Shloka 42
मङ्गलपत्रिकाग्रहणम् — Reception of the Auspicious Marriage Invitation
ईदृशं सुन्दरं रूपं जातं वर्णातिदुष्करम् । ईश्वरोऽपि स्वयं साक्षादैश्वर्यं लब्धवान्स्वतः
īdṛśaṃ sundaraṃ rūpaṃ jātaṃ varṇātiduṣkaram | īśvaro'pi svayaṃ sākṣādaiśvaryaṃ labdhavānsvataḥ
ဤသို့ အလွန်လှပသော ရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်တစ်ရပ် ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၍ စကားဖြင့် ဖော်ပြရန်ပင် အလွန်ခက်ခဲလောက်အောင် ထူးကဲလှသည်။ သခင်အရှင်တော်ကိုယ်တိုင်ပင် တိုက်ရိုက်အမှန်တကယ်အားဖြင့် မိမိ၏ သဘာဝအင်အားကြောင့် အရှင်မဟာအာဏာတော်ကို ရရှိတော်မူ၏။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It highlights that Shiva’s manifested beauty (saguṇa revelation) is beyond ordinary speech, and that His supreme lordship (aiśvarya) is self-existent—arising from His own intrinsic Śakti, not from any external cause.
The verse supports saguṇa-upāsanā: devotees approach the Lord through a perceivable form that is still ultimately indescribable. In Linga worship, the same truth is honored—Shiva is accessible for devotion while remaining transcendent beyond full description.
A practical takeaway is dhyāna on Shiva’s aiśvarya—mentally contemplating His radiant form while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” acknowledging that words fall short and devotion completes what speech cannot.