SS 3.14–3.15: Freiheit und Bīja
SS 3.14–3.15: Freiheit und Bīja

Śiva Sūtra 3.14–3.15: Recognizing the Same Everywhere

Recognized freedom is not confined to an inner state. It is recognized everywhere and stabilized by attention to the creative bīja.

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Śiva Sūtra 3.14
यथा तत्र तथान्यत्र ||3.14||
yathā tatra tathānyatra ||3.14|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
yathā
adverb
like, as
tatra
adverb
there
tathā
adverb
thus
anyatra
adverb
elsewhere
As (yathā) there (tatra), so (tathā) [also] elsewhere (anyatra).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
The freedom recognised there applies equally everywhere else.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: What has been recognised in one sphere is to be extended to every sphere.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Freedom appears first in one's own natural body and then in other embodiments or fields of experience.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.15
बीजावधानम् ||3.15||
bījāvadhānam ||3.15|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
bīja
tatpuruṣa-compound lokative
substantive neuter
Bīja, seed, germ
avadhānam
nominative singular
substantive neuter
attention, orientation
[There is] attention to the seed (bīja-avadhānam | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Keep your attention steadily on the creative seed.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The seed is the subtlest origin of an experience before it unfolds as thought, word, or action.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: The Bīja is Parā-Śakti itself, the luminous seed-power of the world.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

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