SS 3.38–3.39: Turya in Körper und Welt
SS 3.38–3.39: Turya in Körper und Welt

Śiva Sūtra 3.38–3.39: Awareness Animates Every Level

The fourth state animates waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, and likewise permeates the body, the senses, and external objects.

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Śiva Sūtra 3.38
त्रिपदाद्यनुप्राणनम् ||3.38||
tri-padādy-anu-prāṇanam ||3.38|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
tri
karmadhāraya-compound
numeral
three
pada
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
substantive neuter
foot, station, state
ādi
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
substantive masculine
and so on
anu
karmadhāraya-compound
previx
along, following
prāṇanam
nominative singular
substantive neuter
enlivening, breathing through
[There is] the enlivening of the three states and the further [levels] (tri-pada-ādi-anuprāṇanam | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
It enlivens waking, dream, deep sleep, and every further level.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The recognised fundamental power is to enliven waking, dream, and sleep.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Waking, dream, and deep sleep are not flat or self-contained states.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika
Śiva Sūtra 3.39
चित्तस्थितिवच्छरीरकरणबाह्येषु ||3.39||
citta-sthiti-vac charīra-karaṇa-bāhyeṣu ||3.39|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
citta
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
substantive neuter
Citta, awareness
sthiti
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
substantive feminine
position, state
vat
suffix
like, corresponding to
śarīra
dvandva-compound
substantive neuter
body
karaṇa
dvandva-compound
substantive neuter
sense faculty, means, instrument
bāhyeṣu
lokative plural neuter
adjective
in external things
As [with] the states of Citta (citta-sthiti-vat | adv), [so also] in the body, the senses, and external things (śarīra-karaṇa-bāhyeṣu | loc pl).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
What is recognised in Citta should also pervade body, senses, and outer world.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The stability attained in thought must also encompass body, senses, and external objects.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Practice is extended outwards: Turya is to enliven not only the inner state of Citta but also body, senses, and objects.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

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