Shloka 70

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

मधुमांसैर्मूलफलैर् वर्तयन्ति सुदुःखिताः चीरपत्राजिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः

Transliteration

madhumāṃsairmūlaphalair vartayanti suduḥkhitāḥ cīrapatrājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ

Translation

अतिशय दुःखी होऊन ते मधु, मांस, मूळ व फळ यांवर उपजीविका करतात. चीर, पानं व मृगचर्म धारण करून, निष्क्रिय व निष्परिग्रही राहून, पशूच्या पाशबंधनाला शिथिल करण्यासाठी तपाने पति शिवाकडे उन्मुख होतात।

Word by Word

• मधु (madhu): honey

• मांसैः (māṁsaiḥ): with meat

• मूलफलैः (mūlaphalaiḥ): with roots and fruits

• वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti): they maintain themselves / subsist

• सुदुःखिताः (suduḥkhitāḥ): greatly distressed / severely afflicted

• चीर (cīra): bark-cloth

• पत्र (patra): leaves

• अजिन (ajina): deerskin

• धराः (dharāḥ): wearers

• निष्क्रियाः (niṣkriyāḥ): without (worldly) activity, inactive in external works

• निष्परिग्रहाः (niṣparigrahāḥ): without possessions, non-possessive

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-centered devotion as grounded in renunciation: simplicity of food, non-possessiveness, and restraint that purify the pashu and make the mind fit for Śiva (Pati).

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord—toward whom austerity is directed, with tapas functioning to weaken pāśa (bondage) so the soul can align with Shiva-tattva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A tapas-based ascetic discipline aligned with Pāśupata-style vairāgya: minimal sustenance, external simplicity, and niṣparigraha (non-attachment) as practical sādhanā.