Shloka 29

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

पराशर उवाच । रम बाले मया सार्द्धं स्वच्छन्दं कामजै रसैः । स्वीयाभिलाषमाख्याहि पूरयाम्यधुना प्रिये

Transliteration

parāśara uvāca | rama bāle mayā sārddhaṃ svacchandaṃ kāmajai rasaiḥ | svīyābhilāṣamākhyāhi pūrayāmyadhunā priye

Translation

ພຣະປາຣາຊະຣະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ນາງນ້ອຍ, ຈົ່ງຫຼິ້ນສະໜຸກກັບຂ້າຢ່າງເສຣີ, ຮ່ວມກັນໃນຄວາມສຸກອັນເກີດຈາກກາມ. ຈົ່ງກ່າວຄວາມປາຖະໜາຂອງເຈົ້າ; ທີ່ຮັກ, ບັດນີ້ຂ້າຈະສຳເລັດໃຫ້”។

Word by Word

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रम: enjoy / sport
• रम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बाले: O girl
• बाले: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahartha (सहार्थ/association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (postposition/adverb meaning ‘together with’)

• स्वच्छन्दम्: freely / at will
• स्वच्छन्दम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वच्छन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: ‘freely’)

• कामजैः: with desire-born
• कामजैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामात् जाताः)

• रसैः: pleasures / delights
• रसैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• स्वीय-अभिलाषम्: your own desire
• स्वीय-अभिलाषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वीय (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वीयः अभिलाषः)

• आख्याहि: tell / declare
• आख्याहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूरयामि: I fulfill
• पूरयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु, णिजन्त causative of पूर्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘now’)

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Parāśara

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Characters & Entities

• Parashara

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the outward pull of kāma (desire) and personal will; from a Shaiva Siddhānta lens, such impulses are part of pāśa (bondage) that must be refined and ultimately transcended through right discernment and devotion to Pati (Śiva).

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

Though the line itself is narrative and not a direct instruction on Liṅga worship, it functions as contrast: worldly enjoyment is changeful, while Saguna Śiva worship (Liṅga, mantra, pūjā) stabilizes the mind and redirects desire toward bhakti and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is sense-restraint supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and daily Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) wearing as reminders to subdue kāma and orient the will toward Śiva.