SS 3.12–3.13: Erkenntnis und Freiheit
SS 3.12–3.13: Erkenntnis und Freiheit

Śiva Sūtra 3.12–3.13: Dhī, Sattva, and Svatantra

Under the guidance of dhī, true being is realized. This attainment manifests as a state of unrestricted freedom.

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Śiva Sūtra 3.12
धीवशात्सत्त्वसिद्धिः ||3.12||
dhī-vaśāt sattva-siddhiḥ ||3.12|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
dhī
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
substantive feminine
Dhī, insight, intelligence
vaśāt
ablative singular
substantive masculine
through the power, under the influence
sattva
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
substantive neuter
Sattva, being, inner vitality
siddhiḥ
nominative singular
substantive feminine
Siddhi, accomplishment, manifestation
Through the power of insight (dhī-vaśāt | abl sg) [arises] the realisation of true being (sattva-siddhiḥ | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Under the guidance of clear insight, true being is realised.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: Mature insight gives rise to a pure state in which thought becomes transparent.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Dhī is the clear capacity to recognise one's own awareness as reality.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.13
सिद्धः स्वतन्त्रभावः ||3.13||
siddhaḥ svatantra-bhāvaḥ ||3.13|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
siddhaḥ
nominative singular masculine past participle passive
verbal root
accomplished, attained
svatantra
karmadhāraya-compound
pronoun
substantive neuter
free, autonomous
bhāvaḥ
nominative singular
substantive masculine
state, being
The state of autonomy (svatantra-bhāvaḥ | nom sg) [is] accomplished (siddhaḥ | nom sg m).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
What is realised is a state of original freedom.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: When the inner power is purified, freedom is no longer experienced as a distant goal.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: The supreme yogin lives freedom as the natural power of knowing and acting.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

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