Shloka 51

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

तस्माद्विद्वान् हि विश्वत्वम् अस्याश्चास्य महात्मनः स याति ब्रह्मसायुज्यं वचनाद् ब्रह्मणः प्रभोः

Transliteration

tasmādvidvān hi viśvatvam asyāścāsya mahātmanaḥ sa yāti brahmasāyujyaṃ vacanād brahmaṇaḥ prabhoḥ

Translation

Darum erlangt der Weise, der die allumfassende kosmische Wirklichkeit wahrhaft erkennt—dieser manifesten Welt und jenes großbeseelten Herrn (Pati)—durch das autoritative Wort des Herrn Brahmā die Vereinigung mit Brahman (brahma-sāyujya).

Word by Word

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• विद्वान् (vidvān): the wise/knower

• हि (hi): indeed

• विश्वत्वम् (viśvatvam): universality, all-pervading cosmic nature

• अस्य (asya): of this (here/manifest)

• च (ca): and

• अस्य (asya): of this/that (contextual reference)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ): of the great-souled one (the Supreme Lord, Pati)

• स (sa): he

• याति (yāti): goes/attains

• ब्रह्मसायुज्यम् (brahma-sāyujyam): union with Brahman, liberation

• वचनात् (vacanāt): by the statement/teaching

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ): of Brahmā

• प्रभोः (prabhoḥ): of the Lord

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Brahma’s instruction within the chapter)

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-centered devotion and inquiry as a path to liberating knowledge: realizing the Lord (Pati) as the all-pervading ground of the cosmos culminates in brahma-sāyujya.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the mahātman whose viśvatva (all-pervasiveness) underlies both the manifest realm (“this”) and its deeper principle (“that”), making Him the Pati who can dissolve pasha (bondage) for the pashu (soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The emphasis is on jñāna grounded in authoritative teaching (vacana) as the inner limb of Pāśupata-oriented discipline—right understanding of Pati’s universality supporting liberation.