Shloka 59
नभगोपाख्यानम्
Nabhaga-Upākhyāna: The Account of Nabhaga and Shiva-Jñāna
य एतच्चरितम्प्रातस्सायं च स्मरते सुधीः । कविर्भवति मन्त्रज्ञो गतिमन्ते लभेत्पराम्
ya etaccaritamprātassāyaṃ ca smarate sudhīḥ | kavirbhavati mantrajño gatimante labhetparām
الحكيم الذي يذكر هذه السيرة المقدّسة صباحًا ومساءً يصير شاعرًا حقًّا وعارفًا بالمانترا؛ وفي النهاية، بنعمة شيفا، ينال المقام الأعلى، أي التحرّر الأسمى.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames daily remembrance (smaraṇa) as a portable pilgrimage practice yielding mantra-siddhi and the ‘supreme state’.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that regular smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of Śiva’s līlā purifies the mind, awakens inspired insight (kavi-bhāva), matures mantra-understanding, and culminates in parā gati—liberation oriented to Śiva as Pati (the Lord).
Remembering the ‘carita’ is a Saguna practice—contemplating Śiva’s manifest forms and acts (including Linga-related glory). Such steady recollection stabilizes devotion and leads the seeker from form-based worship toward the supreme state.
A simple daily discipline: morning and evening recitation/mental recollection of the chapter’s Shiva narrative, ideally alongside japa (e.g., the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and mindful contemplation.