Shloka 54

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

रक्तभागास् त्रयस्त्रिंशद् रेतोभागाश् चतुर्दश भागतो ऽर्धफलं कृत्वा ततो गर्भो निषिच्यते

Transliteration

raktabhāgās trayastriṃśad retobhāgāś caturdaśa bhāgato 'rdhaphalaṃ kṛtvā tato garbho niṣicyate

Translation

De trinta e três partes do sangue da mãe e de quatorze partes da semente do pai, após a devida divisão para formar uma porção de “meio fruto”, o embrião é então infundido e estabelecido. Assim, o paśu encarnado entra no curso do nascimento sob o governo de Pati (Śiva) e os laços de pāśa.

Word by Word

• रक्त-भागाः: portions of blood (maternal element)

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्: thirty-three

• रेतः-भागाः: portions of semen/seed (paternal element)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen

• भागतः: by division/according to portions

• अर्ध-फलम्: half-fruit portion (a half-measure likened to fruit/seed)

• कृत्वा: having made

• ततः: then

• गर्भः: embryo

• निषिच्यते: is poured in/infused/implanted (conception occurs)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames embodiment itself as a governed process under Pati (Śiva); Linga worship then becomes the means for the embodied pashu to purify pāśa (bondage) and turn the life-force toward liberation rather than mere generation.

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

Though the verse speaks in physiological measures, its Shaiva purport is that birth is not random: Shiva-tattva as Pati presides over manifestation, while the soul (pashu) enters embodied existence through karmic bonds (pāśa).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It implicitly supports Pāśupata discipline: recognizing the body as a product of compounded elements and bondage, the sādhaka practices purification, mantra, and Linga-oriented worship to transcend identification with the garbha-born body.