Shloka 72

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिश् च तुरीयं चाधिभौतिकम् आध्यात्मिकं च विप्रेन्द्राश् चाधिदैविकमुच्यते

Transliteration

jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiś ca turīyaṃ cādhibhautikam ādhyātmikaṃ ca viprendrāś cādhidaivikamucyate

Translation

يا أفضل الحكماء، إنّ اليقظة والحلم والنوم العميق والرابع (turīya) تُعلَّم بوصفها adhibhautika، أي مجال الموضوع والعناصر. وكذلك يُعلَن عن ādhyātmika (الباطني) وādhidaivika (الإلهي) على أنهما أيضاً أنماط ضمن الحقيقة الثلاثية عينها.

Word by Word

• जाग्रत्: waking state

• स्वप्न: dream state

• सुषुप्तिः: deep sleep

• च: and

• तुरीयम्: the fourth state beyond the three

• अधिभौतिकम्: pertaining to the elemental/objective plane (bhūta-domain)

• आध्यात्मिकम्: pertaining to the inner self/body-mind complex

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best among Brahmin sages

• च: and

• अधिदैविकम्: pertaining to the presiding deities/divine forces

• उच्यते: is said/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Linga-upāsanā as a movement through levels of experience—outer (adhibhautika), inner (ādhyātmika), and divine (ādhidaivika)—so the devotee (pashu) learns to transcend the three ordinary states into turīya, where Shiva (Pati) is realized beyond bondage (pāśa).

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By pointing to turīya beyond waking, dream, and deep sleep, it implies Shiva-tattva as the witnessing, transcendent Reality that is not limited to any one state, while still pervading the objective, subjective, and divine orders.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative Pāśupata-style discipline: observing the three states and meditating on the witnessing awareness leading to turīya—often supported by japa of Shiva-mantra and Linga-dhyāna that integrates outer worship with inner realization.