Shloka 33

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

सकलं मुनयः केचित् सदा संसारवर्तिनः एवमभ्यर्चयन्त्येव सदाराः ससुता नराः

Transliteration

sakalaṃ munayaḥ kecit sadā saṃsāravartinaḥ evamabhyarcayantyeva sadārāḥ sasutā narāḥ

Translation

يا أيها الحكماء، إنّ بعضَ الرُّؤاة—وإن كانوا دائمًا سائرين في دَوْرة السَّمسارا—يعبدون على هذا النحو بعينه. وكذلك أربابُ البيوت، مع زوجاتهم وأبنائهم، يداومون على التبجيل والخشوع (للربّ في هيئة اللينغا).

Word by Word

• सकलम्: wholly/entirely

• मुनयः: sages/seers

• केचित्: some

• सदा: always

• संसारवर्तिनः: abiding in worldly existence/engaged in saṁsāra

• एवम्: thus/in this manner

• अभ्यर्चयन्ति एव: indeed worship with special reverence

• सदाराः: with wives/along with spouses

• ससुता: with sons/children

• नराः: men/householders

Speaker

Suta Goswami