Shloka 65

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

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नण्डे इमे लोका अन्तर्विश्वमिदं जगत् चन्द्रादित्यौ सनक्षत्रौ सग्रहौ सह वायुना

Transliteration

tasminnaṇḍe ime lokā antarviśvamidaṃ jagat candrādityau sanakṣatrau sagrahau saha vāyunā

Translation

Within that cosmic Egg (Aṇḍa) are these worlds—this entire inner universe. There too are the Moon and the Sun, along with the constellations and the planets, and with them Vāyu, the moving principle of the vital wind.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन् (tasmin): in that

• अण्डे (aṇḍe): cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa)

• इमे (ime): these

• लोका: worlds/realms

• अन्तः (antaḥ): within/inside

• विश्वम् (viśvam): universe

• इदम् (idam): this

• जगत् (jagat): moving cosmos/world

• चन्द्रादित्यौ (candrādityau): moon and sun

• स-नक्षत्रौ (sa-nakṣatrau): together with the nakṣatras/constellations

• स-ग्रहौ (sa-grahau): together with the ग्रहs/planets

• सह (saha): along with

• वायुना (vāyunā): with Vāyu, the wind/vital breath

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Vayu
• Chandra
• Aditya

FAQs

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

It frames the entire cosmos as contained within a single ordered principle (the brahmāṇḍa), supporting the Shaiva view that the Linga signifies the all-containing, all-sustaining Pati (Shiva) beyond and within creation.

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

By describing the universe as an “inner” cosmos held within the cosmic egg, the verse implies an underlying sustaining Reality; in Shaiva Siddhanta terms, Shiva as Pati is the transcendent support in whom the worlds and their regulators (sun, moon, planets, prana) subsist.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The mention of Vāyu points to prāṇa as a key inner regulator; a Shaiva-Yogic takeaway is prāṇāyāma and prāṇa-samyama as supportive disciplines for stabilizing the pashu (soul) toward Shiva-oriented contemplation.