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Shloka 37

Devanagari script

निवृत्तिरूपमाख्यातं सृष्टिचक्रमिदं बुधैः । पितामहाधिष्ठितं च पदमेतद्धि शोभनम्

Transliteration

nivṛttirūpamākhyātaṃ sṛṣṭicakramidaṃ budhaiḥ | pitāmahādhiṣṭhitaṃ ca padametaddhi śobhanam

Translation

The wise declare this revolving cycle of creation to be of the nature of nivṛtti—withdrawal that turns back toward liberation. This too is the splendid station presided over by Pitāmaha (Brahmā).

Word by Word
निवृत्ति-रूपम्the form of withdrawal (nivṛtti)
निवृत्ति-रूपम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निवृत्तेः रूपम्) — nominative/accusative singular neuter
आख्यातम्is declared
आख्यातम्:
कर्मणि-क्रिया (Passive predicate/कर्मणि)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + ख्या (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘declared/called’
सृष्टि-चक्रम्the cycle of creation
सृष्टि-चक्रम्:
कर्ता/कर्म (Subject/Object depending on construal)
TypeNoun
Rootसृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सृष्टेः चक्रम्) — nominative/accusative singular neuter
इदम्this
इदम्:
विशेष्य (Apposition/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun ‘this’
बुधैःby the wise
बुधैः:
करण (Karaṇa/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural masculine
पितामह-अधिष्ठितम्presided over by the Grandfather (Brahmā)
पितामह-अधिष्ठितम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिष्ठित (कृदन्त; अधि + स्था धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितामहेन/पितामहस्य अधिष्ठितम्) — ‘presided over by/under the authority of Brahmā’
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
पदम्state/position
पदम्:
कर्ता/कर्म (Subject/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular neuter
एतत्this
एतत्:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘this’
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle) — indeed
शोभनम्auspicious/beautiful
शोभनम्:
विशेषण (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular neuter; विशेषण
Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: nivṛtti orientation within the sṛṣṭi-cakra (turning back toward mokṣa)

Characters & Entities
B
Brahma

FAQs

It frames the cosmos not merely as outward expansion (pravṛtti) but as a divinely ordered cycle meant to mature the soul toward nivṛtti—detachment and return toward Shiva’s liberating grace.

By presenting creation as a purposeful cycle overseen by divine powers, it supports Saguna worship (such as Linga-upāsanā) as a practical means to purify bondage (pāśa) and turn the devotee inward toward liberation.

Adopt a nivṛtti-oriented discipline: daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a worshipful mindset, using vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa as aids to steady remembrance and detachment.

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