Shloka 30

ब्रह्मकृत-ईशानस्तवः तथा विश्वरूपदेवी-प्रकृतिरहस्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

ध्यानं ध्येयं दमः शान्तिर् विद्याविद्या मतिर्धृतिः कान्तिर्नीतिः प्रथा मेधा लज्जा दृष्टिः सरस्वती

Transliteration

dhyānaṃ dhyeyaṃ damaḥ śāntir vidyāvidyā matirdhṛtiḥ kāntirnītiḥ prathā medhā lajjā dṛṣṭiḥ sarasvatī

Translation

ധ്യാനവും ധ്യേയവും, ദമവും ശാന്തിയും; വിദ്യയും വിദ്യയെ അതിക്രമിക്കുന്ന വിവേകവും; മതി, ധൃതി; കാന്തി, നീതി; പ്രഥ, മേധ; ലജ്ജ, സമ്യക് ദൃഷ്ടി, സരസ്വതി—ഇവയൊക്കെയും (ശിവന്റെ) പ്രകടനങ്ങളാണ്.

Word by Word

• ध्यानम्: meditation

• ध्येयम्: the object worthy of meditation (the Supreme)

• दमः: self-control/restraint

• शान्तिः: peace/tranquillity

• विद्या: true knowledge

• अविद्या: ignorance/limited knowing (bonding cognition)

• मतिः: understanding/intellect

• धृतिः: firmness/fortitude

• कान्तिः: radiance/splendor

• नीतिः: righteous conduct/policy

• प्रथा: established tradition/custom

• मेधा: higher intelligence/insight

• लज्जा: modesty/shame (ethical restraint)

• दृष्टिः: vision/right seeing

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī, eloquence and sacred speech (śakti of knowledge).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva-centric teaching within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)