaḥ
Then Rudra alone is, and there is no second whatever — he who, having emitted the whole world, its protector, drew them together (again).
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SiP 7.1 6.15
१ शब्लुगभाव आर्ष ५०८अ विश्वतश्चक्षुरेवायमुतायं विश्वतोमुखः तथैव विश्वतोबाहुविश्वतः पादसंयुतः
1 śablugabhāva ārṣa 508a viśvataścakṣurevāyamutāyaṃ viśvatomukhaḥ tathaiva viśvatobāhuviśvataḥ pādasaṃyutaḥ
(marginal note: elision of ś; archaic usage. 508a) This one is indeed eye on every side, and he is face on every side, and likewise arm on every side, and furnished with feet on every side.
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SiP 7.1 6.16
द्यावाभूमी च जनयन् देव एको महेश्वरः स एव सर्वदेवानां प्रभवश्चोद्भवस्तथा
dyāvābhūmī ca janayan deva eko maheśvaraḥ sa eva sarvadevānāṃ prabhavaścodbhavastathā
Generating heaven and earth, the one god Maheśvara — he alone is the origin and likewise the arising of all the gods.
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SiP 7.1 6.17
हिरण्यगर्भं देवानां प्रथमं जनयेदयम् विश्वस्मादधिको रुद्रो महर्षिरिति हि श्रुतिः
hiraṇyagarbhaṃ devānāṃ prathamaṃ janayedayam viśvasmādadhiko rudro maharṣiriti hi śrutiḥ
He would generate Hiraṇyagarbha, the first of the gods; for the scripture (says), 'Rudra is greater than the universe, the great seer.'
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SiP 7.1 6.18
वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महांतममृतं ध्रुवम् आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्संस्थितं प्रभुम्
vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāṃtamamṛtaṃ dhruvam ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastātsaṃsthitaṃ prabhum
I know this Person, great, immortal, unshakeable, sun-coloured, established beyond darkness, the Lord.
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SiP 7.1 6.19
अस्मान्नास्ति परं किंचिदपरं परमात्मनः नाणीयो ऽस्ति न च ज्यायस्तेन पूर्णमिदं जगत्
asmānnāsti paraṃ kiṃcidaparaṃ paramātmanaḥ nāṇīyo 'sti na ca jyāyastena pūrṇamidaṃ jagat
There is nothing higher than this Supreme Self, and nothing lower; nothing smaller and nothing greater; by him this world is filled.
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SiP 7.1 6.20
सर्वाननशिरोग्रीवः सर्वभूतगुहाशयः सर्वव्यापी च भगवांस्तस्मात्सर्वगतश्शिवः
sarvānanaśirogrīvaḥ sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ sarvavyāpī ca bhagavāṃstasmātsarvagataśśivaḥ
Having all faces, heads and necks, dwelling in the cave (of the heart) of all beings, and all-pervading is the Blessed One; therefore Śiva goes everywhere.
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SiP 7.1 6.21
सर्वतः पाणिपादो ऽयं सर्वतो ऽक्षिशिरोमुखः सर्वतः श्रुतिमांल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति
sarvataḥ pāṇipādo 'yaṃ sarvato 'kṣiśiromukhaḥ sarvataḥ śrutimāṃlloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
He has hands and feet on every side, eyes, heads and faces on every side, hearing on every side; in the world he stands, having enveloped all.
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SiP 7.1 6.22
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासस्सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितः सर्वस्य प्रभुरीशानः सर्वस्य शरणं सुहृत्
sarvendriyaguṇābhāsassarvendriyavivarjitaḥ sarvasya prabhurīśānaḥ sarvasya śaraṇaṃ suhṛt
He shines forth as the qualities of all the senses, yet he is devoid of all the senses; he is the master and ruler of all, the refuge of all, the good friend.
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SiP 7.1 6.23
अचक्षुरपि यः पश्यत्यकर्णो ऽपि शृणोति यः सर्वं वेत्ति न वेत्तास्य तमाहुः पुरुषं परम्
acakṣurapi yaḥ paśyatyakarṇo 'pi śṛṇoti yaḥ sarvaṃ vetti na vettāsya tamāhuḥ puruṣaṃ param
He who, though without eyes, sees; who, though without ears, hears; who knows everything, while no one knows him — him they call the supreme Person.
