Shloka 74

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause

Devanagari script

भवृद्ध्या सर्वमेतद्धि मन्यते स्वयमैत्यसौ । प्रपंचसारसर्वस्वमनेनैव वशीकृतम्

Transliteration

bhavṛddhyā sarvametaddhi manyate svayamaityasau | prapaṃcasārasarvasvamanenaiva vaśīkṛtam

Translation

Through the swelling of worldly becoming (bhava-vṛddhi), he imagines all this to be real and self-established. By this very notion, the entire essence and totality of the phenomenal world overpowers and binds him.

Word by Word

• भवृद्ध्या: by the lengthening (vṛddhi) of ‘bha’
• भवृद्ध्या: Hetu/Karana (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ + वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भस्य/भकारस्य वृद्धिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (demonstrative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (particle: ‘indeed/for’)

• मन्यते: thinks/considers
• मन्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person singular (Ātmanepada)

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘by oneself’)

• एति: goes/comes
• एति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person singular (Parasmaipada)

• असौ: that person/he
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (demonstrative pronoun)

• प्रपञ्चसारसर्वस्वम्: the very all-in-all/essence of the universe
• प्रपञ्चसारसर्वस्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपञ्च + सार + सर्वस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रपञ्चस्य सारं सर्वस्वं च/प्रपञ्चसाररूपं सर्वस्वम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nom./Acc. Singular

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental Singular (by this)

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• वशीकृतम्: subjugated/brought under control
• वशीकृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वशी√कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Past passive participle (kta), Neuter Nom./Acc. Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights how the soul (paśu) becomes bound (pāśa) by taking the expanding worldly experience as self-valid and ultimate; liberation comes by turning to Pati—Lord Shiva—as the true ground beyond prapañca.

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

Linga-worship anchors the mind in Shiva as the transcendent Reality reflected in a sacred form; by fixing devotion on Saguna Shiva, the delusion that the world is self-originating and all-sufficient is weakened.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with vibhuti (Tripuṇḍra) and steady contemplation reduces bhava-vṛddhi (worldly compulsions) and reorients awareness toward Shiva as Pati.