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

Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta 67 95. Sa kathaṁ vigraha-yoge sati na bhavet tena moha-yoge'pi Maraṇāvasare jñānī na cyavate svātma-paramārthāt. How can such bhoga (fructification of deeds) be avoided by a person having self-realization while he is yet living in a physical form and is still, on such account, retaining the impression of his previous delusion? But (even then) he does not swerve from the real nature of the self at the time of death. Even a jñānin has all the mundane experiences of pleasure, pain etc. while he is yet living in a physical body. But that does not at all mean his swerving from the reality. Such things deserve to be taken as outward behaviour based on his life long egoistic feel- ings of I-ness and my-ness with respect to his body, organs, senses and mind. From within he is pure and has a firm belief in his purity and divinity. Such belief is not at all slackened by such mundane experiences or even by the experience of death. A jñānin remains firm in his real nature at the time of death and that results in his absolute and perfect liberation after death. परमार्थमार्गेमेनं झटिति यदा गुरुमुखात् समभ्येति । अतितीव्रशक्तिपातात् तदैव निर्विघ्नमेव शिवः ॥ ९६ ॥ 96. Paramārtha-mārgamenam jhaṭiti yadā gurumukhāt samabhyeti Ati-tīvra-śakti-pātāt tadaiva nirvighnameva Śivaḥ. When, as the result of a speedy and highly forceful (tīvra) grace of the Lord, an aspirant gets quickly an initiation in such path leading to the Absolute Reality, he becomes quickly one with Śiva without any hindrance. Liberation of a being is the final part of the divine play of God. He bestows playfully His grace on us. Playfulness results in a complex variety in the divine act of the bestowal of His grace. The person, on whom He bestows tīvra anugraha, a speedy and highly forceful grace, gets quick initiation in Śāmbhava-yoga, the direct and quick means of self-realization, from a right pre- ceptor. Regular practice in such yoga yields a quick realization of the real nature of the self. That results in liberation in this very life and perfect unity with Śiva after death. This is the depiction of the results of the highest means of liberation.