Shloka 4
Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna
Devanagari script
यज्ज्ञानं निर्मलं शुद्धं निर्विकल्पं निराश्रयम् गुरुप्रकाशकं ज्ञानम् इत्यन्ये मुनयो द्विजाः
Transliteration
yajjñānaṃ nirmalaṃ śuddhaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirāśrayam guruprakāśakaṃ jñānam ityanye munayo dvijāḥ
Translation
जो ज्ञान निर्मल, शुद्ध, विकल्प-रहित और आश्रय-रहित है, तथा गुरु को (पती-शिव के प्रकाशक रूप में) प्रकाशित करता है—अन्य मुनि और द्विज उसे ही ‘सच्चा ज्ञान’ कहते हैं।
Word by Word
yat-jñānamthat knowledge
yat-jñānam:
nirmalamspotless, free from impurity (mala)
nirmalam:
śuddhampure
śuddham:
nirvikalpamwithout conceptual alternations (vikalpa)
nirvikalpam:
nirāśrayamwithout dependence on supports, self-sustained
nirāśrayam:
guru-prakāśakamthat which makes the Guru’s light/revelation manifest (the Guru as the revealer)
guru-prakāśakam:
jñānamknowledge
jñānam:
itithus
iti:
anyeothers
anye:
munayaḥsages
munayaḥ:
dvijāḥtwice-born (learned Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching on jñāna as transmitted in the Purana)