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Thereisnothingmoreultimatethanyou,thusattainingfullmaturity
Parinamayitum(asshouldbe,ed.)

(Becauseyouhaveattainedtoperfectthinnessofthehorizontalaxis)
Youareyourself,indeed,
Yourownself

Inordertoperfect

Withcosmicbody(orform)

Theformofsubsistencevalue

IntheformmadeofShiva(ShivaYuvati)
Yourule

AjnaChakraisbetweentheeyebrows.
Vishuddhi,slightlylower.
Anahataintheheart.
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Thisversesuddenlyjumpstothenumerator,givingprimacytoShiva(Shambhu),toshowascendingdialectics.
Heistranscendentandfulloflight.

Twosides,rightandleft,arementioned,(whyrightandleft?).
Thesetwosidesareilluminedbythelightofintelligencewhichshinesfromabove,theworshiptranscendsthese
phenomenalfactorstothatpointfromwhicheventhemindrecoils,transcendingallphenomena.

"Alone"meansthin,unpopulated.
ThereisnocompanyaroundyoutoshareyourthoughtsattheOmegaPoint.
"Indeed"helivesinlonelinessindeed.
Suchamanwhoworshipslivesinthisstate.
TheonlyreferencetotheDevihereisthathelivesin"Her"AjnaChakra
Lonelinessisthepointhere.
Inthelightofintelligence,thereisOnealone,transcendingphenomenalfactors.
Thislightispure,havingnothingtodowithSun,MoonandFire.

"ThemanwhoworshipsShiva,livinginyourAjnachakra,islivinginthepurelightofintelligence".

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Sohere,Shivaisinthetopstory"Your"topstoryandthisistheaspectbeingworshippedinthisverse.
TheSanskrittextistavanyachakrasthamtapanasasikoti...etc.Ajna,notSahasrara.
ThemanwhoworshipsShivaasresidingintheAjnaChakra,
HehimselfwillresideintheSahasraraChakraattheverytopbeyondthetwoaspectsofNumeratorandDenominatorin
pureconsciousness.

So,thepowercanbeatthetopashereoratthebottom,
Asinthelastverse,itdoesnotmatter.
Butthisisthepurestlevelthus,thepurelightofintelligence.
TheDevi'sworldbeginsatthebottomandendsatthetop.
Shiva'sworldbeginsatthetopandendsatthebottom.
Theyarecomplementary,andcanceloutatanylevel.
TheAbsoluteisthevaluewiththetwosimplyascounterparts.

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DrawingsoftheChakrasSix,withtheSahasraraastheseventh.
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Youmustequalisethe"pull"betweensubstanceandthought.
Whenthisisdone,youabolishparadoxateverystageintostableconsciousnessthisiswhatiscalledaconstant.
Thisequilibriumatanylevelissomethinglikeaceilinglight,whichcanbeadjustedupwardsanddownwardsonavertical
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THECHAKRAS

Muladharathestablebaseontologicalsubstance.
Manipurafilledwithgemsslightlyprecious,likequartzcrystalsonedegreeremovedfromordinaryearth.
Swadhisthanaisitsownsupport.
Anahatanevertobekilledwithalotoflife.
Visuddhipurified
Ajnawillpower:containssomeoftheattributesofSahasrara
(seeearlierqueriesaboutthesetwo,ed.)
SahasrarathousandpetaledSankaragivesabsolutestatustothisChakra
itisbetweentheeyebrows.(allsourcessaythetopofthehead,ithastobetopofhead,asAjnaisbetweentheeyebrows,
thisisprobablyanerrorinthenotetakinged.)

SankarausesthechakrasfromtheTantraShastra,justtoshowthattheycanbefittedintotheschemeofVedanta.
OKweroughlyunderstandthesechakras.

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Your
Placedinthe(secondofchakrasfromtop)AjnaChakra
Having(wearing)thebrightnessofcroresofsunsandmoons,ultimate
IworshipShiva(ofthisdescription)
Bytheultimatementalground,thetwosidesbeingillumined
Whom
Adoringwithdevotion
Notwithinthescopeofsun,moonandfire
(i.e.itistheworshipperwholivesbeyondthescopeofallthese)
Beyond(all)ken(suffering?)
(Onthat)otherworldlyground(aworldthatisnotaworld)
Loominginconsciousness
Inthatdomainofpurelight

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ThisvirtualandactualdistinctionleftandrightisnotclearlystatedinSanskrit.
TheYogisseemtohavesetupthesecategoriestocorrespondwithcertainfacilitationsinthenervoussystem.
NarayanaGuru'sexampleofactualandvirtualisthemanwhohastoclimbthehilltofindthethreemedicinalherbs(onthe
verticalparameter).
Onehalfoftheherbsareeatenbythenaturalman,
buttheotherhalfofthevalueisabovetheline,
andthemanhastotravelpastthelionandthesnake.
Whichismoredangerous?Onehastobeboldwithone,andwarywiththeother.
Sothenervoussystemcontainsbothamaleandafemaleaspectrealandvirtuallionandsnake.
ThemanwhoworshipsShivaasresidingintheAjnaChakra,hehimselfwillresideintheSahasraraChakrabeyondthe
twoaspectsofNumeratorandDenominator,inpureconsciousness.
("Inthatdomainofpurelight")
Aestheticsandcalculationsinterlaceheretogivethehighestkindofnormalisedpoetry:theverticalisdancing,andthe
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CancellationinAjnaChakra.
Toabolishdualityistheaimofallphilosophy.
Here,heisdescribingarevaluedAjnaChakra,locatedbetweentheeyebrows,
belowtheSahasrara,thethousandpetaledlotus.
Sankaraherebeginsarevueofthechakrasindescendingorder,dealingwithsixonly:Ajna,Visuddhi,Anahata,
Svadhisthana,Manipura,andMuladhara.

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TRANSLATION
Your(ofthemeditator,oroftheDevi).
WhatisplacedintheAjnaChakra(willingcentre)
Wearingtheluminousbrightnessofcroresofsunsandmoons
TheUltimateShivaIadore(theauthor)
Bythehigherintelligiblelight,havingbothsidesclarified
(boththesidesofShivaareequallyclarified)
SuchaShiva(i.e."whom")
Worshippingwithdevotion
BeyondthescopeofSun,Moonorfire
Whatisbeyondthevisible
Inthatlone(domain)(aloke"a"=not,and"loke"=space,
thusnonspace,alone.)
Livesindeed(i.e.themeditatorlives)
Inthatbrightworld(ofintelligibles)

Sahasrara
MindAjna
EtherVisuddhi
AirAnahata
FireSvadhisthana
WaterManipura
EarthMuladhara

The"I"istheauthor,andthemeditatorisreferredtoaslivingintherealmofpureintelligibles,havingbrokenthrough
everything.
Thereisnotravellinggraduallyfromchakratochakra.
WhenyouunderstandBrahman,youbecomeBrahman.

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