Shloka 14

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

जपयज्ञसहस्रेभ्यो ध्यानयज्ञो विशिष्यते ध्यानयज्ञात्परो नास्ति ध्यानं ज्ञानस्य साधनम्

Transliteration

japayajñasahasrebhyo dhyānayajño viśiṣyate dhyānayajñātparo nāsti dhyānaṃ jñānasya sādhanam

Translation

हजारों जप-यज्ञों से ध्यान-यज्ञ श्रेष्ठ है; ध्यान-यज्ञ से बढ़कर कुछ नहीं, क्योंकि ध्यान ही मुक्तिदायक ज्ञान का साधन है।

Word by Word

• जपयज्ञसहस्रेभ्यः: than thousands of japa-sacrifices (mantra-recitation rites)

• ध्यानयज्ञः: the sacrifice of meditation

• विशिष्यते: excels/is superior

• ध्यानयज्ञात्: than the meditative sacrifice

• परः: higher

• नास्ति: does not exist

• ध्यानम्: meditation

• ज्ञानस्य: of (true) knowledge

• साधनम्: means/instrument

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)