Shloka 89

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

शरीराद्यर्थकं सर्वं गुरोर्दत्त्वा सुशिष्यकः । अग्रपाकं निवेद्याग्रेभुंजीयाद्गुर्वनुज्ञया

Transliteration

śarīrādyarthakaṃ sarvaṃ gurordattvā suśiṣyakaḥ | agrapākaṃ nivedyāgrebhuṃjīyādgurvanujñayā

Translation

A worthy disciple should dedicate everything connected with the body and its needs to the Guru. Having first offered the foremost portion of the cooked food to the Guru, he should eat only afterwards, with the Guru’s permission.

Word by Word

• शरीर-आदि-अर्थकम्: pertaining to bodily etc. needs
• शरीर-आदि-अर्थकम्: विशेषण (qualifier of ‘सर्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘having the purpose of body etc.’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: कर्म (object of ‘दत्त्वा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गुरोः: of/to the guru
• गुरोः: सम्प्रदान-सम्बन्ध (recipient relation: ‘to/for the guru’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययवत् (indeclinable form) — ‘having given’

• सुशिष्यकः: the good disciple
• सुशिष्यकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शिष्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive: ‘good disciple’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अग्र-पाकम्: the first portion of cooked food; first offering
• अग्र-पाकम्: कर्म (object of ‘निवेद्य’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (or नपुंसक), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• निवेद्य: having offered
• निवेद्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त/ल्यपन्त (gerund), अव्ययवत् — ‘having offered/presented’

• अग्रे: in front; first
• अग्रे: अधिकरण (locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अग्रे-इत्यव्ययप्रयोग (locatival adverb: ‘in front/first’)

• भुञ्जीयात्: should eat
• भुञ्जीयात्: क्रिया (injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• गुरु-अनुज्ञया: with the guru’s permission
• गुरु-अनुज्ञया: करण (Instrument/means: ‘with/by permission’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘guru’s permission’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that surrender (śaraṇāgati) is made concrete through Guru-sevā: offering one’s resources and even daily necessities first to the Guru, thereby purifying ego and aligning the disciple with Shiva’s grace-bearing lineage.

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

In Shaiva tradition the Guru is honored as the revealer of Shiva-tattva and the right method of Linga worship; serving and obeying the Guru safeguards correct ritual, mantra-dīkṣā, and devotional attitude toward Saguna Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical discipline is to offer the first portion of food (naivedya-bhāva) and take one’s meal only after permission—training mindfulness, restraint, and devotion; it supports mantra practice by cultivating humility and purity.