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SiP 7.1 6.24
अणोरणीयान्महतो महीयानयमव्ययः गुहायां निहितश्चापि जंतोरस्य महेश्वरः
aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahīyānayamavyayaḥ guhāyāṃ nihitaścāpi jaṃtorasya maheśvaraḥ
Smaller than the small, greater than the great, this one is imperishable; and the Great Lord of this creature is set within the cave (of the heart).
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SiP 7.1 6.25
तमक्रतुं क्रतुप्रायं महिमातिशयान्वितम् धातुः प्रसादादीशानं वीतशोकः प्रपश्यति
tamakratuṃ kratuprāyaṃ mahimātiśayānvitam dhātuḥ prasādādīśānaṃ vītaśokaḥ prapaśyati
Him, who is without ritual will yet is the very essence of rites, endowed with surpassing greatness, the ruler — by the grace of the Ordainer one who is free of sorrow beholds.
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SiP 7.1 6.26
वेदाहमेनमजरं पुराणं सर्वगं विभुम् निरोधं जन्मनो यस्य वदंति ब्रह्मवादिनः
vedāhamenamajaraṃ purāṇaṃ sarvagaṃ vibhum nirodhaṃ janmano yasya vadaṃti brahmavādinaḥ
I know this one, ageless, ancient, all-pervading, mighty, of whom the speakers of brahman declare that he is the stopping of birth.
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SiP 7.1 6.27
एको ऽपि त्रीनिमांल्लोकान् बहुधा शक्तियोगतः विदधाति विचेत्यंते १ विश्वमादौ महेश्वरः
eko 'pi trīnimāṃllokān bahudhā śaktiyogataḥ vidadhāti vicetyaṃte 1 viśvamādau maheśvaraḥ
Though one, the Great Lord, by his conjunction with power, in manifold ways fashions these three worlds in the beginning, and at the end (dissolves) the universe.
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SiP 7.1 6.28
विश्वधात्रीत्यजाख्या च शैवी चित्रा कृतिः परा तामजां लोहितां शुक्लां कृष्णामेकां त्वजः प्रजाम्
viśvadhātrītyajākhyā ca śaivī citrā kṛtiḥ parā tāmajāṃ lohitāṃ śuklāṃ kṛṣṇāmekāṃ tvajaḥ prajām
And the supreme, variegated activity belonging to Śiva is called 'the unborn she-goat', the bearer of the universe; that unborn one, red, white and black, being one — but the unborn (male) ...
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SiP 7.1 6.29
जनित्रीमनुशेते ऽन्योजुषमाणस्स्वरूपिणीम् तामेवाजामजो ऽन्यस्तु भक्तभोगा जहाति च
janitrīmanuśete 'nyojuṣamāṇassvarūpiṇīm tāmevājāmajo 'nyastu bhaktabhogā jahāti ca
One (male) lies with her, the mother, enjoying her who has taken form; but another unborn one, having had his enjoyments, abandons that very unborn female.
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SiP 7.1 6.30
द्वौ सुपर्णौ च सयुजौ समानं वृक्षमास्थितौ एको ऽत्ति पिप्पलं स्वादु परो ऽनश्नन् प्रपश्यति
dvau suparṇau ca sayujau samānaṃ vṛkṣamāsthitau eko 'tti pippalaṃ svādu paro 'naśnan prapaśyati
Two birds, yoked together, are perched on the same tree: one eats the sweet fig, the other looks on without eating.
