SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

"
The
TATTVAS AND BEYOND. 4!
enquirer as he proceeds from the knowledge of the visible to
that of invisible powers in Nature and in man, and ascends to
higher and higher knowledge, rejects the lower knowledge as
not this ,
not this ,
and transcending the manifested and unmanifested
"
avyakta (both Maya and Atma), knows
one:.
God, in every Bhilta hid, pervading all, the inner Atmd, of every
atma, Inspector of all deeds, in Whom everything dwells (the
5jupport), the Witness, Pure Intelligence, and Nirguna Being,"*
Him, the Isvara of Isvaras, the Mahesvara, the
God Supreme of Gods, the King of Kings, the Supreme of the
Supreme,
the Isa of the Universe."
"The eternal of eternals, the Intelligence of every intelli
gence, who, the One, of many, the desires dispenses. Knowing
that cause, the God to be approached by Saiikhya and Yoga
etc., f and Him having adored, the Mortal from all Pasa
(bonds) is free J
We have referred to Saguna and Nirguna Beings, and
these are often translated as personal and impersonal Beings,
but the renderings are not perfectly accurate, and the usage
of all
these four terms are frequently very loose, and we hope to
devote a separate paper for the definition and distinction of
these terms.
[* Svetas. Up. VI. u. f Svetas. Up. VI. 7. J Svetas. Up. VI. 13.]