Shloka 25

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

प्रत्ययार्थं हि जगताम् एकस्थो ऽपि दिवाकरः एको ऽपि बहुधा दृष्टो जलाधारेषु सुव्रताः

Transliteration

pratyayārthaṃ hi jagatām ekastho 'pi divākaraḥ eko 'pi bahudhā dṛṣṭo jalādhāreṣu suvratāḥ

Translation

ਹੇ ਸੁਵ੍ਰਤੋ, ਜੀਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਲਈ ਇਕ ਥਾਂ ਟਿਕਿਆ ਸੂਰਜ ਵੀ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੇ ਬਰਤਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਦਿੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• प्रत्ययार्थम्: for the sake of conviction/certitude

• हि: indeed

• जगताम्: of the worlds/of beings

• एकस्थः: abiding in one place/one-pointed

• अपि: even though

• दिवाकरः: the Sun (maker of day)

• एकः: one

• अपि: even

• बहुधा: in many ways/as many

• दृष्टः: is seen/appears

• जलाधारेषु: in water-receptacles/in containers holding water

• सुव्रताः: O noble-vowed ones/O virtuous ones

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya; presenting a Shaiva philosophical analogy)