Shloka 10
Ṣaḍvidhārtha-Parijñāna: Praṇavārtha and the Sixfold Unity of Meaning (षड्विधार्थपरिज्ञानम् / प्रणवार्थपरिज्ञानम्)
प्रथमो मंत्ररूपः स्याद्द्वितीयो मंत्रभावितः । देवतार्त्थस्तृतीयोऽर्थः प्रपञ्चार्थस्ततः परम्
prathamo maṃtrarūpaḥ syāddvitīyo maṃtrabhāvitaḥ | devatārtthastṛtīyo'rthaḥ prapañcārthastataḥ param
المعنى الأول هو المانترا ذاتها؛ والثاني ما يتشرّب بالمانترا ويُشحَن بقوّتها. والمعنى الثالث يتعلّق بالإله—بالربّ الذي تشير إليه. وما وراء ذلك هو المعنى الأسمى الذي يكشف حقيقة الكون المتجلّي.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Significance: Encourages layered contemplation: from mantra-sound to empowered practice, to devatā-realization, culminating in insight into prapañca as Śiva’s ordered manifestation (without collapsing Pati into pāśa).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It outlines progressively subtler layers of mantra-understanding—from recitation, to mantra-infused contemplation, to direct focus on Shiva as the deity, culminating in insight into reality as a manifestation dependent on the Lord.
The “deity-meaning” supports Saguna upasana: the mantra is contemplated as pointing to Shiva (often worshiped as the Linga), so japa becomes devotion and inner worship directed to the Lord’s presence.
Mantra-japa followed by dhyana: repeat the mantra, internalize its power (bhavana), then meditate on Shiva as its deity, and finally contemplate the cosmos as pervaded and governed by Shiva for liberation-oriented insight.