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न सर्वज्ञं विना पुंसामादिसर्गः प्रसिद्ध्यति ॥ वैद्यं विना निरानंदाः क्लिश्यंते रोगिणो यथा ॥ १६ ॥
Without the omniscient Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin of the universe cannot be understood. Without a physician they are unhappy and suffer like patients.
english translation
तस्मादनादिः सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णस्सदाशिवः ॥ अस्ति नाथः परित्राता पुंसां संसारसागरात् ॥ १७ ॥
Hence, surely there is the lord, the primordial omniscient, perfect, Sadāśiva, the protector of persons from the ocean of worldly existence.
english translation
आदिमध्यांतनिर्मुक्तस्स्वभावविमलः प्रभुः ॥ सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णश्च शिवो ज्ञेयश्शिवागमे ॥ १८ ॥
Śiva is devoid of beginning, middle and end. He is the lord innately pure, omniscient and perfect as mentioned in Śaivite Āgamas.
english translation
तस्याभिधानमन्त्रो ऽयमभिधेयश्च स स्मृतः ॥ अभिधानाभिधेयत्वान्मंत्रस्सिद्धः परश्शिवः ॥ १९ ॥
This mantra expresses him. He is the person expressed by the great Mantra.
english translation
एतावत्तु शिवज्ञानमेतावत्परमं पदम् ॥ यदोंनमश्शिवायेति शिववाक्यं षडक्षरम् ॥ २० ॥
The Śivajñāna, is as extensive as the expression of Śiva, the six-syllabled mantra, ‘Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya’.
english translation