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SS 3.33–3.34: Freude, Leid und Freiheit
SS 3.33–3.34: Freude, Leid und Freiheit

Śiva Sūtra 3.33–3.34: The Kevalī Remains Unbound

Pleasure and pain are regarded as outward events. One who is free from projecting them onto the self remains unbound as a kevalī.

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Śiva Sūtra 3.33–3.34: The Kevalī Remains Unbound

Pleasure and pain are regarded as outward events. One who is free from projecting them onto the self remains unbound as a kevalī.

Śiva Sūtra 3.33
सुखासुखयोर्बहिर्मननम् ||3.33||
sukhāsukhayor bahir mananam ||3.33|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
sukha
dvandva-compound
sukha
substantive neuter
 happiness, well-being
asukhayoḥ
genitive dual
asukha
substantive neuter
 unhappiness, suffering
bahis
bahis
adverb
 outside, outwardly
mananam
nominative singular
manana
substantive neuter
 thinking, reflection, contemplation
Happiness and unhappiness (sukha-asukhayoḥ | gen du) [are] regarded as external (bahis-mananam | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Happiness and suffering are recognised as experiences, not as your true nature.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: A subtle bondage becomes visible: pleasure and pain seem to come from outside because thought projects them outwards.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: The yogin can register happiness and suffering, but they do not strike him as his innermost self.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.34
तद्विमुक्तस्तु केवली ||3.34||
tad-vimuktas tu kevalī ||3.34|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
tad
tatpuruṣa-compound ablative
tad
pronoun dem
 from that, from these
vimuktaḥ
nominative singular masculine past participle passive
vi
previx
muc
verbal root
 liberated, released
tu
tu
particle
 but, however
kevalī
nominative singular
kevalin
substantive masculine
 Kevalin, the solitary or all-embracing one
Liberated from that (tad-vimuktaḥ | nom sg m), but (tu), [one is] a Kevalin (kevalī | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Released from them, you rest undivided in yourself.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: One who no longer mistakes pleasure and pain for external rulers stands in solitary wholeness.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Kevalī here means more than being momentarily free from happiness and suffering.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

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