Shloka 20
Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna
Devanagari script
कर्मयज्ञरताः स्थूलाः स्थूललिङ्गार्चने रताः असतां भावनार्थाय नान्यथा स्थूलविग्रहः
Transliteration
karmayajñaratāḥ sthūlāḥ sthūlaliṅgārcane ratāḥ asatāṃ bhāvanārthāya nānyathā sthūlavigrahaḥ
Translation
Mereka yang tekun pada perbuatan ritual dan yajña—yang pemahamannya masih lahiriah dan kasar—bersuka dalam pemujaan Linga yang kasar (terzahir). Demi menumbuhkan bhakti dan perenungan yang benar dalam jiwa yang belum halus, bentuk berjasad yang kasar itu ditetapkan; tidaklah selain demikian.
Word by Word
karma-yajña-ratāḥdevoted to rites and sacrifices
karma-yajña-ratāḥ:
sthūlāḥgross-minded, outward-oriented
sthūlāḥ:
sthūla-liṅga-arcanein the worship (arcana) of the gross/manifest Liṅga
sthūla-liṅga-arcane:
ratāḥengaged, delighting
ratāḥ:
asatāmof the unrefined/undisciplined (lit. non-realized)
asatām:
bhāvanā-arthāyafor the purpose of contemplation/devotional cultivation
bhāvanā-arthāya:
na anyathānot otherwise
na anyathā:
sthūla-vigrahaḥthe gross embodied form (manifest icon/form).
sthūla-vigrahaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)