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SiP 7.1 6.31
वृक्षेस्मिन् पुरुषो मग्नो गुह्यमानश्च शोचति जुष्टमन्यं यदा पश्येदीशं परमकारणम्
vṛkṣesmin puruṣo magno guhyamānaśca śocati juṣṭamanyaṃ yadā paśyedīśaṃ paramakāraṇam
Sunk in this tree and kept hidden, the person grieves; but when he sees the other, the favoured one, the Lord, the supreme cause —
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SiP 7.1 6.32
तदास्य महिमानं च वीतशोकस्सुखी भवेत् छंदांसि यज्ञाः ऋतवो यद्भूतं भव्यमेव च
tadāsya mahimānaṃ ca vītaśokassukhī bhavet chaṃdāṃsi yajñāḥ ṛtavo yadbhūtaṃ bhavyameva ca
— then, (seeing) his greatness, he becomes free of sorrow and happy. The metres, the sacrifices, the seasons, whatever has been and whatever is to be —
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SiP 7.1 6.33
मायी विश्वं सृजत्यस्मिन्निविष्टो मायया परः मायां तु प्रकृतिं विद्यान्मायिनं तु महेश्वरम्
māyī viśvaṃ sṛjatyasminniviṣṭo māyayā paraḥ māyāṃ tu prakṛtiṃ vidyānmāyinaṃ tu maheśvaram
The wielder of illusion, the supreme one, entered into this (world), creates the universe by illusion. One should know illusion to be primal nature, and the wielder of illusion to be the Great Lord.
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SiP 7.1 6.34
तस्यास्त्ववयवैरेव व्याप्तं सर्वमिदं जगत् सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्ममीशानं कललस्यापि मध्यतः
tasyāstvavayavaireva vyāptaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat sūkṣmātisūkṣmamīśānaṃ kalalasyāpi madhyataḥ
And by her parts alone is all this world pervaded; the ruler is subtler than the subtle, (present) even within the finest film.
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SiP 7.1 6.35
१ विचेतोति प्रयोगस्त्वार्षत्वेन, ऽव्यत्ययो बहुलम्ऽ इति स्मरणेन साधुः ५०८ब् स्रष्टारमपि विश्वस्य वेष्टितारं च तस्य तु शिवमेवेश्वरं ज्ञात्वा शांतिमत्यंतमृच्छति
1 vicetoti prayogastvārṣatvena, `vyatyayo bahulam' iti smaraṇena sādhuḥ 508b sraṣṭāramapi viśvasya veṣṭitāraṃ ca tasya tu śivameveśvaraṃ jñātvā śāṃtimatyaṃtamṛcchati
(Footnote: the usage 'vicetaḥ' is correct as a Vedic-style form, by recalling the rule 'substitution (of case-forms) is frequent'.) 508b — Knowing Śiva, the Lord, to be both the creator of the universe and the one who envelops it, one attains utter peace.
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SiP 7.1 6.36
स एव कालो गोप्ता च विश्वस्याधिपतिः प्रभुः तं विश्वाधिपतिं ज्ञात्वा मृत्युपाशात्प्रमुच्यते
sa eva kālo goptā ca viśvasyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ taṃ viśvādhipatiṃ jñātvā mṛtyupāśātpramucyate
He alone is time and the guardian, the overlord and master of the universe; knowing him as the overlord of the universe, one is released from the noose of death.
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SiP 7.1 6.37
घृतात्परं मंडमिव सूक्ष्मं ज्ञात्वा स्थितं प्रभुम् सर्वभूतेषु गूढं च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
ghṛtātparaṃ maṃḍamiva sūkṣmaṃ jñātvā sthitaṃ prabhum sarvabhūteṣu gūḍhaṃ ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Knowing the master to be subtle and abiding like the cream beyond the butter, and hidden in all beings, one is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.38
एष एव परो देवो विश्वकर्मा महेश्वरः हृदये संनिविष्टं तं ज्ञात्वैवामृतमश्नुते
eṣa eva paro devo viśvakarmā maheśvaraḥ hṛdaye saṃniviṣṭaṃ taṃ jñātvaivāmṛtamaśnute
This very one is the supreme god, the maker of all, the Great Lord; knowing him as seated in the heart, one attains immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.39
यदा समस्तं न दिवा न रात्रिर्न सदप्यसत् केवलश्शिव एवैको यतः प्रज्ञा पुरातनी
