Shloka 42

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

Devanagari script

पादौ पायुरुपस्थश् च हस्तौ वाग्दशमी भवेत् गतिर्विसर्गो ह्यानन्दः शिल्पं वाक्यं च कर्म तत्

Transliteration

pādau pāyurupasthaś ca hastau vāgdaśamī bhavet gatirvisargo hyānandaḥ śilpaṃ vākyaṃ ca karma tat

Translation

Füße, After, Zeugungsorgan, Hände und Sprache—die Sprache ist das zehnte. Ihre Funktionen sind: Fortbewegung, Ausscheidung, Lust, handwerkliches Schaffen und Artikulation; so sind dies die Karmas der Handlungsorgane.

Word by Word

• pādau: the two feet

• pāyuḥ: anus

• upasthaḥ: generative organ

• ca: and

• hastau: the two hands

• vāk: speech

• daśamī: the tenth

• bhavet: becomes/is

• gatiḥ: movement/going

• visargaḥ: discharge/excretion

• hi: indeed

• ānandaḥ: pleasure/delight

• śilpam: craft/skill/handicraft

• vākyam: utterance/sentence/speech-act

• ca: and

• karma: action/function

• tat: that/these

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It maps the karmendriyas (organs of action) and their functions, showing what must be purified and restrained so the devotee’s actions become offerings (karma as arpaṇa) to the Linga, reducing pāśa (bondage).

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

By implication, Shiva as Pati stands beyond these action-functions, while the pashu (soul) operates through them; realizing Shiva-tattva means shifting from compulsive karmic action to conscious, consecrated action aligned with the Lord.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Indriya-saṃyama (discipline of the organs), especially purification of vāk (speech) through mantra-japa and truthful, restrained utterance—key supports for Pashupata-oriented sādhanā and Linga-pūjā.