Shloka 33

दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः

Devanagari script

धर्मश्चैव तथा शप्तो माण्डव्येन महात्मना वृष्णयश्चैव कृष्णेन दुर्वासाद्यैर्महात्मभिः

Transliteration

dharmaścaiva tathā śapto māṇḍavyena mahātmanā vṛṣṇayaścaiva kṛṣṇena durvāsādyairmahātmabhiḥ

Translation

かくしてダルマそのものは大魂の聖仙マーンダヴィヤにより呪詛され、またヴリシュニ族も—クリシュナおよびドゥルヴァーサらの大聖によって—呪詛を受けた。かかる大いなる者たちの宣言により、カルマの成就は主パティの至高の統御のもと、寸分違わず進行する。

Word by Word

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ): Dharma, the principle/personification of righteousness

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• तथा (tathā): likewise/also

• शप्तः (śaptaḥ): cursed

• माण्डव्येन (māṇḍavyena): by (sage) Māṇḍavya

• महात्मना (mahātmanā): by the great-souled one

• वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ): the Vrishni clan

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena): by Krishna

• दुर्वासा-आद्यैः (durvāsā-ādyaiḥ): by Durvasa and others

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ): by great souls/sages.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Mandavya
• Vrishnis
• Krishna
• Durvasa

FAQs

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

It frames worldly events—boons, curses, and clan destinies—as unfolding within a higher cosmic order ultimately presided over by Shiva (Pati); Linga worship is presented as aligning the pashu (soul) with that governing Reality beyond fluctuating fortune.

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

While Shiva is not named directly, the verse implies an overarching, unfailing moral-causal governance: in Shaiva Siddhanta this is grounded in Shiva-tattva as Pati, the supreme regulator who allows karmic fruition without being tainted by it.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is stated; the takeaway is ethical-yogic discipline—reducing pasha (bondage) by right conduct and devotion—supported by Linga-centered worship that stabilizes the mind in the Pati beyond karmic upheavals.