yadā samastaṃ na divā na rātrirna sadapyasat kevalaśśiva evaiko yataḥ prajñā purātanī
When all is neither day nor night, neither existent nor non-existent, then Śiva alone is the sole one, from whom comes the ancient wisdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.40
नैनमूर्ध्वं न तिर्यक्च न मध्यं पर्यजिग्रहत् न तस्य प्रतिमा चास्ति यस्य नाम महद्यशः
nainamūrdhvaṃ na tiryakca na madhyaṃ paryajigrahat na tasya pratimā cāsti yasya nāma mahadyaśaḥ
Neither above nor across nor in the middle has anyone grasped him; and there is no likeness of him whose name is (itself) great glory.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.41
अजातमिममेवैके बुद्धा जन्मनि भीरवः रुद्रस्यास्य प्रपद्यंते रक्षार्थं दक्षिणं सुखम्
ajātamimamevaike buddhā janmani bhīravaḥ rudrasyāsya prapadyaṃte rakṣārthaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ sukham
Some, awakened (and) fearful of birth, take refuge in this unborn Rudra, in his favourable, blissful (southern/right side) for the sake of protection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.42
द्वे अक्षरे ब्रह्मपरे त्वनंते समुदाहृते विद्याविद्ये समाख्याते निहिते यत्र गूढवत्
dve akṣare brahmapare tvanaṃte samudāhṛte vidyāvidye samākhyāte nihite yatra gūḍhavat
Two imperishables are declared, beyond Brahman and endless: knowledge and ignorance are (so) named, and in it they lie hidden, as it were.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.43
क्षरं त्वविद्या ह्यमृतं विद्येति परिगीयते ते उभे ईशते यस्तु सो ऽन्यः खलु महेश्वरः
kṣaraṃ tvavidyā hyamṛtaṃ vidyeti parigīyate te ubhe īśate yastu so 'nyaḥ khalu maheśvaraḥ
The perishable is ignorance; the immortal is sung of as knowledge. But he who rules over both of these is another, indeed—the Great Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.44
एकैकं बहुधा जालं विकुर्वन्नेकवच्च यः सर्वाधिपत्यं कुरुते सृष्ट्वा सर्वान् प्रतापवान्
ekaikaṃ bahudhā jālaṃ vikurvannekavacca yaḥ sarvādhipatyaṃ kurute sṛṣṭvā sarvān pratāpavān
He who, being one, transforms each single net in many ways, and, powerful, having created all, exercises sovereignty over all;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.45
दिश ऊर्ध्वमधस्तिर्यक् भासयन् भ्राजते स्वयम् यो निःस्वभावादप्येको वरेण्यस्त्वधितिष्ठति
diśa ūrdhvamadhastiryak bhāsayan bhrājate svayam yo niḥsvabhāvādapyeko vareṇyastvadhitiṣṭhati
Illumining the directions—upward, downward, across—he shines of himself; he who, though one and free of (any determining) nature, being the most excellent, presides over (all);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.46
स्वभाववाचकान् सर्वान् वाच्यांश्च परिणामयन् गुणांश्च भोग्यभोक्तृत्वे तद्विश्वमधितिष्ठति
svabhāvavācakān sarvān vācyāṃśca pariṇāmayan guṇāṃśca bhogyabhoktṛtve tadviśvamadhitiṣṭhati
Causing all the words that express (things') natures and all their referents to undergo transformation, and the qualities too, in the state of being enjoyed and being enjoyer—he presides over that universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.47
ते वै गुह्योपणिषदि गूढं ब्रह्म परात्परम् ब्रह्मयोनिं जगत्पूर्वं विदुर्देवा महर्षयः
te vai guhyopaṇiṣadi gūḍhaṃ brahma parātparam brahmayoniṃ jagatpūrvaṃ vidurdevā maharṣayaḥ
They indeed—gods and great seers—knew that Brahman, hidden in the secret Upaniṣad, higher than the high, the womb of Brahman, prior to the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.48
भावग्राह्यमनीहाख्यं भावाभावकरं शिवम् कलासर्गकरं देवं ये विदुस्ते जहुस्तनुम्
bhāvagrāhyamanīhākhyaṃ bhāvābhāvakaraṃ śivam kalāsargakaraṃ devaṃ ye viduste jahustanum
Those who know the god who is to be grasped through being (or: through feeling), called 'the effortless one', who brings about being and non-being, Śiva, who brings forth the emission of the kalās—they leave the body behind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.49
