Shloka 21

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

तत्तद्गुणवते देयं दातुस्तद्दानलक्षणम् दानं त्रिविधमित्येतत् कनिष्ठज्येष्ठमध्यमम्

Transliteration

tattadguṇavate deyaṃ dātustaddānalakṣaṇam dānaṃ trividhamityetat kaniṣṭhajyeṣṭhamadhyamam

Translation

သင့်လျော်သော ဂုဏ်သတ္တိရှိသူထံသို့ ဒါနကို ပေးအပ်ရမည်။ ထိုကဲ့သို့ ပေးကမ်းခြင်းသည် ပေးသူ၏ အမှတ်အသားအမှန် ဖြစ်လာသည်။ ဒါနသည် အရည်အသွေးနှင့် ရည်ရွယ်ချက်အလိုက် အနိမ့်၊ အလယ်၊ အမြင့် ဟူ၍ သုံးမျိုးရှိသည်ဟု ဆိုကြသည်။

Word by Word

• tat-tat: of that appropriate kind

• guṇavate: to a virtuous/qualified person

• deyam: should be given

• dātuḥ: of the giver

• tat: that

• dāna-lakṣaṇam: defining characteristic/mark of charity (and of the donor)

• dānam: charitable giving

• tri-vidham: threefold

• iti: thus

• etat: this

• kaniṣṭha: inferior/lowest

• jyeṣṭha: श्रेष्ठ/highest

• madhyamam: middling/medium

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames dana as a supporting discipline to Shiva-puja: offering rightly (to a worthy recipient, with proper intent) refines the devotee’s bhava and makes worship spiritually effective.

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

Implicitly, Shiva-tattva is the purifier and liberator (Pati): as the pashu practices dharma like qualified giving, pasha weakens and the soul becomes fit for Shiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Dana as a dharmic upacara allied to Shaiva sadhana—graded by quality (inferior/medium/supreme) and determined by the recipient’s guṇa and the donor’s intention.