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ऋषय ऊचुः ॥ मुक्तिर्नाम त्वया प्रोक्ता तस्यां किं नु भवेदिह ॥ अवस्था कीदृशी तत्र भवेदिति वदस्व नः ॥ १ ॥
The sages said.— What is liberation has been explained by you. What will happen in that state? What is the nature of that state? Please explain to us.
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सूत उवाच ॥। मुक्तिश्चतुर्विधा प्रोक्ता श्रूयतां कथयामि वः ॥ संसारक्लेशसंहर्त्री परमानन्ददायिनी ॥ २ ॥
Sūta said:— Liberation is of four types. May this be heard. I shall tell you. It quells the pain of worldly existence. It bestows the greatest bliss.
english translation
सारूप्या चैव सालोक्या सान्निध्या च तथा परा ॥ सायुज्या च चतुर्थी सा व्रतेनानेन या भवेत् ॥ ३॥
It is fourfold:—Sārūpya (identity in form), Sālokya (being within the view of the lord or in the same world), Sānnidhya (proximity with the lord), and Sāyujya (complete identity with him). The fourth arises out of this Vrata.
english translation
मुक्तेर्दाता मुनिश्रेष्ठाः केवलं शिव उच्यते॥ ब्रह्माद्या न हि ते ज्ञेया केवलं च त्रिवर्गदाः ॥ ४॥
O great sages, only Śiva can bestow liberation. Brahmā and others cannot do that. They shall be known as bestowers of virtue, wealth and love.
english translation
ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिगुणाधीशाश्शिवस्त्रिगुणतः परः ॥ निर्विकारी परब्रह्म तुर्यः प्रकृतितः परः ॥ ५॥
Brahmā and others are dependent on the attributes. Śiva is beyond the attributes. He is free from aberrations. He is the great Brahman, the fourth deity, greater than Prakṛti.
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