Shloka 62

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

मायां त्यज महाबाहो प्रतिभासा विचारतः विज्ञानानां सहस्राणि दुर्विज्ञेयानि माधव

Transliteration

māyāṃ tyaja mahābāho pratibhāsā vicārataḥ vijñānānāṃ sahasrāṇi durvijñeyāni mādhava

Translation

Wahai Mahābāhu, tinggalkanlah māyā. Dengan menimbang hakikat segala penampakan (pratibhāsā), wahai Mādhava, ribuan jenis pengetahuan pun sukar difahami dengan sebenar-benarnya—hingga tirai yang memperdaya itu disingkapkan.

Word by Word

• मायाम् (māyām): māyā, the veiling power/illusion

• त्यज (tyaja): abandon, renounce

• महाबाहो (mahābāho): O mighty-armed one

• प्रतिभासा (pratibhāsā): appearance, seeming manifestation

• विचारतः (vicārataḥ): through inquiry/discrimination

• विज्ञानानाम् (vijñānānām): of knowledges/cognitions (vijñāna)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi): thousands

• दुर्विज्ञेयानि (durvijñeyāni): hard to know/realize correctly

• माधव (mādhava): O Mādhava (address to Vishnu/Krishna).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal teaching addressed to Mādhava/Vishnu within the Purāṇic dialogue)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It redirects worship from mere external forms to inner discrimination (vicāra): true Linga-bhakti culminates in casting off māyā (pāśa) so the pashu (soul) can recognize Pati (Śiva) as the inner reality beyond appearances.

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

By implying that countless cognitions remain incomplete while māyā persists, it points to Shiva-tattva as that which is not an appearance (pratibhāsa) but the self-luminous ground of awareness realized when the veil of māyā is removed.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The practice is viveka-based contemplation—pratibhāsā-vicāra—aligned with Pāśupata Yoga: inquiry into transient appearances to loosen pasha (bondage) and stabilize jñāna that supports Śiva-realization.