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

70 Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta tories under him, so is the yogabhraṣṭa worshipped by all divine beings in the abodes of gods. महता कालेन पुनर्मानुष्यं प्राप्य योगमभ्यस्य । प्राप्नोति दिव्यममृतं यस्मादावर्तते न पुनः ॥ १०२ ॥ 102. Mahatā kālena punar mānuṣyaṁ prāpya yogamabhyasya Prāpnoti divyamamṛtaṁ yasmādāvartate na punaḥ. After a long time he is born again as a human being, practises yoga and attains such a divine immortality from which he never returns to this mortal existence. Such a position of non-return to the mortal world is either the perfect unity with the Absolute God or such a divine position wherefrom the aspirant goes on moving step by step towards such absolute unity. Sometimes such yogins are selected to take up certain authority in the hierarchy of the divine administration and they enjoy divine administrative powers of very high stand- ard for several aeons of our mortal world. Finally they shed off their individuality and become one with the Absolute. तस्मात् सन्मार्गेऽस्मिन् निरतो यः कश्चिदेति स शिवत्वम् ॥ इति मत्वा परमार्थे यथा तथापि प्रयत्ननीयम् ॥ १०३ ॥ 103. Tasmāt sanmārge'smin nirato yaḥ kaścideti sa Śivatvam Iti matvā paramārthe yathā tathāpi prayatanīyam. Therefore who so ever moves with interest on this right path of the Truth, attains Śivahood. Keeping this thing in view, one should, how so ever, try to take up such path of paramārtha, the real truth. इदमभिनवगुप्तोदितसंक्षेपं ध्यायतः परं ब्रह्म । अचिरादेव शिवत्वं निजहृदयावेशमभ्येति ॥ १०४ ॥ 104. Idamabhinavaguptodita-saṅkṣepaṁ dhyāyataḥ paraṁ brahma Acirādeva Śivatvaṁ nija-hṛdayāveśam-abhyeti. An aspirant who meditates on the great Brahman, as discussed