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

Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta 43 the other delusive conception of taking the (all inclusive) self as non-self. The self of a person is, in fact, divinely potent, pure and trans- cendental consciousness alone; but a person in delusion takes some insentient substances like the physical body, animation, mental apparatus etc. as his self. That is one type of his delusion. The whole phenomenon, being the manifestation of the divine powers of the real self, is in fact nothing other than one's self, but is taken as non-self. That is another type of delusion. The great God, playing the gracious game of self-revelation, makes a person realize his real nature and to recognize himself as none other than God. Such recognitive self-realization liquidates both the above mentioned types of delusion, one after another. Such a man of realization feels firstly that he is pure, infinite, eternal, independent and perfect consciousness having infinite divine potency as his nature. Afterwards he sees the whole phenomenon as his own self. इत्थं विभ्रमयुगलक-समूलविच्छेदने कृतार्थस्य । कर्तव्यान्तरकलना न जातु परयोगिनो भवति ॥ ४० ॥ 40. Itthaṁ vibhrama-yugalaka-smūla- vicchedane kṛtārthasya Kartavyāntara-kalanā na jātu parayogino bhavati. A superior yogin, having become thus fully satisfied by rooting out and exterminating the delusion of both the types, does never see any thing else to be accomplished by him. पृथ्वी प्रकृतिर्माया त्रितयमिदं वेद्यरूपतापतितम् । अद्वैतभावनवलाद् भवति हि सन्मात्रपरिशेषम् ॥ ४१ ॥ 41. Pṛthvī prakṛtir māyā tritayamidaṁ vedya-rūpatā-patitam Advaita-bhāvana-balād bhavati hi sanmātra-pariśeṣam. The trinity of the objective existence, consisting of (the spheres of) earth, cosmic substance, and Māyā, is reduced to the position of the simple and pure basic existence by means of practice in the contemplation of non-duality. Bhāvanā is a contemplative practice in thinking constantly about the exactly pure and real nature of an entity, self or non-