Shloka 72

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

जराव्याधिक्षुधाविष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमानसाः विचारणा तु निर्वेदात् साम्यावस्था विचारणा

Transliteration

jarāvyādhikṣudhāviṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamānasāḥ vicāraṇā tu nirvedāt sāmyāvasthā vicāraṇā

Translation

Afflicted by old age, disease, and hunger, their minds grow disenchanted through suffering. From that dispassion arises true discrimination (vicāraṇā); and that discrimination matures into the state of equanimity (sāmyāvasthā)—the balanced vision that loosens the bonds (pāśa) of the paśu and turns it toward Pati, Śiva.

Word by Word

• jarā: old age

• vyādhi: disease

• kṣudhā: hunger

• āviṣṭāḥ: seized/overcome

• duḥkhāt: from suffering

• nirveda-mānasāḥ: those whose minds are filled with dispassion/disenchantment

• vicāraṇā: inquiry/discriminative contemplation

• tu: indeed

• nirvedāt: from dispassion

• sāmyāvasthā: state of equanimity/balance

• vicāraṇā: (again) discriminative inquiry (as both means and culmination).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames inner Linga-worship as a shift from suffering-born dispassion to vicāra and finally equanimity—purifying the pashu so devotion to Pati (Śiva) becomes steady rather than desire-driven.

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

Śiva-tattva is implied as the stable Pati realized when the mind becomes sāmyāvasthā—unshaken by dualities—so the soul’s bondage (pāśa) weakens and awareness aligns with Śiva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pāśupata-style inner discipline: vairāgya leading to vicāra (discriminative inquiry) and culminating in equanimity—supporting meditation and steady Shiva-bhakti rather than external rite alone.