Shloka 16

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

लयनाल्लिङ्गमित्युक्तं तत्रैव निखिलं सुराः यस्तु लैङ्गं पठेन्नित्यम् आख्यानं लिङ्गसन्निधौ

Transliteration

layanālliṅgamityuktaṃ tatraiva nikhilaṃ surāḥ yastu laiṅgaṃ paṭhennityam ākhyānaṃ liṅgasannidhau

Translation

লয়ৰ আশ্ৰয় হোৱাৰ বাবে ইয়াক ‘লিঙ্গ’ বুলি কোৱা হয়; তাতেই সকলো দেৱতা অধিষ্ঠিত। যি ভক্ত লিঙ্গৰ সন্নিধানত নিত্য এই লিঙ্গ-সম্পৰ্কীয় পবিত্ৰ আখ্যান পাঠ কৰে, সি শিৱকৃপাৰ যোগ্য হয়।

Word by Word

• लयनात् (layanāt): from dissolution, from absorption

• लिङ्गम् (liṅgam): the Liṅga, the mark/symbol of the Supreme (Pati)

• इति (iti): thus

• उक्तम् (uktam): is said/declared

• तत्र (tatra): there, in that (Liṅga) locus

• एव (eva): indeed

• निखिलम् (nikhilam): entire, all

• सुराः (surāḥ): the gods

• यः (yaḥ): whoever

• तु (tu): but

• लैङ्गम् (laiṅgam): pertaining to the Liṅga, Liṅga-scripture/narrative

• पठेत् (paṭhet): should read/recite

• नित्यम् (nityam): daily, continually

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam): sacred account, narrative

• लिङ्ग-सन्निधौ (liṅga-sannidhau): in the proximity/presence of the Liṅga

Speaker

Suta Goswami