अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace
ज्ञानैश्वर्यादिवैषम्यं भजन्ते सोत्तराधराः । केचिन्मूर्त्यात्मतां यान्ति केचिदासन्नगोचराः
jñānaiśvaryādivaiṣamyaṃ bhajante sottarādharāḥ | kecinmūrtyātmatāṃ yānti kecidāsannagocarāḥ
اعلیٰ و ادنیٰ درجے کے موجودات علم، ایشوریہ وغیرہ میں تفاوت اختیار کرتے ہیں۔ کچھ مورتیمان (سگُن) حالت کو پہنچتے ہیں، اور کچھ صرف قریب و لطیف ادراک ہی میں قابلِ مشاہدہ ہوتے ہیں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: teaching
It teaches that due to differing measures of knowledge and divine capacity, beings progress unequally—some remain in embodied, form-based states, while others become knowable only through subtle, near (inner) realization, aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s graded liberation and purification.
By acknowledging ‘mūrti-ātmatā’ (embodied/form states), it validates saguna approaches—mūrti and Liṅga worship—for seekers whose realization proceeds through form, while also pointing toward subtler apprehension as purification deepens.
A practical takeaway is steady upāsanā that refines perception: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with dhyāna on the Liṅga, supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as aids to inner subtlety and disciplined yoga.