Upanishads · Varāha 2.63
॥
Devanāgarī
अविशेषेण सर्वं तु यः पश्यति चिदन्वयात् । स एव साक्षाद्विज्ञानी स शिवः स हरिर्विधिः
Transliteration (IAST)
aviśeṣeṇa sarvaṃ tu yaḥ paśyati cidanvayāt | sa eva sākṣādvijñānī sa śivaḥ sa harirvidhiḥ
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SanskritIASTMeaning
अ-विशेषेण सर्वं तुa-viśeṣeṇa sarvaṃ tuwithout differentiation, everything
यः पश्यति चित्-अन्वयात्yaḥ paśyati cit-anvayātwho sees, by connection with consciousness
सः एव साक्षात् विज्ञानीsaḥ eva sākṣāt vijñānīthat one indeed is directly the realized one
सः शिवः सः हरिः विधिःsaḥ śivaḥ saḥ hariḥ vidhiḥhe is Shiva, he is Hari, he is the Creator
Translation
"Who sees everything without differentiation, by connection with consciousness, — that one indeed is directly the realized one; he is Shiva, he is Hari, he is the Creator."
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Worth noting is the word chid-anvayat, "by connection with consciousness." Anvaya means "connection, association, following"; in grammar it is the word for the connection of words in a sentence. That is, it is not said "everything is consciousness," but "everything is connected with consciousness"; and this is no longer identity, but a connection.
This nuance deserves holding onto, for it softens the verse and makes it acceptable. To see everything connected with consciousness means to see that someone is present in everything; and this is exactly what the Vaishnava side calls the highest rung — sarva-bhuteshu... bhagavad-bhavam, discussed when reading verse twenty-two.
Let us add the last half: sa shivah sa harir vidhih, "he is Shiva, he is Hari, he is the Creator." This list is the usual absorption discussed when reading the Ganapati (6.3); but here it is applied not to God, but to a person: it is said that the realized one is all three. Such a phrasing occurs in these books and means that the attained one obtains their state; and of the suffix -tva, denoting property, discussed when reading the Rudraksha-jabala (3p9).
Let us add that the order of names deserves noting: Shiva, Hari, the Creator. In a book spoken by the boar, Hari is named second; and this is the same device of absorption, only turned toward the Shaiva side — a trace of another source, of which we have spoken.