Shloka 14

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

द्विधासौ रूपमास्थाय स्थित एव न संशयः यदा विद्वानसंगः स्याद् आज्ञया परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

dvidhāsau rūpamāsthāya sthita eva na saṃśayaḥ yadā vidvānasaṃgaḥ syād ājñayā parameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

ਉਹ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਰੂਪਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ ਹੀ ਅਵਸਥਿਤ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ। ਜਦੋਂ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਠੀ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਅਸੰਗ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• द्विधा (dvidhā): in two ways, twofold

• असौ (asau): he/that one

• रूपम् (rūpam): form

• आस्थाय (āsthāya): having assumed, taking up

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ): established, abiding

• एव (eva): indeed

• न (na): not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ): doubt

• यदा (yadā): when

• विद्वान् (vidvān): the wise, the knower

• असङ्गः (asaṅgaḥ): detached, non-attached

• स्यात् (syāt): becomes, should be

• आज्ञया (ājñayā): by the command, according to the injunction

• परमेष्ठिनः (parameṣṭhinaḥ): of Parameṣṭhin, of the Supreme/Highest Lord (often Brahmā as cosmic lord, here as supreme ordainer).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; teaching framed as Shaiva doctrine)