Shloka 41

दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः

Devanagari script

धिग् युष्मान् प्राप्तनिधनान् महानिधिम् अनुत्तमम् वृथाकृतं यतो विप्रा युष्माभिर् भाग्यवर्जितैः

Transliteration

dhig yuṣmān prāptanidhanān mahānidhim anuttamam vṛthākṛtaṃ yato viprā yuṣmābhir bhāgyavarjitaiḥ

Translation

നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ധിക്കാരം! നിധി ലഭിച്ചിട്ടും നിങ്ങൾ നാശം മാത്രമേ കണ്ടുള്ളൂ. ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, ഭാഗ്യഹീനരായി നിങ്ങൾ ആ അനുത്തമ മഹാനിധിയെ വ്യർത്ഥമാക്കി।

Word by Word

• dhik: shame/fie upon

• yuṣmān: you (plural)

• prāpta-nidhanān: having attained (only) destruction/ruin

• mahā-nidhim: the great treasure

• anuttamam: unsurpassed, supreme

• vṛthā-kṛtam: made futile, rendered in vain

• yataḥ: because/for

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you

• bhāgya-varjitaiḥ: deprived of fortune/merit

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a rebuke within the Linga-centered discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It frames the Shiva-Linga as the “unsurpassed great treasure” and warns that failing to honor it turns even a rare spiritual attainment into futility—an implicit critique of Linga-avajñā (disrespect/neglect).

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

By calling the object of attainment the “anuttama mahānidhi,” it points to Shiva as Pati—the supreme, incomparable refuge—whose grace is the true wealth that liberates the paśu from pāśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is vigilance in Shiva-upāsanā—steady Linga-pūjā with reverence and right intention—since negligence (pramāda) obstructs Pāśupata-oriented purification and merit.