Shloka 85

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

विमुक्त: सर्वसज्ञेषु स्नेहबन्धेषु च द्विज: । आत्मन्येवात्मनो भावं समासज्जेत वै द्विज:

Transliteration

vimuktaḥ sarvasaṅgeṣu snehabandheṣu ca dvijaḥ | ātmany evātmano bhāvaṃ samāsajjet vai dvijaḥ ||

Translation

ଶ୍ରୀ ମହେଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—ଦ୍ୱିଜ ସନ୍ନ୍ୟାସୀ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର ସଙ୍ଗ ଓ ସ୍ନେହବନ୍ଧନରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହେବା ଉଚିତ୍। ଚିତ୍ତର ଗତିକୁ ଆତ୍ମାରେ ହିଁ ସ୍ଥିର କରି, ଆତ୍ମାରେ ହିଁ ଆତ୍ମଭାବକୁ ଦୃଢ଼ଭାବେ ଆସଜ୍ଜିତ କରୁ। ଏଭଳି ବାହ୍ୟ ଆଶ୍ରୟ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତେ ଅନ୍ତର୍ମୁଖୀ ଧ୍ୟାନ-ଶାସନକୁ ଅନୁସରଣ କରୁ।

Word by Word

• विमुक्तः: freed, released
• विमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (वि+मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वसङ्गेषु: in all attachments/associations
• सर्वसङ्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• स्नेहबन्धेषु: in bonds of affection
• स्नेहबन्धेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेहबन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्विजः: a twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मनि: in the self
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आत्मनः: of the self
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भावम्: state, disposition, contemplation
• भावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समासज्जेत: should attach/apply (his mind), should devote
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+सञ्ज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• द्विजः: the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• dvija (the twice-born/renunciant addressed)
• ātman (the Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches vairāgya (detachment): a renunciant should abandon all clinging and emotional bondage, and concentrate the mind inwardly on the Self alone, making inner contemplation the center of spiritual life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is instructing a dvija (an initiated ascetic) on the proper conduct of saṃnyāsa: freedom from worldly ties and steady inward fixation of consciousness on the ātman.