Shloka 89

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause

Devanagari script

शरीराद्यर्थकं सर्वं गुरोर्दत्त्वा सुशिष्यकः । अग्रपाकं निवेद्याग्रेभुंजीयाद्गुर्वनुज्ञया

Transliteration

śarīrādyarthakaṃ sarvaṃ gurordattvā suśiṣyakaḥ | agrapākaṃ nivedyāgrebhuṃjīyādgurvanujñayā

Translation

സുശിഷ്യൻ ശരീരത്തോടും അതിന്റെ ആവശ്യങ്ങളോടും ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട എല്ലാം ഗുരുവിന് സമർപ്പിക്കണം. പാകം ചെയ്ത ആഹാരത്തിലെ ശ്രേഷ്ഠഭാഗം ആദ്യം ഗുരുവിന് നിവേദിച്ച്, ഗുരുവിന്റെ അനുവാദത്തോടെ പിന്നെ സ്വയം ഭുജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• शरीर-आदि-अर्थकम्: pertaining to bodily etc. needs
• शरीर-आदि-अर्थकम्: विशेषण (qualifier of ‘सर्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘having the purpose of body etc.’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: कर्म (object of ‘दत्त्वा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गुरोः: of/to the guru
• गुरोः: सम्प्रदान-सम्बन्ध (recipient relation: ‘to/for the guru’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययवत् (indeclinable form) — ‘having given’

• सुशिष्यकः: the good disciple
• सुशिष्यकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शिष्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive: ‘good disciple’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अग्र-पाकम्: the first portion of cooked food; first offering
• अग्र-पाकम्: कर्म (object of ‘निवेद्य’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (or नपुंसक), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• निवेद्य: having offered
• निवेद्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त/ल्यपन्त (gerund), अव्ययवत् — ‘having offered/presented’

• अग्रे: in front; first
• अग्रे: अधिकरण (locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अग्रे-इत्यव्ययप्रयोग (locatival adverb: ‘in front/first’)

• भुञ्जीयात्: should eat
• भुञ्जीयात्: क्रिया (injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• गुरु-अनुज्ञया: with the guru’s permission
• गुरु-अनुज्ञया: करण (Instrument/means: ‘with/by permission’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘guru’s permission’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

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 teaches that surrender (śaraṇāgati) is made concrete through Guru-sevā: offering one’s resources and even daily necessities first to the Guru, thereby purifying ego and aligning the disciple with Shiva’s grace-bearing lineage.

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

In Shaiva tradition the Guru is honored as the revealer of Shiva-tattva and the right method of Linga worship; serving and obeying the Guru safeguards correct ritual, mantra-dīkṣā, and devotional attitude toward Saguna Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical discipline is to offer the first portion of food (naivedya-bhāva) and take one’s meal only after permission—training mindfulness, restraint, and devotion; it supports mantra practice by cultivating humility and purity.