Shloka 3

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनीनां दीर्घसत्त्रिणाम् रुद्रेण कथितं प्राह गुहां प्राप्य महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā munīnāṃ dīrghasattriṇām rudreṇa kathitaṃ prāha guhāṃ prāpya mahātmanām

Translation

ເມື່ອໄດ້ຟັງຖ້ອຍຄຳຂອງບັນດາມຸນີຜູ້ປະກອບສັດຕຣະອັນຍາວນານ ແລ້ວ, ລາວໄດ້ໄປເຖິງຖ້ຳຂອງມະຫາອາດມາ ແລະໄດ້ກ່າວສິ່ງທີ່ຣຸດຣະເຄີຍປະກາດໄວ້—ນຳຄຳສອນຂອງພຣະສິວະມາເປັນທາງໃຫ້ປະຊຸ (ວິນຍານທີ່ຖືກຜູກ) ຫັນໜ້າເຂົ້າຫາປະຕິ (ອົງພຣະເຈົ້າ).

Word by Word

• तेषाम् (teṣām): of them

• तद्वचनम् (tadvacanam): their statement/words

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā): having heard

• मुनीनाम् (munīnām): of the sages

• दीर्घसत्त्रिणाम् (dīrgha-sattriṇām): of those engaged in long sacrificial sessions

• रुद्रेण (rudreṇa): by Rudra (Śiva)

• कथितम् (kathitam): spoken/declared

• प्राह (prāha): he said/spoke

• गुहाम् (guhām): the cave/secret abode

• प्राप्य (prāpya): having reached/attained

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām): of the great-souled (saints/ascetics).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the internal episode; contextual)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Shiva)
• Munis (Sages)
• Mahātmas (Great-souled ascetics)

FAQs

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

It frames Śiva’s instruction (Rudra-vacana) as the authoritative guidance received by ascetics; Linga-worship is implied as an inner ‘guhā’ practice where ritual matures into direct orientation of the paśu toward Pati.

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

Śiva appears as Rudra, the revealer of liberating knowledge: his word is transmitted to great-souled sages, indicating Shiva-tattva as the supreme teacher who loosens pāśa (bondage) through upadeśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse references dīrgha-sattras (extended Vedic sacrificial observances) and implies their culmination in a more interior discipline—Śiva’s upadeśa aligned with Pāśupata orientation (turning practice inward toward realization).