Shloka 50

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

गतानि तावच्छेषाणि अहर्निश्यानि वै पुनः परान्ते वै विकाराणि विकारं यान्ति विश्वतः

Transliteration

gatāni tāvaccheṣāṇi aharniśyāni vai punaḥ parānte vai vikārāṇi vikāraṃ yānti viśvataḥ

Translation

जब तक शेष दिन-रात्रियाँ बार-बार बीतती रहती हैं, चक्र के परम-अन्त में समस्त जगत् के विकार फिर विकारत्व में ही प्रविष्ट हो जाते हैं।

Word by Word

• gatāni: gone, passed

• tāvat: so long, to that extent

• cheṣāṇi: remaining, residual

• aharniśyāni: days and nights

• vai: indeed

• punaḥ: again

• parānte: at the further end, at the final limit

• vikārāṇi: modifications, conditioned states

• vikāram: into modification, into change

• yānti: go, enter

• viśvataḥ: everywhere, on all sides

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames all worldly states (vikāras) as time-bound changes, implying that Linga worship is directed to Shiva as the changeless Pati beyond the cycles of day-night and dissolution.

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

By emphasizing that everything enters further modification at the end of cycles, it implicitly contrasts Shiva-tattva as that which is not a vikāra—transcendent, steady, and the ground in which creation and pralaya occur.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline: dispassion (vairāgya) toward transient vikāras and meditative fixation on the Linga as the stable support (ālambana) beyond kāla.