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यथा समुद्रो मृच्चैव सुवर्णमथवा पुनः ॥ उपाधितो हि नानात्वं लभते शंकरस्तथा ॥ १६ ॥
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
कार्यकारणयोर्भेदो वस्तुतो न प्रवर्तते ॥ केवलं भ्रान्तिबुद्ध्यैव तदाभावे स नश्यति ॥ १७ ॥
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
तदा बीजात्प्ररोहश्च नानात्वं हि प्रकाशयेत् ॥ अन्ते च बीजमेव स्यात्तत्प्ररोहश्च नश्यति ॥ १८ ॥
The shooting sprout from a seed may exhibit multiplicity but ultimately it becomes the seed and the shoot perishes.
english translation
ज्ञानी च बीजमेव स्यात्प्ररोहो विकृतीर्मता ॥ तन्निवृत्तौ पुनर्ज्ञानी नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १९ ॥
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
सर्वं शिवः शिवं सर्वं नास्ति भेदश्च कश्चन ॥ कथं च विविधं पश्यत्येकत्वं च कथं पुनः ॥ २० ॥
Everything is Śiva. Śiva is everything. There is no difference at all. How is this manifoldness seen? How is the unity regained?
english translation