Amritanubhava

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Chapter 1

Ovi 15 (ovi is a special meter in which this treatise was narrated)

They both(Siva and Sakti) melt their forms in the Supreme.They became two

separate halves(for indulging in their play)before flowing in diverse streams.

Note: Men of realisation understand that there is oneness in the entire

universe .They behold unity in diversity.Truth and ststic energy constitute one

half of it(Siva)and dynamic energy and it,s circling and spreading waves

constitute the other half(Sakti).From these two spring up multiple streams such

as polar attractions and repulsions,mass, volume, and consciousness known with

different names and forms constituting the universe.

Ovi 16

They both abide one as the object (of enjoyment)and the other as the

subject(enjoyer) ,in relation to each other and live happily on account of each

other.

Ovi 17

Threr exists Siva only,the distinction as female and male being only in the

name.The entire universe is created by the two halves_-- of one.

Note: All the objects and appearances are only associations of atoms .If atom is

disintegrated,then the fundamental energy particle is found;it is an

electromagnetic field with a positive and negetivepolar charge.These are two

halves of one.How this phenominon occurs is explained in the next two verses.

Ovi 18

Two sticks produce only one sound,two flowers (of the same tree) only one

fragfance,two lamps only one light;

Ovi19

TWO LIPS UTTER ONLY ONE WORD,TWO EYES GIVE ONLY ONE VISION--

likewise even though they seem to be two they are pervadingthe universe.(In

effect they are one and same)

Ovi 20

The couple existing from eternity in dual form is enjoying the same favourite

menu

Note:This indicates that they have the same taste and are never tired of

enjoying the same phenomina.

Ovi 21

The chaste and devoted wife(sakti ) does not subsist without the power of her

Lord.The all doer(Siva) is nobody without her.

Note: To mentain their individual status ,how each is fully dependant upon

another is once again emphasized.

 

As one can see,dyaneshwara is narrating this duo similar to Purusha and Prakriti

of the Sankhya,s and also as Siva and Sakti of the shaivites.

Nirmala

 

 

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Namaste Nirmalaji,

>Men of realisation understand that there is oneness in

>the entire universe. They behold unity in diversity.

>Truth and static energy constitute one half of it (Siva)

>and dynamic energy and its circling and spreading waves

>constitute the other half (Sakti).

 

The ultimate unity of Siva and Shakti is certainly Advaitic. But it

seems to me that when Siva and Sakti separate to form the world, they

both have equal reality. This seems to me somewhat different that

Sankara's view of the world as illusion and maya. Jnaneshwara seems

to give the world (Sakti) a bit more 'reality', at least during the

cosmic manifestation.

 

Do you agree?

 

Hari Om!

Benjamin