स्वभावमेके मन्यंते कालमेके विमोहिताः देवस्य महिमा ह्येष येनेदं भ्राम्यते जगत्
svabhāvameke manyaṃte kālameke vimohitāḥ devasya mahimā hyeṣa yenedaṃ bhrāmyate jagat
Some, deluded, consider (the cause to be) inherent nature; some, time. But this is the greatness of the god, by which this world is made to revolve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.50
येनेदमावृतं नित्यं कालकालात्मना यतः तेनेरितमिदं कर्म भूतैः सह विवर्तते
yenedamāvṛtaṃ nityaṃ kālakālātmanā yataḥ teneritamidaṃ karma bhūtaiḥ saha vivartate
Since this (world) is forever enveloped by him, whose self is the time of time—impelled by him this action unfolds together with the elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.51
तत्कर्म भूयशः कृत्वा विनिवृत्य च भूयशः तत्त्वस्य सह तत्त्वेन योगं चापि समेत्य वै
tatkarma bhūyaśaḥ kṛtvā vinivṛtya ca bhūyaśaḥ tattvasya saha tattvena yogaṃ cāpi sametya vai
Having performed that action again and again, and again and again ceasing from it, and having also attained the conjunction of one principle with another—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.52
अष्टाभिश्च त्रिभिश्चैवं द्वाभ्यां चैकेन वा पुनः कालेनात्मगुणैश्चापि कृत्स्नमेव जगत् स्वयम्
aṣṭābhiśca tribhiścaivaṃ dvābhyāṃ caikena vā punaḥ kālenātmaguṇaiścāpi kṛtsnameva jagat svayam
and thus by eight, by three, by two, or again by one, and also by time and by the qualities of the self—the whole world itself (comes about).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.53
गुणैरारभ्य कर्माणि स्वभावादीनि योजयेत् तेषामभावे नाशः स्यात्कृतस्यापि च कर्मणः
guṇairārabhya karmāṇi svabhāvādīni yojayet teṣāmabhāve nāśaḥ syātkṛtasyāpi ca karmaṇaḥ
Beginning with the qualities, he would join actions (with the notions of) inherent nature and the rest; in the absence of these there would be destruction even of the action performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.54
कर्मक्षये पुनश्चान्यत्ततो याति स तत्त्वतः स एवादिस्स्वयं योगनिमित्तं भोक्तृभोगयोः
karmakṣaye punaścānyattato yāti sa tattvataḥ sa evādissvayaṃ yoganimittaṃ bhoktṛbhogayoḥ
And when the action is exhausted he goes from there to another, in truth. He himself is the beginning, the cause of the conjunction of enjoyer and enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.55
परस्त्रिकालादकलस्स एव परमेश्वरः सर्ववित् त्रिगुणाधीशो ब्रह्मसाक्षात्परात्परः
parastrikālādakalassa eva parameśvaraḥ sarvavit triguṇādhīśo brahmasākṣātparātparaḥ
He alone is beyond the three times, partless, the Supreme Lord, all-knowing, master of the three qualities, directly Brahman, higher than the high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.56
तं विश्वरूपमभवं भवमीड्यं प्रजापतिम् ५०९अ देवदेवं जगत्पूज्यं स्वचित्तस्थमुपास्महे
taṃ viśvarūpamabhavaṃ bhavamīḍyaṃ prajāpatim 509a devadevaṃ jagatpūjyaṃ svacittasthamupāsmahe
Him we worship, who has the universe for his form, unborn, Bhava, to be praised, the lord of creatures, god of gods, worshipped by the world, dwelling in our own mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.57
कालादिभिः परो यस्मात्प्रपञ्चः परिवर्तते धर्मावहं पापनुदं भोगेशं विश्वधाम च
kālādibhiḥ paro yasmātprapañcaḥ parivartate dharmāvahaṃ pāpanudaṃ bhogeśaṃ viśvadhāma ca
(We worship him) beyond whom the manifold (world), through time and the rest, revolves—the bringer of dharma, the dispeller of sin, the lord of enjoyments, and the abode of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 6.58
तमीश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतम् पतिं पतीनां परमं परस्ताद्विदाम देवं भुवनेश्वरेश्वरम्
tamīśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ maheśvaraṃ taṃ devatānāṃ paramaṃ ca daivatam patiṃ patīnāṃ paramaṃ parastādvidāma devaṃ bhuvaneśvareśvaram
Him, the supreme of lords, the Great Lord; him, the supreme deity of the deities; the lord of lords, the highest—we know that god from beyond, the lord of the lords of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.59
न तस्य विद्येत कार्यं कारणं च न विद्यते न तत्समो ऽधिकश्चापि क्वचिज्जगति दृश्यते
na tasya vidyeta kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca na vidyate na tatsamo 'dhikaścāpi kvacijjagati dṛśyate
For him there would be no effect, and no cause is found; and nowhere in the world is anything seen equal to him or greater.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.60
परास्य विविधा शक्तिः श्रुतौ स्वाभाविकी श्रुता ज्ञानं बलं क्रिया चैव याभ्यो विश्वमिदं कृतम्
parāsya vividhā śaktiḥ śrutau svābhāvikī śrutā jñānaṃ balaṃ kriyā caiva yābhyo viśvamidaṃ kṛtam
His supreme power is manifold; in scripture it is heard of as innate—knowledge, strength, and action—by which this universe was made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.61
तस्यास्ति पतिः कश्चिन्नैव लिंगं न चेशिता कारणं कारणानां च स तेषामधिपाधिपः
tasyāsti patiḥ kaścinnaiva liṃgaṃ na ceśitā kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃ ca sa teṣāmadhipādhipaḥ
He has no lord whatever, nor any mark, nor any ruler; he is the cause of causes and the overlord of their overlords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.62
न चास्य जनिता कश्चिन्न च जन्म कुतश्चन न जन्महेतवस्तद्वन्मलमायादिसंज्ञकाः
na cāsya janitā kaścinna ca janma kutaścana na janmahetavastadvanmalamāyādisaṃjñakāḥ
And he has no begetter, nor is there birth for him from anywhere, nor are there causes of birth for him, such as those called impurity, māyā and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.63
स एकस्सर्वभूतेषु गूढो व्याप्तश्च विश्वतः सर्वभूतांतरात्मा च धर्माध्यक्षस्स कथ्यते
sa ekassarvabhūteṣu gūḍho vyāptaśca viśvataḥ sarvabhūtāṃtarātmā ca dharmādhyakṣassa kathyate
He is one, hidden in all beings, and pervading (them) on every side; he is called the inner self of all beings and the overseer of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.64
सर्वभूताधिवासश्च साक्षी चेता च निर्गुणः एको वशी निष्क्रियाणां बहूनां विवशात्मनाम्
sarvabhūtādhivāsaśca sākṣī cetā ca nirguṇaḥ eko vaśī niṣkriyāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ vivaśātmanām
He dwells in all beings, (he is) the witness, the conscious one, and free of qualities; the one ruler of the many that are inactive and not their own masters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.65
नित्यानामप्यसौ नित्यश्चेतनानां च चेतनः एको बहूनां चाकामः कामानीशः प्रयच्छति
nityānāmapyasau nityaścetanānāṃ ca cetanaḥ eko bahūnāṃ cākāmaḥ kāmānīśaḥ prayacchati
He is the eternal one among eternals and the conscious one among the conscious; being one among many and himself without desire, he, as lord, grants (their) desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.66
सांख्ययोगाधिगम्यं यत्कारणं जगतां पतिम् ज्ञात्वा देवं पशुः पाशैस्सर्वैरेव विमुच्यते
sāṃkhyayogādhigamyaṃ yatkāraṇaṃ jagatāṃ patim jñātvā devaṃ paśuḥ pāśaissarvaireva vimucyate
Having known the god, the cause, the lord of the worlds, who is to be reached through Sāṃkhya and Yoga, the bound soul is freed from all its bonds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.67
विश्वकृद्विश्ववित्स्वात्मयोनिज्ञः कालकृद्गुणी प्रधानः क्षेत्रज्ञपतिर्गुणेशः पाशमोचकः
viśvakṛdviśvavitsvātmayonijñaḥ kālakṛdguṇī pradhānaḥ kṣetrajñapatirguṇeśaḥ pāśamocakaḥ
