Shloka 44

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

अहङ्कारावलेपेन गर्जसि त्वमतन्द्रितः उपकारो ह्यसाधूनाम् अपकाराय केवलम्

Transliteration

ahaṅkārāvalepena garjasi tvamatandritaḥ upakāro hyasādhūnām apakārāya kevalam

Translation

Blinded by the intoxication of ego, you roar on, ever restless. Indeed, kindness shown to the unrighteous becomes only a cause of harm—for those bound by pāśa turn even favor into injury.

Word by Word

• अहङ्कार (ahaṅkāra): ego-sense

• आवलेपेन (āvalepena): by the intoxication/arrogant delusion

• गर्जसि (garjasi): you roar/boast

• त्वम् (tvam): you

• अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ): unwearied/restless/without pause

• उपकारः (upakāraḥ): favor/help/kindness

• हि (hi): indeed

• असाधूनाम् (asādhūnām): of the wicked/unrighteous

• अपकाराय (apakārāya): for harm/for wrongdoing

• केवलम् (kevalam): only/merely.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal admonition within the Purana’s dialogue context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-worship as inner purification: without dissolving ahaṅkāra (ego), devotion becomes noise, and the bound soul (paśu) misuses even sacred grace.

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

By implication, Shiva as Pati is the liberator from pāśa (bondage) like pride; the verse contrasts Shiva’s purifying order with the ego-driven disorder of the asādhu.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A key Pāśupata-Yoga takeaway: subdue ego and boastfulness through discipline, self-restraint, and devotion—otherwise external acts of puja do not transform the paśu.