Shloka 51

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

विद्यते तत्परं शैवं विष्णुना नावगम्यते असंख्येयगुणं शुद्धं को जानीयाच्छिवात्मकम्

Transliteration

vidyate tatparaṃ śaivaṃ viṣṇunā nāvagamyate asaṃkhyeyaguṇaṃ śuddhaṃ ko jānīyācchivātmakam

Translation

至上のシャイヴァの実在は確かに在る——しかしヴィシュヌでさえ完全には悟り得ない。清浄にして無量の徳を具えるそのシヴァの本性（Śivātman）を、いったい誰が真に知り得ようか。

Word by Word

• vidyate: exists

• tat-param: supreme, beyond that (highest)

• śaivam: the Shaiva principle/reality

• viṣṇunā: by Vishnu

• na avagamyate: is not fully understood/ascertained

• asaṅkhyeya-guṇam: having countless attributes/qualities

• śuddham: pure, untainted

• kaḥ: who

• jānīyāt: could know

• śiva-ātmakam (śivātmakam): whose essence is Shiva / the nature of Shiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga teaching on Shiva-tattva to the sages of Naimisharanya)