Shloka 10

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

तामाज्ञां सम्प्रविश्याहं चिन्तयन् जगतां हितम् सप्तविंशत्प्रकारेण सर्वं व्याप्यानया शिवः

Transliteration

tāmājñāṃ sampraviśyāhaṃ cintayan jagatāṃ hitam saptaviṃśatprakāreṇa sarvaṃ vyāpyānayā śivaḥ

Translation

Indem Ich in jenes göttliche Gebot einging, durchdrang Ich — auf das Wohl aller Welten bedacht — alles in siebenundzwanzig verschiedenen Weisen; so wird Śiva durch diese Kraft allgegenwärtig.

Word by Word

• ताम् (tām): that

• आज्ञाम् (ājñām): command/ordinance

• सम्प्रविश्य (sampraviśya): having entered into

• अहम् (aham): I

• चिन्तयन् (cintayan): contemplating/being intent on

• जगताम् (jagatām): of the worlds

• हितम् (hitam): welfare/benefit

• सप्तविंशत् (saptaviṃśat): twenty-seven

• प्रकारेण (prakāreṇa): by modes/ways

• सर्वम् (sarvam): everything

• व्याप्य (vyāpya): pervading

• अनया (anayā): by this (power/means)

• शिवः (śivaḥ): Śiva (the auspicious Lord, Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal first-person statement attributed to Shiva’s functioning through divine command)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga worship as adoration of Śiva who pervades all reality by divine ordinance—so the Linga is not a mere icon, but the sign of Pati’s all-pervasive presence guiding the worlds toward welfare (jagat-hita).

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

Śiva-tattva is presented as vyāpaka (all-pervading) and niyantṛ (governing) through ājñā (divine command), manifesting in multiple regulated modes while remaining the auspicious Lord (Pati) who acts for the good of all beings (paśu).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to contemplative alignment with Śiva’s ājñā—an inner Pāśupata orientation where the yogin meditates on Śiva’s pervasion and seeks release of the paśu from pāśa through the Lord’s regulating grace.