Shloka 5

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

कायिकानि सुमिश्राणि तथा प्रासंगिकानि च बुद्धिपूर्वं कृतान्येव सहजागन्तुकानि च

Transliteration

kāyikāni sumiśrāṇi tathā prāsaṃgikāni ca buddhipūrvaṃ kṛtānyeva sahajāgantukāni ca

Translation

Actions are of many kinds: bodily acts; those that are mixed in motive and outcome; those that arise incidentally from circumstance; those performed deliberately with prior intention; and those that are innate or that arise adventitiously. Knowing these distinctions, the paśu (bound soul) discerns the workings of pāśa and turns its agency toward the Lord (Pati), Śiva.

Word by Word

• कायिकानि: bodily actions

• सुमिश्राणि: well-mixed/combined (mixed in character, motive, or result)

• तथा: and likewise

• प्रासंगिकानि: incidental/occasioned by context

• च: and

• बुद्धिपूर्वम्: with prior deliberation/preceded by intellect

• कृतानि: done/performed

• एव: indeed/only

• सहज: innate/inborn

• आगन्तुकानि: adventitious/coming from outside (accidental, acquired)

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It trains the devotee to examine actions by intention and origin; such karma-viveka purifies conduct, making Linga-puja a means to loosen pāśa (bondage) and align the paśu (soul) with Pati (Śiva).

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

Śiva-tattva is implied as Pati—the witnessing Lord beyond the changing categories of action—toward whom disciplined agency and purified intention are directed for liberation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied practice is self-audit (viveka) central to Pāśupata discipline: recognizing deliberate, habitual, incidental, and mixed actions so they can be offered in worship and restrained through yogic observance.