(He is) maker of the universe, knower of the universe, knower of his own self as the source, maker of time, possessor of qualities, the primal one, lord of the knower of the field, ruler of the qualities, releaser from bonds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.68
ब्रह्माणं विदधे पूर्वं वेदांश्चोपादिशत्स्वयम् यो देवस्तमहं बुद्ध्वा स्वात्मबुद्धिप्रसादतः
brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe pūrvaṃ vedāṃścopādiśatsvayam yo devastamahaṃ buddhvā svātmabuddhiprasādataḥ
Having, by the grace of the understanding of my own self, come to know that god who formerly created Brahmā and himself taught him the Vedas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.69
मुमुक्षुरस्मात्संसारात्प्रपद्ये शरणं शिवम् निष्फलं निष्क्रियं शांतं निरवद्यं निरंजनम्
mumukṣurasmātsaṃsārātprapadye śaraṇaṃ śivam niṣphalaṃ niṣkriyaṃ śāṃtaṃ niravadyaṃ niraṃjanam
— desiring release from this round of rebirth, I take refuge in Śiva, (my) shelter, who is without fruit (of action), without action, tranquil, blameless, unstained,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.70
अमृतस्य परं सेतुं दग्धेंधनमिवानिलम् यदा चर्मवदाकाशं वेष्टयिष्यंति मानवाः
amṛtasya paraṃ setuṃ dagdheṃdhanamivānilam yadā carmavadākāśaṃ veṣṭayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ
the supreme causeway to immortality, like the wind when its fuel is burnt away. When men shall roll up the sky as if it were a hide,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.71
तदा शिवमविज्ञाय दुःखस्यांतो भविष्यति
tadā śivamavijñāya duḥkhasyāṃto bhaviṣyati
then, without knowing Śiva, there will be an end of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.72
तपःप्रभावाद्देवस्य प्रसादाच्च महर्षयः अत्याश्रमोचितज्ञानं पवित्रं पापनाशनम्
tapaḥprabhāvāddevasya prasādācca maharṣayaḥ atyāśramocitajñānaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam
Great sages, by the power of austerity and by the grace of the god, (this) knowledge fit for those beyond the (four) stages of life, purifying, destroyer of sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.73
वेदांते परमं गुह्यं पुराकल्पप्रचोदितम् ब्रह्मणो वदनाल्लब्धं मयेदं भाग्यगौरवात्
vedāṃte paramaṃ guhyaṃ purākalpapracoditam brahmaṇo vadanāllabdhaṃ mayedaṃ bhāgyagauravāt
the highest secret in the Vedānta, proclaimed in a former age — this I obtained from the mouth of Brahmā through the greatness of (my) good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.74
नाप्रशांताय दातव्यमेतज्ज्ञानमनुत्तमम् न पुत्रायाशुवृत्ताय नाशिष्याय च सर्वथा
nāpraśāṃtāya dātavyametajjñānamanuttamam na putrāyāśuvṛttāya nāśiṣyāya ca sarvathā
This unsurpassed knowledge is not to be given to one who is not tranquil, nor to a son of unsteady conduct, nor by any means to one who is not a pupil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.75
यस्य देवे पराभक्तिर्यथा देवे तथा गुरौ तस्यैते कथिताह्यर्थाः प्रकाशंते महात्मनः
yasya deve parābhaktiryathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitāhyarthāḥ prakāśaṃte mahātmanaḥ
For that great-souled one who has supreme devotion to the god, and to the teacher as to the god, these matters that have been told shine forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 6.76
अतश्च संक्षेपमिदं शृणुध्वं शिवः परस्तात्प्रकृतेश्च पुंसः स सर्गकाले च करोति सर्वं संहारकाले पुनराददाति
ataśca saṃkṣepamidaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ śivaḥ parastātprakṛteśca puṃsaḥ sa sargakāle ca karoti sarvaṃ saṃhārakāle punarādadāti
And so hear this in brief: Śiva is beyond both nature and the soul; at the time of creation he makes all this, and at the time of dissolution he takes it back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition