Shloka 10
Ṣaḍvidhārtha-Parijñāna: Praṇavārtha and the Sixfold Unity of Meaning (षड्विधार्थपरिज्ञानम् / प्रणवार्थपरिज्ञानम्)
प्रथमो मंत्ररूपः स्याद्द्वितीयो मंत्रभावितः । देवतार्त्थस्तृतीयोऽर्थः प्रपञ्चार्थस्ततः परम्
prathamo maṃtrarūpaḥ syāddvitīyo maṃtrabhāvitaḥ | devatārtthastṛtīyo'rthaḥ prapañcārthastataḥ param
ആദ്യ അർത്ഥം മന്ത്രസ്വരൂപം; രണ്ടാം അർത്ഥം മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് ഭാവിതം (ശക്തിസഞ്ചിതം). മൂന്നാം അർത്ഥം ദേവതാർത്ഥം—അഥവാ ഭഗവാനെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്; ഇതിന് അപ്പുറം ഉയർന്ന അർത്ഥം പ്രപഞ്ചതത്ത്വം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Significance: Encourages layered contemplation: from mantra-sound to empowered practice, to devatā-realization, culminating in insight into prapañca as Śiva’s ordered manifestation (without collapsing Pati into pāśa).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It outlines progressively subtler layers of mantra-understanding—from recitation, to mantra-infused contemplation, to direct focus on Shiva as the deity, culminating in insight into reality as a manifestation dependent on the Lord.
The “deity-meaning” supports Saguna upasana: the mantra is contemplated as pointing to Shiva (often worshiped as the Linga), so japa becomes devotion and inner worship directed to the Lord’s presence.
Mantra-japa followed by dhyana: repeat the mantra, internalize its power (bhavana), then meditate on Shiva as its deity, and finally contemplate the cosmos as pervaded and governed by Shiva for liberation-oriented insight.