Shloka 8

Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra

Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms

Devanagari script

यथैक्यभावं गच्छेयुरेतदन्यच्च वेदय । जानामीति करोमीति व्यवहारः प्रदृश्यते

Transliteration

yathaikyabhāvaṃ gaccheyuretadanyacca vedaya | jānāmīti karomīti vyavahāraḥ pradṛśyate

Translation

また知れ。衆生が一如の感覚へと向かうときでさえ、世間の慣用はなお現れ、「我は知る」「我は為す」という言い回しとして見られる。

Word by Word

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner adverb)

• ऐक्य-भावम्: the state of oneness
• ऐक्य-भावम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—ऐक्यस्य भावः (तत्पुरुष)

• गच्छेयुः: might go/attain
• गच्छेयुः: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• वेदय: know/understand
• वेदय: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जानामि: I know
• जानामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक निपात (quotative particle)

• करोमि: I do
• करोमि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक निपात (quotative particle)

• व्यवहारः: conventional usage/transaction
• व्यवहारः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रदृश्यते: is seen, appears
• प्रदृश्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is seen/appears)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakshinamurti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that even as a seeker approaches unity with Shiva (Pati), the habitual ego-notion of ‘I know’ and ‘I do’ can still appear as part of worldly functioning; liberation involves seeing this as mere vyavahāra rather than ultimate truth.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Linga worship trains the mind to shift from limited individuality toward Shiva-consciousness; this verse explains why, despite devotion and inner oneness, ordinary speech and action may continue—yet the devotee learns to offer all knowing and doing to Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhāva of surrender, observing ‘I know/I do’ as passing mental conventions and mentally offering every act (kriyā) and thought (jñāna) into Shiva.