Shloka 161

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

आद्यन्तशून्याय च संस्थिताय तथा त्वशून्याय च लिङ्गिने च अलिङ्गिने लिङ्गमयाय तुभ्यं लिङ्गाय वेदादिमयाय साक्षात्

Transliteration

ādyantaśūnyāya ca saṃsthitāya tathā tvaśūnyāya ca liṅgine ca aliṅgine liṅgamayāya tubhyaṃ liṅgāya vedādimayāya sākṣāt

Translation

Sembah sujud kepada-Mu—wahai Liṅga—yang melampaui awal dan akhir namun tetap teguh bersemayam; yang bukan kekosongan; yang sekaligus Liṅgin (Yang bertanda) dan juga Aliṅgin (Yang melampaui segala tanda); yang merupakan inti Liṅga-tattva; dan yang nyata sebagai Veda serta sumber asal Veda, hadir langsung sebagai Pati, Hakikat Tertinggi.

Word by Word

• ādya-anta-śūnyāya: to the One devoid of beginning and end

• ca: and

• saṃsthitāya: to the One firmly established/abiding

• tathā: likewise

• tu: indeed

• aśūnyāya: to the Non-void/Real (not nihilistic emptiness)

• ca: and

• liṅgine: to the Possessor of the liṅga/mark (the Lord who bears the sign)

• ca: and

• aliṅgine: to the Markless One (beyond all signs and attributes)

• liṅga-mayāya: to the One constituted of/manifest as the Linga

• tubhyam: to You

• liṅgāya: to the Linga (as the worshipful form)

• veda-ādi-mayāya: to the One made of the Vedas and their beginning/source

• sākṣāt: directly, manifestly, in immediate presence

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Linga-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)