Shloka 63

Bhāratavarṣa–Navabheda-Vyavasthā

The Nine Divisions of Bhāratavarṣa and Its Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

निरामया वीतशोका रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः । अधर्मो न मतस्तेषां न बंधवधकौ मुने

Transliteration

nirāmayā vītaśokā rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ | adharmo na matasteṣāṃ na baṃdhavadhakau mune

Translation

They are free from illness and beyond sorrow, devoid of attachment and aversion. For them, O sage, there is no notion of adharma; neither bondage nor destruction (death) has any hold.

Word by Word

• nirāmayāḥ: free from disease
• nirāmayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective used substantively; nir- (neg.) + āmaya (disease)

• vīta-śokāḥ: free from grief
• vīta-śokāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīta (कृदन्त, √i/√vī? as past participle sense ‘gone’) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; karmadhāraya: ‘gone sorrow’ = sorrowless

• rāga-dveṣa-vivarjitāḥ: devoid of attachment and hatred
• rāga-dveṣa-vivarjitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāga (प्रातिपदिक) + dveṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त, √vṛj/√varj ‘to avoid’, PPP)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa: ‘devoid of attachment and aversion’

• adharmaḥ: unrighteousness
• adharmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• mataḥ: considered
• mataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mata (कृदन्त, √man ‘to think’, PPP)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective ‘considered/held’

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; pronoun

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• bandha-vadhakau: bondage and killing
• bandha-vadhakau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandha (प्रातिपदिक) + vadhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; dvandva: ‘bondage and killing’ (or ‘binder and killer’)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching in the Umāsaṃhitā discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: state-description resembling a loka where karmic afflictions are attenuated; pedagogical contrast to bondage (paśa)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It describes the liberated Shaiva state: when rāga and dveṣa are dissolved through Shiva-knowledge and steadiness in dharma, the soul is untouched by sorrow, illness, and the very idea of adharma—signifying release from pāśa (bondage) under Pati (Shiva).

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

Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva devotion are presented as purifying means that burn impurities (mala) and quieten rāga-dveṣa; as inner purity matures, the devotee abides in Shiva’s grace where bondage and fear of death lose their force.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice vairāgya with steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and daily Shiva-pūjā (optionally with bhasma/tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa) to weaken attachment-aversion and stabilize the mind in Shiva.