Śiva Sūtra 1.17
वितर्क आत्मज्ञानम् ||1.17||
Discriminative reflection (vitarkaḥ | nom sg) [is] knowledge of the self (ātma-jñānam | nom sg).
Discriminative inward reflection becomes knowledge of your own self.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: Vitarka is not brooding here but luminous discrimination leading directly to the self.
The Vārttika explains: Vitarka is clear, luminous self-certainty: I am Śiva, the self of the world.
Śiva Sūtra 1.18
लोकानन्दः समाधिसुखम् ||1.18||
The joy of the world (loka-ānandaḥ | nom sg) [is] the bliss of Samādhi (samādhi-sukham | nom sg).
The joy of the world and the bliss of Samādhi arise from the same source.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: For the awakened person, there is no rupture between joy in the world and the joy of deep absorption.
The Vārttika explains: All beings experience a relation between the perceived and the perceiver.
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