Shloka 67

Devanagari script

वाङ्मनःकर्मजैर् दुःखैर् निर्वेदो जायते ततः निर्वेदाज्जायते तेषां दुःखमोक्षविचारणा

Transliteration

vāṅmanaḥkarmajair duḥkhair nirvedo jāyate tataḥ nirvedājjāyate teṣāṃ duḥkhamokṣavicāraṇā

Translation

စကား၊ စိတ်နှင့် ကိုယ်ကာယလုပ်ရပ်တို့မှ ပေါက်ဖွားသော ဒုက္ခများကြောင့် သံသရာအပေါ် ငြီးငွေ့ခြင်း (နိဗ္ဗေဒ) ပေါ်လာသည်။ ထိုငြီးငွေ့ခြင်းမှ သူတို့အတွက် ဒုက္ခမှ လွတ်မြောက်ရေးကို စူးစမ်းဆင်ခြင်ခြင်း ပေါ်ပေါက်လာသည်။

Word by Word

• vāk: speech

• manaḥ: mind

• karma: action/deed

• -jair: born from/produced by

• duḥkhaiḥ: by sufferings

• nirvedaḥ: dispassion/holy weariness (vairāgya)

• jāyate: arises/is born

• tataḥ: then/from that

• nirvedāt: from dispassion

• teṣām: for them (the aspirants/pāśus seeking release)

• duḥkha: suffering

• mokṣa: liberation/release

• vicāraṇā: inquiry/discriminative contemplation (viveka)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching sequence to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-worship as an outer support for an inner shift: suffering exposes the limits of worldly pursuits, producing nirveda, which ripens into moksha-inquiry—making pūjā a means toward release rather than mere merit.

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

By implication Shiva is Pati, the liberating Lord: when the pashu recognizes duḥkha generated through vāk–manas–karma (bondage under pāśa), the soul turns toward the Lord’s grace and knowledge as the pathway to duḥkha-nivṛtti.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It points to Pāśupata-style sādhana beginning with viveka and vairāgya—disciplining speech, mind, and action—so that inquiry into liberation becomes steady and fit for Shiva-upāsanā.