Verse 26

In plain words

The conduct of the body is the vow. And even so, since, in the way stated in "by which this is, that indeed through enjoyment …" and the like, his only purpose is to pass through the enjoyments that come to him, his standing in the body is not to be overstepped. So he says: For the yogin who is like Śiva in the way described, living with the sense of "I" as Śiva, his conduct, his living, in the body: that alone is the vow, to be kept by rule, by one intent on the supreme worship, ever risen, which is reflective awareness of his own nature. So the Svacchanda, in the words: "As, when a fire is well kindled, the flame is seen in space, so the Self too, even abiding in body and prāṇa, would dissolve into that state," declares that one who stands in the body, prāṇa and the rest, just as he is, is absorbed in Śiva. But no vow other than standing in the body is needed for him. As the Trikasāra says: "The wise one who is always sealed with the mudrās that arise from the body: he it is who is called the bearer of mudrā; the rest are truly bearers of bones." And the Kulapañcāśikā too: "Seeing one whose marks are not shown, the rays speak with him; they do not draw near to one who bears marks, for they are most deeply hidden."