Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22

अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas

Devanagari script

यद्वस्तु विरसञ्चापि भोक्तुमिच्छति तत्क्षणात् । रसादिकं भवेच्चान्यत्त्रयाणां देहधारणम्

Transliteration

yadvastu virasañcāpi bhoktumicchati tatkṣaṇāt | rasādikaṃ bhaveccānyattrayāṇāṃ dehadhāraṇam

Translation

സ്വഭാവത്തിൽ രസമില്ലാത്ത വസ്തുവും ഭോഗിക്കണമെന്നു ഇച്ഛിച്ചാൽ അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ രസാദി ഗുണങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പന്നമാകുന്നു. അതിൽ നിന്നു മറ്റൊരു ഫലവും ഉണ്ടാകുന്നു—ത്രിദോഷങ്ങളാൽ ദേഹധാരണം.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (यत्-शब्द)

• vastu: thing, substance
• vastu: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• virasam: tasteless, without flavor
• virasam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying 'vastu' in sense of object to be eaten

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात/अव्यय), concessive/emphatic

• bhoktum: to eat
• bhoktum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (भुज् धातु)
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्/तुमर्थक कृदन्त), expressing purpose; from √भुज् (to eat/enjoy)

• icchati: desires, wishes
• icchati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (इष्/इच्छ् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: from that
• tat: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun used with 'kṣaṇāt'

• kṣaṇāt: from that moment, immediately
• kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• rasa-ādikam: taste etc. (flavor and the like)
• rasa-ādikam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'rasaḥ ādiḥ yasya tat' = beginning with taste

• bhavet: would become, arises
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• anyat: other, different
• anyat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying implied 'bhavet' subject

• trayāṇām: of the three
• trayāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• deha-dhāraṇam: maintenance/support of the body
• deha-dhāraṇam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha + dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'dehasya dhāraṇam' (support/maintenance of the body)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights how desire (icchā) projects “taste” and attractiveness onto objects, binding the pashu (individual soul) to sensory experience; Shaiva teaching points toward vairāgya and turning awareness to Pati (Shiva) as the real support beyond bodily maintenance.

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

By showing that worldly enjoyment is mind-dependent and binding, the verse implicitly directs the devotee to stabilize the mind through Saguna Shiva worship—Linga-upāsanā and devotion—so perception is purified and redirected from transient rasa to Shiva-consciousness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice sense-restraint with steady japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation on the Linga to reduce craving-driven projection; on Mahāśivarātri, combine fasting/regulated diet with mantra-japa to weaken attachment to “taste.”