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Shiva Purana

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त्वं हि वागमृतं साक्षादहमर्थामृतं परम् ॥ द्वयमप्यमृतं कस्माद्वियुक्तमुपपद्यते ॥ १६ ॥

You are the nectar of speech, and I am the nectar of meaning. Why do both appear to be separate from the nectar?

english translation

विद्याप्रत्यायिका त्वं मे वेद्यो ऽहं प्रत्ययात्तव ॥ विद्यावेद्यात्मनोरेव विश्लेषः कथमावयोः ॥ १७ ॥

You are the lore that makes my conviction possible. I am the object of knowledge on the basis of your conviction. How can we separate in asmuch as we are in the forms of knowledge and object of knowledge?

english translation

न कर्मणा सृजामीदं जगत्प्रतिसृजामि च ॥ सर्वस्याज्ञैकलभ्यत्वादाज्ञात्वं हि गरीयसी ॥ १८ ॥

I am not creating and re-creating this universe merely by my activity since everything gets evolved through command or behest. You are the great command.

english translation

आज्ञैकसारमैश्वर्यं यस्मात्स्वातंत्र्यलक्षणम् ॥ आज्ञया विप्रयुक्तस्य चैश्वर्यं मम कीदृशम् ॥ १९ ॥

Lordship has behest as its core because it is the symbol of freedom. How can there be lordship in me if I am deprived of command?

english translation

न कदाचिदवस्थानमावयोर्विप्रयुक्तयोः ॥ देवानां कार्यमुद्दिश्य लीलोक्तिं कृतवानहम् ॥ २० ॥

We can never stay apart from each other. It was for accomplishing the task of the gods that I made that joke.

english translation