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
প্ৰথম অৰ্থ মন্ত্রস্বৰূপ; দ্বিতীয় অৰ্থ মন্ত্রে ভাবিত (শক্তিসঞ্চিত) অৱস্থা। তৃতীয় অৰ্থ দেবতাৰ্থ—অৰ্থাৎ ভগৱানক সূচায়; আৰু ইয়াৰ ওপৰত উচ্চ অৰ্থ প্ৰপঞ্চ-তত্ত্ব প্ৰকাশ কৰে।
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.