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प्रथमं सद्गुरुं प्राप्य भक्तिभाव समन्वितः ॥ शिवबुद्ध्या करोत्युच्चैः पूजनं स्मरणादिकम् ॥ २६ ॥
The devotee at the outset shall go to a competent preceptor with devout and reverential feelings. He shall worship and serve him considering him Siva.
english translation
तद्बुध्या देहतो याति सर्वपापादिको मलः ॥ तदाऽज्ञानं च नश्येत ज्ञानवाञ्जायते यदा ॥ २७ ॥
Thanks to this conception, all sins and dirts are removed from the body. When he gains knowledge his ignorance disappears.
english translation
तदाहंकारनिर्मुक्तो जीवो निर्मलबुद्धिमान् ॥ शङ्करस्य प्रसादेन प्रयाति शङ्करताम्पुनः ॥ २८॥
Freed from the ego, the individual soul attains pure intellect. Thanks to Śiva’s grace he attains the state of Śiva again.
english translation
यथाऽऽदर्शस्वरूपे च स्वीयरूपं प्रदृश्यते ॥ तथा सर्वत्रगं शम्भु पश्यतीति सुनिश्चितम् ॥ २९॥
Just as one sees one’s own form in the mirror so also the pure soul secs the all-pervading Śiva, certainly.
english translation
जीवन्मुक्तस्य एवासौ देहः शीर्ण शिवे मिलेत् ॥ प्रारब्धवशगो देहस्तद्भिन्नो ज्ञानवान् मतः ॥ ३० ॥
He becomes the living liberated soul. When the body perishes he merges into Śiva. The body is begot by the Prārabdha karman. The perfectly wise is considered different from it.
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