Shloka 8

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

न ह्येषा प्रकृतिर्जैवी विकृतिश् च विचारतः विकारो नैव मायैषा सदसद्व्यक्तिवर्जिता

Transliteration

na hyeṣā prakṛtirjaivī vikṛtiś ca vicārataḥ vikāro naiva māyaiṣā sadasadvyaktivarjitā

Translation

Ini bukanlah Prakṛti yang lahir daripada jīva; dan menurut pertimbangan yang benar, ia bukan sekadar suatu perubahan. Ia bahkan bukan Māyā sebagai hasil ciptaan. Ia melampaui dwikutub ada dan tiada, serta bebas daripada pengkhususan yang nyata—menunjuk kepada prinsip transenden Pati (Śiva) yang mendahului segala penampakan.

Word by Word

• na: not

• hi: indeed

• eṣā: this (principle)

• prakṛtiḥ: primordial nature

• jaivī: belonging to/produced from the jīva (individual soul)

• vikṛtiḥ: derivative product/effect

• ca: and

• vicārataḥ: upon inquiry/discrimination

• vikāraḥ: transformation/modification

• na eva: not at all

• māyā: veiling power/measure of manifestation

• eṣā: this

• sat: being/real

• asat: non-being/unreal

• vyakti: manifest particularization/explicit manifestation

• varjitā: devoid of/without.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the doctrinal teaching as preserved in the Linga Purana)