Shloka 64

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

ये पुनर्निर्ममा धीराः सत्त्वस्था विजितेन्द्रियाः व्रतिनश् च निरारम्भाः सर्वे ते मयि भाविताः

Transliteration

ye punarnirmamā dhīrāḥ sattvasthā vijitendriyāḥ vratinaś ca nirārambhāḥ sarve te mayi bhāvitāḥ

Translation

എന്നാൽ നിർമ്മമരും ധീരരും സത്ത്വസ്ഥരും ഇന്ദ്രിയജയികളും വ്രതികളുമായും പുതിയ ആരംഭങ്ങളുടെ പിടിയില്ലാത്തവരുമായവർ—അവർ എല്ലാവരും എന്നിൽ ഭാവിതരായി അന്തർമുഖ ലീനരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ye: those who

• punaḥ: moreover/again

• nirmamāḥ: free from ‘mine-ness’ (non-possessive)

• dhīrāḥ: steady, courageous, composed

• sattvasthāḥ: abiding in sattva (clarity, purity)

• vijitendriyāḥ: having conquered the senses

• vratinaḥ: observant of vows/discipline

• ca: and

• nirārambhāḥ: without new ventures/without initiating worldly enterprises (non-impulsive, non-grasping)

• sarve: all

• te: they

• mayi: in Me (Shiva)

• bhāvitāḥ: contemplated/imbued/absorbed, made mature by meditation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching contextually)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shifts emphasis from external acts to inner linga-bhāvanā: the true worshipper becomes non-possessive, sense-conquered, and vow-steady, thereby resting the mind in Shiva as Pati.

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

Shiva is implied as the inner refuge and object of absorption (mayi bhāvitāḥ), the Pati who receives the purified consciousness of the pashu when pāśa—mine-ness and sense-compulsion—falls away.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pashupata-style discipline: indriya-jaya (sense mastery), vrata (regulated observance), and nirārambha (non-grasping, restraint from fresh worldly projects), culminating in continuous Shiva-bhāvanā.