Shloka 14
रुद्ररथ-निर्माणवर्णनम् / Description of Rudra’s Divine Chariot Construction
ईषादंडस्तथा व्यक्तं वृद्धिस्तस्यैव नड्वलः । कोणास्तस्याप्यहंकारो भूतानि च बलं स्मृतम्
īṣādaṃḍastathā vyaktaṃ vṛddhistasyaiva naḍvalaḥ | koṇāstasyāpyahaṃkāro bhūtāni ca balaṃ smṛtam
The īṣā-daṇḍa, the central beam, is known as the manifest principle (vyakta); its increase is called naḍvala. Its corners are said to be egoity (ahaṅkāra), and the elemental beings (bhūtas) are remembered as its strength (bala).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Sāṃkhya-like mapping: vyakta (manifest), ahaṅkāra, bhūtas—unfolding of tattvas within cosmic manifestation
FAQs
It maps parts of a symbolic structure to tattvas: the manifest world (vyakta), its expansion, ego (ahaṅkāra), and the elements (bhūtas). In Shaiva understanding, liberation comes by seeing these as dependent powers, not the Self—turning awareness toward Shiva as the transcendent Pati.
Linga-worship trains the mind to recognize the manifested cosmos (vyakta), ego (ahaṅkāra), and elements (bhūtas) as offerings and supports within Shiva’s domain, while Shiva remains the inner Lord beyond them—Saguna for devotion, yet pointing to the Nirguna reality.
A practical takeaway is tattva-smaraṇa during japa: while repeating the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), observe the rise of ego and elemental sensations as “bhūtas,” then mentally offer them into the Linga/into Shiva, cultivating disidentification and steadiness.