परमार्थसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - त्रिक-दर्शन, अद्वैत शैव साधना एवं सान्वय सटीक)

Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta 37 Just as thin juice, thick juice, still thicker molasses (राब), coarse sugar and refined sugar etc. are all only the juice of sugarcane (appearing in different forms), so are all phenomena just some different states of Lord Śiva in His universal aspect. God shines in His two aspects, the noumenal one and the pheno- menal one. In the former one He is infinite and pure I-conscious- ness and that alone. But within such transcendental consciousness lies that infinite divine power of Godhead through which all phenomena shine in Him as reflections in a crystal. He appears thus as the whole mental and physical existence and that is His phenomenal aspect. विज्ञानान्तर्यामिप्राणविराड्देहजातिपिण्डान्ताः । व्यवहारमात्रमेतत् परमार्थेन तु न सन्त्येव ॥२७॥ 27. Vijñānāntaryāmi-prāṇa-virāḍ- deha-jāti-piṇḍāntāḥ Vyavahāra-mātrametat paramārthena tu na santyeva. The flow of momentary consciousness, the single self working in all minds, the power of animation, the universal soul shining as the whole phenomenon, the gross and subtle forms, the generali- ties or species and lastly the individual being, all these consist of mere dialectical conception and do not at all exist in reality. The Buddhist thinkers maintain that the constant flow of momentary consciousness is the only reality. The Vedic thinkers say that the single self, penetrating inside, pervading, directing and governing all the minds, is the ultimate reality. Some Upani- ṣadic thinkers take the power of animation as the ultimate truth, while other such thinkers say that one universal Ātman, shining as all phenomena, is the only reality. Some other thinkers take either the psycho-physical organism or the generalities or lastly the individual as the ultimate truth. But all such theories are merely some dialectical speculations useful in discussions and debates. None among such entities has a real existence, as all these are mere suppositions and imaginary concepts of thinkers. रज्ज्वां नास्ति भुजङ्गस्त्रासं कुरुते च मृत्युपर्यन्तम् । भ्रान्तेर्महती शक्तिर्न विवेक्तुं शक्यते नाम ॥२८॥ 28. Rajjvāṁ nāsti bhujaṅgas-trāsaṁ kurute ca mṛtyu-paryantam