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सिद्धान्त बिन्दु
अपि व्यापकत्वाद्धितत्त्वप्रयोगात्
स्वतस्सिद्धभावादनन्याश्रयत्वात् ।
जगत्तुच्छमेतत्समस्तं तदन्यत्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥ ९ ॥
184. A doubt may occur : The three states of cons-
ciousness and the entities identified with them being
false, the witness of these could also be false because
there is no distinction. To dispel this doubt the
Acārya affirms the reality of the witness by showing
the distinction :
And because It is pervasive and taught as (most)
desirable,
Because It is self-evident being and not dependent
on any other,
The whole world is unreal but being other than that,
I am the One, the residue, Siva, the Absolute. 9
१८५. 'न हष्टेर्द्रप्टारं पश्ये: ' इति साक्षिणं प्रकृत्य, 'अतोऽन्यदार्तम् ।
इति श्रुतेः साक्षिणोऽन्यत्साक्ष्यं सर्वं जगत्तुच्छ्म्, न तु साक्षी । वाधावधि-
त्वात् भ्रमाधिष्ठानतया ज्ञातत्वाच्च तद्वाधग्राहकाभावाचेत्याद्यनुक्तसमुच्चया-
र्थोऽपिशब्द ।
185. Regarding the witness, beginning with "You can-
not see the seer of sight ( B.u. iii, 4, 2), the Sruti goes on
to say, " All other Than that is mortal" (B.u. iii, 4, 2),
Therefore, all that is witnessed, the whole world
other than the witness, is unreal; but not so the witness.
Because it is the limit of all sublation, it is known as
the basis or locus of illusory knowing and there is
The word " and "
none to grasp its sublation.
stands for the totality of the above and all other
reasons not specifically mentioned.
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सिद्धान्त बिन्दु
अपि व्यापकत्वाद्धितत्त्वप्रयोगात्
स्वतस्सिद्धभावादनन्याश्रयत्वात् ।
जगत्तुच्छमेतत्समस्तं तदन्यत्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥ ९ ॥
184. A doubt may occur : The three states of cons-
ciousness and the entities identified with them being
false, the witness of these could also be false because
there is no distinction. To dispel this doubt the
Acārya affirms the reality of the witness by showing
the distinction :
And because It is pervasive and taught as (most)
desirable,
Because It is self-evident being and not dependent
on any other,
The whole world is unreal but being other than that,
I am the One, the residue, Siva, the Absolute. 9
१८५. 'न हष्टेर्द्रप्टारं पश्ये: ' इति साक्षिणं प्रकृत्य, 'अतोऽन्यदार्तम् ।
इति श्रुतेः साक्षिणोऽन्यत्साक्ष्यं सर्वं जगत्तुच्छ्म्, न तु साक्षी । वाधावधि-
त्वात् भ्रमाधिष्ठानतया ज्ञातत्वाच्च तद्वाधग्राहकाभावाचेत्याद्यनुक्तसमुच्चया-
र्थोऽपिशब्द ।
185. Regarding the witness, beginning with "You can-
not see the seer of sight ( B.u. iii, 4, 2), the Sruti goes on
to say, " All other Than that is mortal" (B.u. iii, 4, 2),
Therefore, all that is witnessed, the whole world
other than the witness, is unreal; but not so the witness.
Because it is the limit of all sublation, it is known as
the basis or locus of illusory knowing and there is
The word " and "
none to grasp its sublation.
stands for the totality of the above and all other
reasons not specifically mentioned.
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