Shloka 174

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

प्रजां धर्मं च कामं च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमास्थितौ यथोत्पन्नस्तथैवेह कुमारः स इहोच्यते

Transliteration

prajāṃ dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāsthitau yathotpannastathaiveha kumāraḥ sa ihocyate

Translation

Wer Nachkommenschaft, weltliche Pflicht und Begehren aufgibt und im vairāgya, der Loslösung, verweilt—hier bleibend wie bei der Geburt (unverstrickt und ohne Anspruch)—wird Kumāra genannt.

Word by Word

• प्रजाम् (prajām): progeny/offspring

• धर्मम् (dharmam): duty/righteous order (householder obligations)

• च (ca): and

• कामम् (kāmam): desire/pleasure-seeking

• च (ca): and

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā): having renounced

• वैराग्यम् (vairāgyam): dispassion/detachment

• आस्थितौ (āsthitau): having taken refuge in/established in

• यथा (yathā): as

• उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ): born/arisen (at birth)

• तथा एव (tathā eva): just so/likewise

• इह (iha): here (in this world)

• कुमारः (kumāraḥ): a Kumāra (renunciate youth, archetype of celibate sages)

• सः (saḥ): he

• इह उच्यते (iha ucyate): is here called/defined.

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the inner qualification for true Linga-upasana: the worshipper approaches Pati (Shiva) by loosening pasha—attachments to lineage, social duty as identity, and kama—through vairagya.

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

By implying that liberation comes from disidentification with worldly bonds, it points to Shiva as Pati—untouched, self-luminous, and the giver of freedom to the pashu when pasha is cut by knowledge and detachment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A renunciant orientation central to Pashupata Yoga: cultivating vairagya and brahmacharya-like purity so that external puja is matched by inner non-possessiveness and steady contemplation of Shiva.