Shaktih Sa Shivasya Shaktih
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| Ananda Sutram by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti | |
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| Chapter | 1 |
| Sutra number | 2 |
| Location in Sarkarverse |
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Shaktih Sa Shivasya Shaktih is the second sutra of the first chapter of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's Ananda Sutram.[1]
Translation
Shakti (the Operative Principle) is the shakti (force) of Shiva.[1]
Purport
Anandamurti started his explanation by stating, every object has two types of causes— a material cause and an efficient cause. He told, over and above these there is also a conjunctive agency linking the upádána kárańa (material cause) with the nimitta kárańa (efficient or instrumental cause).
In this chapter Anandamurti described Purusa as the "all-pervading entity" and told, no one else except Purusa can be the material cause. On the other hand Prakrti is not all-pervading. Prakrti can only work as much as She is given opportunity to by Purusa. And so, in the science of creation, Purusa alone as the doer entity is the chief efficient or instrumental cause; and since Prakrti has been posing as the doer with the authority given to Her by Purusa, She is the subordinate efficient cause.
Anandamurti continued, the role of Purusa is foremost in all the spheres. Prakrti only acts to whatever extent Purusa has authorized or authorizes Her to act. In the process of evolution, Purusa gives Prakrti the authority to work, and She goes on working. The subtle Purusa goes on attaining crudity gradually due to the bondage of the three guńas of Prakrti. In the ultimate state of His crudity, Purusa slowly and gradually keeps shrivelling up the opportunity and liberty of Prakrti previously given to Her, and thus the crudified Purusa, gradually regaining His subtlety, returns to His own ultimate characteristic state. The flow of manifestations of the Purusadeha [Cognitive Body] under the binding influence of Prakrti is what we call saiṋcara [extroversion from the subtle to the crude], while the gradual process of liberation that results in the Purusadeha due to progressive looseness of the bondage is what we call pratisaiṋcara [introversion from the crude to the subtle]. It is now abundantly clear that even though Prakrti is free to make honest use of Her acquired power, the attainment or non-attainment of this power depends on Purusa, or Citishakti (Cognitive Principle), and so we have to say, Prakrti is but the characteristic of Purusa Himself – Shaktih Sá Shivasya Shaktih.
References
| Preceded by Shivashaktyatmakam Brahma |
Ananda Sutram With: Shaktih Sa Shivasya Shaktih |
Succeeded by Tayoh siddhih saincare pratisaincare ca |