In plain words
In the form of Śiva the secret of creation becomes clear. The moon on His head stands for … awareness, the Gaṅgā on His head for the support of life, the snakes on Śiva's body for the … of living beings. Where He lives is a mountain of silver. Kubera, lord of wealth, is His closest friend. With all this, why did … become the first beggar? To proclaim to the world the truth that wealth, gold, goods and vehicles are … to divinity, He gave up everything in this way. … Śiva became Sadānanda, Cidānanda.
God has another name. When this principle of Prema is rightly recognised, you will understand that the world … has taken on a form. That name is Sāmbaśiva. Sā means divine … … mba means the world, and Īśvara means Puruṣa. The divine bond … of Prakṛti and Puruṣa … Īśvaratva. The word Sāmbaśiva has another meaning: Ardhanārīśvara. The whole of Prakṛti is … part of God. The awareness in Prakṛti is not something useless. When it is given over to Ahaṅkāra, it turns ugly. When … it takes a good shape.
Īśvara has another name. Yogaśikha, as it is called. Since He has the sky itself as His garment and the … quarters as His …, another name is Digambara. He has another name, Pañcānana. … He wears the five elements, called earth, water, fire, air and sky, as five faces; … another name for Him is Bhūtanātha. Bhūta means creation. To every living being that has been created He is the …; … … the whole of creation is reflected in Īśvara alone.
Another name is Śubhaṅkara. That is, He who is always auspicious. In the world, because … gods and Avatāra puruṣas take on a body, the body will some day … inauspicious. That is why those who have taken on an inauspicious body put Śrī before their names. … is inauspicious, so they put the auspicious Śrī in front. Śrī Rāma, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Gaṇe… …, Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa use the auspicious word Śrī. But Īśvara is ever …, and so His name needs no Śrī in front of it. People say Śiva, but they do not say Śrī Śiva. They say Śaṅkara …; they do not say Śrī Śaṅkara. In the same way they do not say Śrī Īśvara. He is the very embodiment of welfare and has no need of auspicious things … … He is Śubhaṅkara. He who gives all that is auspicious, all happiness and all riches … bears the name Īśvara.
From a bird, only a bird is born. From a beast, only a beast is born. From an animal, … is born.