SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

"
"
Wherefore
"
THE SAIVA RELIGION. 2QI
As against the foregoing, we say that Para-
"(Siddhanta) :
msvara himself is the cause of the trembling. It is possible
that as the Ruler, Paramos vara is the cause of trembling of
the whole Universe and by the fear of His command, all of us
abstain from prohibited actions and engage in the prescribed
duties and it is by the fear of the command that Vayu and
others perform their respective duties as may be learned from
such passages as the following :
By fear of Him, Vayu (the wind) blows (Tait. 14. 2. 8).
Paramevara becomes
Though gracious in appearance,
awful as the Ruler of all. Hence the Sruti.
Hence the King s face has to be awful (Tait. Bra, 3.
8. 23).
as the master, Ivara himself is the cause of
the trembling of the whole Universe."
THE G1TA.
The Bhagavat Glta epitomises the philosophy
of the
Svtasvatara Upanishat. Oriental scholars link both together
as expounding an eclectic school of Hindu Philosophy. In it,
the words ISvara, Isa, Mahe"5vara, Paramesvara, are used and
in the Uttara Gita*, the word Siva is used not to denote the
lower Brahman but the Supreme Brahman.
In the Ramayana
,
Rudra
THE RAMAYANA.
s position
as the Lord of sacri
the rise
fices is affirmed in spite of some dissentients, showing
of new faiths. The worship of Siva and Siva-Linga was
*In the Anu Glta, Sri Krishna was asked by Arjuna to tell himthe Knowledge
of Brahm as was given before
during the war. Sri Krishna replied;
I
I did exhaust all ways of knowing
the Brahman and I am not able to
recount to you all these I
again. was then in deep-yoga and I then told
you the knowledge."
And the real position of Krishna in reference to
Arjuna is that of Guru to ;
disciple. 3Tf3^n*fffWT f^tffft^. In the
Uttara Gita, the Lord is ; certainly styled as the fourth;