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

Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta 53 मोक्षस्य नैव किञ्चिद् धामास्ति न चापि गमनमन्यत्र । अज्ञानग्रन्थिभिदा स्वशक्त्यभिव्यक्तता मोक्षः ॥ ६० ॥ 60. Mokṣasya naiva kiñcid dhāmāsti na cāpi gamanamanyatra Ajñāna-granthi-bhidā sva-śaktya- bhivyaktatā mokṣaḥ. The state of liberation is not confined to any special abode (like Vaikuṇṭha), nor does it necessitate any ascension (towards any celestial abode). Liberation is the illumining of one's divine potency attainable by means of resolving the knots of ignorance. Fully liberated beings have not to ascend to any divine abode like Brahmaloka or Vaikuṇṭha. Ignorance regarding one's real nature, consisting of supreme and divine potency, is bondage and as soon as such ignorance is annihilated, one's really natural purity and divinity shine through the spiritual lustre of his own pure consciousness and that is liberation. Such a being is libera- ted even while living in a physical form. भिन्नाज्ञानग्रन्थिर्गतसन्देहः पराकृतभ्रान्तिः । प्रक्षीणपुण्यपापो विग्रहयोगेऽप्यसौ मुक्त ॥ ६१ ॥ 61. Bhinnājñāna-granthir gatasandehaḥ parākṛta-bhrāntiḥ Prakṣīṇa-puṇya-pāpo vigraha- yoge'pyasau muktaḥ A person becomes liberated even while residing in a mortal form when the knots of his ignorance are resolved, his doubts are removed, his delusion is eradicated and his piety and sin are perfectly consumed. When the impressions of the correct knowledge of one's real nature become deeply impressed on his person, his ignorance, his doubts, his delusion etc. become annihilated and his good and bad deeds lose their power of fructification. Since it is ignorance with its results which is bondage, such a person attains liberation even while living in the mortal world and is consequently known as a jīvan-mukta. अग्न्यभिदग्धं बीजं यथा प्ररोहासमर्थतामेति । ज्ञानाग्निदग्धमेवं कर्म न जन्मप्रदं भवति ॥ ६२ ॥ 62. Agnyabhidagdhaṃ bījaṃ yathā prarohāsamarthatāmeti