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SS 3.20–3.24: Turya im Alltag
SS 3.20–3.24: Turya im Alltag

Śiva Sūtra 3.20–3.24: Sustaining the Fourth State

Turya should permeate waking, dreaming, and deep sleep like oil. Attention, prāṇa, and renewed recollection sustain recognition as the states change.

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Śiva Sūtra 3.20–3.24: Sustaining the Fourth State

Turya should permeate waking, dreaming, and deep sleep like oil. Attention, prāṇa, and renewed recollection sustain recognition as the states change.

Śiva Sūtra 3.20
त्रिषु चतुर्थं तैलवदासेच्यम् ||3.20||
triṣu caturthaṃ tailavad āsecyam ||3.20|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
triṣu
lokative plural neuter
tri
numeral
 in the three
caturtham
accusative singular neuter
caturtha
adjective
 the fourth
tailavat
taila
substantive neuter
vat
suffix
 like oil
ā
ā
previx
 into, towards
secyam
accusative singular neuter future participle passive
sic
verbal root
 to be poured, infused
Into the three [states] (triṣu | loc pl), the fourth (caturtham | acc sg n), like oil (tailavat | adv), is to be poured (āsecyam | acc sg n pfp).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Let Turya pervade all three ordinary states of awareness like oil.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The highest state should pervade waking, dream, and sleep like finely spreading oil.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Turya is the revelation of pure Vidyā.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.21
मग्नः स्वचित्तेन प्रविशेत् ||3.21||
magnaḥ sva-cittena praviśet ||3.21|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
magnaḥ
nominative singular masculine past participle passive
majj
verbal root
 immersed, absorbed
sva
karmadhāraya-compound
sva
pronoun
 own
cittena
instrumental case singular
citta
substantive neuter
 through Citta, awareness-mind
praviśet
3rd person singular aktive optative
pra
previx
viś
verbal root
 should enter
Immersed (magnaḥ | nom sg m), [the yogin], with his own Citta (sva-cittena | ins sg), should enter (praviśet | 3p sg act opt).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Enter this fourth state with your whole Citta.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The practitioner should not think about the highest from outside but enter it immersed in his own awareness.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: The yogin releases gross, conceptual means.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.22
प्राणसमाचारे समदर्शनम् ||3.22||
prāṇa-samācāre sama-darśanam ||3.22|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
prāṇa
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
prāṇa
substantive masculine
 Prāṇa, vital breath
samācāre
lokative absolutus singular
samācāra
substantive masculine
 when Prāṇa emerges or circulates evenly
sama
karmadhāraya-compound
sama
adjective
 equal, unified
darśanam
nominative singular
darśana
substantive neuter
 seeing, vision
When the vital breath circulates evenly (prāṇa-samācāre | loc absl sg), [there arises] unified vision (sama-darśanam | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
When the vital breath flows evenly, unified vision becomes possible.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: When the vital breath is gathered and consciously brought forth, equal vision can arise.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: When Prāṇa flows out gently again, marked by śākta presence, equal vision arises in every state.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.23
मध्ये ऽवरप्रसवः ||3.23||
madhye 'vara-prasavaḥ ||3.23|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
madhye
lokative singular
madhya
substantive neuter
 in the middle
avara
karmadhāraya-compound
avara
adjective
 lower, lesser
prasavaḥ
nominative singular
prasava
substantive masculine
 arising, birth, creation
In the middle (madhye | loc sg), a lower arising (avara-prasavaḥ | nom sg) [may occur].
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
In the midst of this experience, limited impulses may arise again.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The middle is a powerful place of transition.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: One who feels secure only at the boundaries of Turya can relapse in the middle.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.24
मात्रास्वप्रत्ययसंधाने नष्टस्य पुनरुत्थानम् ||3.24||
mātrāsv apratyaya-saṃdhāne naṣṭasya punar utthānam ||3.24|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
mātrāsu
lokative plural
mātrā
substantive feminine
 in the Mātrās, units of measure
apratyaya
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
a
previx
pratyaya
substantive masculine
 of non-conceptual awareness
saṃdhāne
lokative absolutus singular
saṃdhāna
substantive neuter
 when connection or conjunction exists
naṣṭasya
genitive singular neuter past participle passive
naś
verbal root
 of what was lost, submerged
punar
punar
adverb
 again
utthānam
nominative singular
utthāna
substantive neuter
 rising, re-emergence
In the limiting measures (mātrāsu | loc pl), when there is union with non-conceptual [awareness] (apratyaya-saṃdhāne | loc absl sg), [there is] the re-emergence of what was lost (naṣṭasya punar-utthānam | gen sg, nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
When you unite even individual perceptions with non-conceptual awareness, the lost unity rises again.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: When the subtle measures of experience are not properly joined with awareness, old patterns reappear.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: The Mātrās are the objects of the senses.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

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