Śiva Sūtra 1.4
ज्ञानाधिष्ठानं मातृका ||1.4||
jñānādhiṣṭhānaṃ mātṛkā ||1.4|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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jñāna
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of knowledge, knowing | |
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adhiṣṭhānam
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foundation, seat, support | |
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mātṛkā
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Mātṛkā, matrix and mother-power of sound |
The foundation of [limited] knowledge (jñāna-adhiṣṭhānam | nom sg) [is] the matrix of sound (mātṛkā | nom sg).
Language and concepts support ordinary, discriminating knowledge.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: Language, naming, and conceptual division form the framework of ordinary knowledge.
The Vārttika explains: The knowledge in question here is not free recognition.
Śiva Sūtra 1.5
उद्यमो भैरवः ||1.5||
The inner uprising (udyamaḥ | nom sg) [is] Bhairava (bhairavaḥ | nom sg).
The immediate inner uprising makes Bhairava shine forth.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The decisive breakthrough is not a laboriously constructed thought.
The Vārttika explains: Udyama is the inner impulse in which self-awareness suddenly shines forth.
Śiva Sūtra 1.6
शक्तिचक्रसंधाने विश्वसंहारः ||1.6||
When there is union with the circle of powers (śakti-cakra-saṃdhāne | loc sg), [there is] reabsorption of the universe (viśva-saṃhāraḥ | nom sg).
When knowing, willing, and acting gather again in their common source, the world loses its otherness.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: When the dispersed powers of knowing, willing, and acting are gathered in their source, the world is not destroyed externally but loses its otherness.
The Vārttika explains: The Udyama just explained contains a supreme Śakti.
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