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शिवसंसर्गतस्त्वेष शोध्यात्मैव हि शुध्यति ॥ अयस्यग्नौ समाविष्टे दाहो ऽग्नेरेव नायसः ॥ ४६ ॥
The Ātman alone is purified through the contact with Śiva. If the iron-rod is put in fire and heated, the burning is that of the fire, not of the iron-rod.
english translation
मूर्तात्मन्येवमैश्वर्यमीश्वरस्यैव नात्मनाम् ॥ न हि काष्ठं ज्वलत्यूर्ध्वमग्निरेव ज्वलत्यसौ ॥ ४७ ॥
The prosperity, glory etc. of the Mūrtyātmans is really that of lord Śiva and not of the Ātmans. It is the fire, not the fuel, that blazes upwards.
english translation
काष्ठस्यांगारता नाग्नेरेवमत्रापि योज्यताम् ॥ अत एव जगत्यस्मिन्काष्ठपाषाणमृत्स्वपि ॥ ४८ ॥
The charcoal of wood should not be used in the same way as the fire. That is why even wood, stone and clay are in this world.
english translation
शिवावेशवशादेव शिवत्वमुपचर्यते ॥ मैत्र्यादयो गुणा गौणास्तस्मात्ते भिन्नवृत्तयः ॥ ४९ ॥
Because of the indwelling of Lord Śiva, one attains to Lord Śiva’s status. Friendship and other qualities are secondary and therefore you have different behaviors.
english translation
तैर्गुणैरुपरक्तानां दोषाय च गुणाय च ॥ यत्तु गौणमगौणं च तत्सर्वमनुगृह्णतः ॥ न गुणाय न दोषाय शिवस्य गुणवृत्तयः ॥ ५० ॥
Those who are not attached to these modes of nature are both faulty and virtuous. Whatever is secondary and not secondary is all done by the grace of the Lord. The virtuous instincts of Lord Shiva are neither for virtue nor for evil.
english translation