Shloka 136

ध्यानयोगेन रुद्रदर्शनम् — रुद्रावतार-परिवर्तक्रमः, लकुली (कायावतार), पाशुपतयोगः, लिङ्गार्चन-निष्ठा

Devanagari script

योगमार्गा अनेकाश् च ज्ञानमार्गास् त्व् अनेकशः न निवृत्तिमुपायान्ति विना पञ्चाक्षरीं क्वचित्

Transliteration

yogamārgā anekāś ca jñānamārgās tv anekaśaḥ na nivṛttimupāyānti vinā pañcākṣarīṃ kvacit

Translation

Viele sind die Wege des Yoga, und viele wahrlich die Wege der Erkenntnis; doch ohne die Pañcākṣarī — das fünfsilbige Mantra Śivas — gelangen sie niemals zur nivṛtti, zur Umkehr aus der Fesselung.

Word by Word

• योगमार्गाः: paths of yoga

• अनेकाः: many

• च: and

• ज्ञानमार्गाः: paths of knowledge (jñāna-mārga)

• तु: indeed/however

• अनेकशः: in many ways, repeatedly

• न: not

• निवृत्तिम्: nivṛtti, withdrawal/cessation from worldly entanglement, turning back from saṃsāra

• उपायान्ति: they reach/attain

• विना: without

• पञ्चाक्षरीम्: the five-syllabled (mantra), i.e., ‘namaḥ śivāya’

• क्वचित्: ever/at any time

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching tradition within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)