Shloka 15

त्रिपुरमोहनम्

Tripuramohana — “The Delusion/Enchanting of Tripura”

Devanagari script

सर्वे तनुभृतस्तुल्या यदि बुद्ध्या विचार्य्यते । इदं निश्चित्य केनापि नो हिंस्यः कोऽपि कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

sarve tanubhṛtastulyā yadi buddhyā vicāryyate | idaṃ niścitya kenāpi no hiṃsyaḥ ko'pi kutracit

Translation

If one reflects with clear discernment, all embodied beings are essentially alike. Having firmly understood this, no one should be harmed by anyone, anywhere.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तनु-भृतः: embodied beings
• तनु-भृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष: तनुं भृतः (bearers of a body)

• तुल्याः: equal
• तुल्याः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction), शर्तार्थक (conditional ‘if’)

• बुद्ध्या: by intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विचार्यते: is considered/reflected upon
• विचार्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive/कर्मणि), आत्मनेपद

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• निश्चित्य: having determined
• निश्चित्य: Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-चित् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable gerund): ‘having ascertained/decided’

• केन: by anyone
• केन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/निपात), ‘even/also’ (here: ‘any’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation/निषेध)

• हिंस्यः: should be harmed
• हिंस्यः: Vidhi (विधि/निषेध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/Obligatory passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय: ‘to be harmed’ with negation = ‘must not be harmed’

• कः: anyone (who)
• कः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even/any
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/निपात), ‘even/any’

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere
• कुत्रचित्: Desha-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), देशवाचक (somewhere/anywhere)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches ahimsa grounded in right discernment: seeing the essential sameness of all embodied beings reduces hatred and cruelty, aligning the seeker with Shiva’s dharma and purifying the mind for liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Linga-worship trains the devotee to perceive Shiva as the inner Self and Lord present in all; when that vision matures, harming others becomes a violation of reverence to Shiva dwelling in every being.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with the bhāva of universal compassion, and take a vrata of ahimsa (restraint in speech, thought, and action) as a supporting discipline.