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[ Agnikārikāṣṭakam ]
karmendhanaṁ samāśritya dṛḍha sadbhāvanāhutiḥ. dharmadhyānāgninā kāryā dīkṣitenāgnikārikā.
An initiated monk should kindle the spiritual fire resorting to the fuel of karma, with the invoking of firm auspicious thought and lightening the sacrificial fire of analytic meditation.
dīkṣā mokṣārthamākhyātā jñānadhyānaphalaṁ ca sa. śāstra ukto yataḥ sūtraṁ śivadharmottare hyadaḥ.
Initiation is known as the cause of salvation, that salvation is the effect of enlightened knowledge and meditation as ( Jñānadhyānaphalam ca sa ) is uttered in an aphorism of a Śaivāgama entitled as Śivadharmottara.
pūjayā vipulaṁ rājyamagnikāryeṇa sampadaḥ. tapaḥ pāpaviśudhyarthaṁ jñānaṁ dhyānaṁ ca muktidam.
A large kingdom is obtained by worship, good fortunes by kindling sacrificial fire, penance is for eliminating sins and knowledge and meditation bestow liberation.
pāpaṁ ca rājyasampatsu sambhavatyanaghaṁ tataḥ. na taddhetvorupādānamiti samyagvicintyatāṁ. Royalty and fortunes beget sin, hence it should be reflected properly that resorting to their causes such as kindling the sacrificial fire may not yield sinless.
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