Shloka 119

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा समालिङ्ग्य वासुदेवं पिनाकधृक् / अन्तर्हितो ऽभवत् तेषां सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā samāliṅgya vāsudevaṃ pinākadhṛk / antarhito 'bhavat teṣāṃ sarveṣāmeva paśyatām

Translation

ເມື່ອກ່າວດັ່ງນັ້ນແລ້ວ ຜູ້ຖືພິນາກະ (ພຣະສິວະ) ໄດ້ກອດພຣະວາສຸເທວ; ແລະໃນຂະນະທີ່ທຸກຄົນກຳລັງເບິ່ງຢູ່ ພຣະອົງກໍຫາຍໄປຈາກສາຍຕາຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘thus’

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) ‘having said’

• समालिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• समालिङ्ग्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √लिङ्ग्/√लिङ्ग् (धातु: आलिङ्ग् ‘embrace’)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्) ‘having embraced’

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• पिनाकधृक्: the bearer of Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकधृक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक + धृक् (धृ ‘to hold’ से कृत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: पिनाकं धरतीति (upapada-tatpuruṣa) ‘the bearer of Pināka (Śiva)’

• अन्तर्हितः: hidden, disappeared
• अन्तर्हितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + √धा (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate with implied ‘अभवत्’ = ‘became hidden/disappeared’

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; qualifying ‘तेषाम्’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) emphasis

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching
• पश्यताम्: Sati-saptamī/Context (सति-प्रयोग/परिस्थिति)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Genitive plural (षष्ठी बहुवचन) used as locative sense ‘while (they) were seeing’; ‘of those who were watching’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing the culmination of Śiva–Vāsudeva encounter in the Ishvara Gita context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Shiva (Pinakadhṛk)
• Pinaka

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By portraying Śiva embracing Vāsudeva and then vanishing, the verse points to the non-separateness of the Supreme—forms may appear distinct, yet the highest reality is one and can withdraw from sensory grasp.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse implies the yogic principle that the divine is not merely an object of sight: true realization requires inner discipline (dhyāna, samādhi) beyond external perception—consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s Pāśupata-oriented interiorization of worship.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Śiva’s embrace of Vāsudeva functions as a theological seal of unity: the Kurma Purana frames Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava devotion as convergent, with both deities expressing one supreme Lordship.