Shloka 96

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

यदाप्नोति यदादत्ते यच्चात्ति विषयानयम् यच्चास्य सततं भावस् तस्मादात्मा निरुच्यते

Transliteration

yadāpnoti yadādatte yaccātti viṣayānayam yaccāsya satataṃ bhāvas tasmādātmā nirucyate

Translation

Aquello que alcanza (experimenta), aquello que toma para sí (apropia), aquello que goza de estos objetos de los sentidos, y aquello que es su disposición interior continua—por eso se le designa como el Ātman (el Sí mismo).

Word by Word

• yat: that which

• āpnoti: attains/experiences

• yat: that which

• ādatte: takes/assumes/appropriates

• yat ca: and that which

• atti: eats/enjoys/consumes

• viṣayān: sense-objects

• ayam: these/this (as presented)

• yat ca: and that which

• asya: of it/of this being

• satatam: constantly/always

• bhāvaḥ: state/disposition/inner tendency

• tasmāt: therefore

• ātmā: the Self

• nirucyate: is declared/defined/termed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva teaching on Atman within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It redirects worship from mere outer ritual to inner discernment: the true aim of Linga-puja is recognizing the Ātman as the experiencer within, and ultimately offering that limited ‘I-enjoyer’ (pashu-bhoktṛ) into Shiva, the supreme Pati.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By defining the Ātman as the one that experiences and maintains a continuous bhāva, it highlights the contrast between the individual pashu (limited experiencer under pāśa) and Shiva-tattva, the unbound Pati whose consciousness is not conditioned by sense-objects.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It supports Pashupata-style inward practice: witnessing the processes of ‘attaining, taking, and enjoying’ as functions of the embodied self, cultivating vairāgya (dispassion) and turning awareness toward Shiva as the freeing Lord beyond pāśa (bondage).