GururupAyah ["Mary Ann"]

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Siva SutrA [ III, 6 ]

GururupAyah : The Guru who has attained Self-realization can alone

help the aspirant in acquiring it.

 

Commentary :

Guru alone is one who teaches the essential Truth. So he is the

means for leading one to the attainment of the potency of mantra and

mudrA.

 

In MAlinivijaya, it has been said [ Siva addressing PArvati says]

"One, who knows all the principles in their essentials, being able

to throw light on the virility or efficiency of mantra, is a guru

like myself." [iI, 10]

 

In SpandakArika, such matters being well known have not been

treated. But in a way this matter has also been treated there in the

last verse which is as follows:"

"I offer my homage to that wonderful teaching of my guru, serving as

a boat in crossing the fathomless ocean of doubts and full of such

words as express wonderful, uncommon ideas"[iV i]

 

OR Guru may be said to be the power of divine grace. As has been

said in MAlinivijaya "That [the power of grace] has been said to be

the collective whole of saktis, that has been said to be the mouth

of the guru, ie the guru's power of grace"

 

In Mantrisirobhairava also, the same idea has been expressed in the

following way.

"guru's power of grace inherent in the mouth of the guru is greater

than the guru himself" That power of grace affording a favourable

opportunity to the aspirant if the means [ to the unravelling of the

secret of the mantra].

 

Extraction from Siva Sutras, The Yoga of Supreme Identity.

Text of the Sutras adn the commentary Vimarsini of KsemarAja.

Translataed into English by Jaideva Singh.