Shloka 24

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

रागलोभात्मको भावस् तदा ह्याकस्मिको ऽभवत् विपर्ययेण तासां तु तेन तत्कालभाविना

Transliteration

rāgalobhātmako bhāvas tadā hyākasmiko 'bhavat viparyayeṇa tāsāṃ tu tena tatkālabhāvinā

Translation

Then a sudden movement of mind, made of attachment (rāga) and greed (lobha), arose. But for those beings it was reversed by that very time-bound impulse, as Time (kāla) turned their condition into its opposite.

Word by Word

• राग (rāga): attachment, passion

• लोभ (lobha): greed

• आत्मकः (ātmakaḥ): consisting of, having the nature of

• भावः (bhāvaḥ): mental state, disposition

• तदा (tadā): then

• हि (hi): indeed

• आकस्मिकः (ākasmikaḥ): sudden, unexpected

• अभवत् (abhavat): arose, came to be

• विपर्ययेण (viparyayeṇa): by reversal, by turning into the opposite

• तासाम् (tāsām): of them, of those (beings)

• तु (tu): but

• तेन (tena): by that, through that

• तत्कालभाविना (tatkāla-bhāvinā): by the state arising at that time / by the time-conditioned state

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kala (Time)

FAQs

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

It frames rāga (attachment) and lobha (greed) as time-arising pashas (bondages). Linga-worship is implied as the stabilizing Shaiva upāya that turns the mind from these transient bhāvas toward Pati (Shiva), who is beyond kāla.

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

By highlighting the fickleness of time-born mental states and their reversals, the verse indirectly points to Shiva-tattva as the steady Pati—unchanging, not compelled by kāla—capable of loosening the pashu’s bondage to shifting impulses.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway aligns with Pashupata Yoga: observe sudden rāga-lobha as impermanent kāla-bhāvas, cultivate vairāgya and steadiness of awareness, and anchor the mind in Shiva through japa/dhyāna and Linga-pūjā to weaken pasha.