Shloka 103

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

वरदो वाङ्मयो वाच्यो वाच्यवाचकवर्जितः याज्यो मुक्त्यर्थमीशानो योगिभिर् योगविभ्रमैः

Transliteration

varado vāṅmayo vācyo vācyavācakavarjitaḥ yājyo muktyarthamīśāno yogibhir yogavibhramaiḥ

Translation

主は恩寵を授ける方。聖なる言（ことば）としても、語られる対象としても現れ給うが、語り得るものと語る者の双方を超越する。解脱のために礼拝されるイーシャーナは、瑜伽行者がヨーガの多様な修練と変容の働きによって体得する。

Word by Word

• वरदः: giver of boons

• वाङ्मयः: consisting of / pervading sacred speech (Vāk)

• वाच्यः: that which is to be spoken of, the object of expression

• वाच्यवाचकवर्जितः: devoid of both the expressible (vācya) and the expresser/denoter (vācaka), beyond linguistic duality

• याज्यः: worthy to be worshipped (fit for yajña/arcana)

• मुक्त्यर्थम्: for the purpose of liberation (mokṣa)

• ईशानः: Īśāna, the sovereign Lord (Pati)

• योगिभिः: by yogins

• योगविभ्रमैः: by the diverse modalities/turnings/operations of yoga (yogic disciplines leading to inner transformation).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing Shiva’s transcendent nature)