Skanda Upanishad: Verse 6
जीवः शिवः शिवो जीवः स जीवः केवलः शिवः । तुषेण बद्धो व्रीहिः स्यात् तुषाभावेन तण्डुलः ॥६॥
जीवः शिवः शिवः जीवः सः जीवः केवलः शिवः । तुषेण बद्धः व्रीहिः स्यात् तुष-अभावेन तण्डुलः ॥६॥
jīvaḥ śivaḥ śivo jīvaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ | tuṣeṇa baddho vrīhiḥ syāt tuṣābhāvena taṇḍulaḥ ||6||
जीव और शिव एक ही हैं। जीव में शिव है, शिव में जीव है। जैसे धान के ऊपर भूसा होता है, वो धान कहलाता है। जब भूसा उतर जाता है, तब चावल मिलता है।
The individual soul is Śiva; Śiva is the individual soul; that individual soul is Śiva alone. When bound by husk it is called ‘paddy’; by the absence of husk it is (called) ‘rice grain.’
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