Shiva Purana

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/16

यथा समुद्रो मृच्चैव सुवर्णमथवा पुनः ॥ उपाधितो हि नानात्वं लभते शंकरस्तथा ॥ १६ ॥

sanskrit

The ocean or the lump of clay or the piece of gold attains different shapes due to delimiting conditions. Śiva too is so.

english translation

yathA samudro mRccaiva suvarNamathavA punaH ॥ upAdhito hi nAnAtvaM labhate zaMkarastathA ॥ 16 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/17

कार्यकारणयोर्भेदो वस्तुतो न प्रवर्तते ॥ केवलं भ्रान्तिबुद्ध्यैव तदाभावे स नश्यति ॥ १७ ॥

sanskrit

There is one essential difference between the material cause and its effect. The difference is due to illusory perception. If the one ceases to exist, the other is quelled.

english translation

kAryakAraNayorbhedo vastuto na pravartate ॥ kevalaM bhrAntibuddhyaiva tadAbhAve sa nazyati ॥ 17 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/18

तदा बीजात्प्ररोहश्च नानात्वं हि प्रकाशयेत् ॥ अन्ते च बीजमेव स्यात्तत्प्ररोहश्च नश्यति ॥ १८ ॥

sanskrit

The shooting sprout from a seed may exhibit multiplicity but ultimately it becomes the seed and the shoot perishes.

english translation

tadA bIjAtprarohazca nAnAtvaM hi prakAzayet ॥ ante ca bIjameva syAttatprarohazca nazyati ॥ 18 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/19

ज्ञानी च बीजमेव स्यात्प्ररोहो विकृतीर्मता ॥ तन्निवृत्तौ पुनर्ज्ञानी नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

The perfectly wise is the seed. Deformity is the sprout. When the deformity disappears he becomes the perfectly wise again. There is nothing to doubt in this regard.

english translation

jJAnI ca bIjameva syAtpraroho vikRtIrmatA ॥ tannivRttau punarjJAnI nAtra kAryA vicAraNA ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/20

सर्वं शिवः शिवं सर्वं नास्ति भेदश्च कश्चन ॥ कथं च विविधं पश्यत्येकत्वं च कथं पुनः ॥ २० ॥

sanskrit

Everything is Śiva. Śiva is everything. There is no difference at all. How is this manifoldness seen? How is the unity regained?

english translation

sarvaM zivaH zivaM sarvaM nAsti bhedazca kazcana ॥ kathaM ca vividhaM pazyatyekatvaM ca kathaM punaH ॥ 20 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/16

यथा समुद्रो मृच्चैव सुवर्णमथवा पुनः ॥ उपाधितो हि नानात्वं लभते शंकरस्तथा ॥ १६ ॥

sanskrit

The ocean or the lump of clay or the piece of gold attains different shapes due to delimiting conditions. Śiva too is so.

english translation

yathA samudro mRccaiva suvarNamathavA punaH ॥ upAdhito hi nAnAtvaM labhate zaMkarastathA ॥ 16 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/17

कार्यकारणयोर्भेदो वस्तुतो न प्रवर्तते ॥ केवलं भ्रान्तिबुद्ध्यैव तदाभावे स नश्यति ॥ १७ ॥

sanskrit

There is one essential difference between the material cause and its effect. The difference is due to illusory perception. If the one ceases to exist, the other is quelled.

english translation

kAryakAraNayorbhedo vastuto na pravartate ॥ kevalaM bhrAntibuddhyaiva tadAbhAve sa nazyati ॥ 17 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/18

तदा बीजात्प्ररोहश्च नानात्वं हि प्रकाशयेत् ॥ अन्ते च बीजमेव स्यात्तत्प्ररोहश्च नश्यति ॥ १८ ॥

sanskrit

The shooting sprout from a seed may exhibit multiplicity but ultimately it becomes the seed and the shoot perishes.

english translation

tadA bIjAtprarohazca nAnAtvaM hi prakAzayet ॥ ante ca bIjameva syAttatprarohazca nazyati ॥ 18 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/19

ज्ञानी च बीजमेव स्यात्प्ररोहो विकृतीर्मता ॥ तन्निवृत्तौ पुनर्ज्ञानी नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

The perfectly wise is the seed. Deformity is the sprout. When the deformity disappears he becomes the perfectly wise again. There is nothing to doubt in this regard.

english translation

jJAnI ca bIjameva syAtpraroho vikRtIrmatA ॥ tannivRttau punarjJAnI nAtra kAryA vicAraNA ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/43/20

सर्वं शिवः शिवं सर्वं नास्ति भेदश्च कश्चन ॥ कथं च विविधं पश्यत्येकत्वं च कथं पुनः ॥ २० ॥

sanskrit

Everything is Śiva. Śiva is everything. There is no difference at all. How is this manifoldness seen? How is the unity regained?

english translation

sarvaM zivaH zivaM sarvaM nAsti bhedazca kazcana ॥ kathaM ca vividhaM pazyatyekatvaM ca kathaM punaH ॥ 20 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript