Shloka 174

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

प्रजां धर्मं च कामं च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमास्थितौ यथोत्पन्नस्तथैवेह कुमारः स इहोच्यते

Transliteration

prajāṃ dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāsthitau yathotpannastathaiveha kumāraḥ sa ihocyate

Translation

Тот, кто оставляет потомство, мирской долг и желание и утверждается в вайрагье (vairāgya), в бесстрастии—пребывая здесь таким же, как при рождении (не спутанным и не присваивающим)—называется Кумарой (Kumāra).

Word by Word

• प्रजाम् (prajām): progeny/offspring

• धर्मम् (dharmam): duty/righteous order (householder obligations)

• च (ca): and

• कामम् (kāmam): desire/pleasure-seeking

• च (ca): and

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā): having renounced

• वैराग्यम् (vairāgyam): dispassion/detachment

• आस्थितौ (āsthitau): having taken refuge in/established in

• यथा (yathā): as

• उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ): born/arisen (at birth)

• तथा एव (tathā eva): just so/likewise

• इह (iha): here (in this world)

• कुमारः (kumāraḥ): a Kumāra (renunciate youth, archetype of celibate sages)

• सः (saḥ): he

• इह उच्यते (iha ucyate): is here called/defined.

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the inner qualification for true Linga-upasana: the worshipper approaches Pati (Shiva) by loosening pasha—attachments to lineage, social duty as identity, and kama—through vairagya.

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

By implying that liberation comes from disidentification with worldly bonds, it points to Shiva as Pati—untouched, self-luminous, and the giver of freedom to the pashu when pasha is cut by knowledge and detachment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A renunciant orientation central to Pashupata Yoga: cultivating vairagya and brahmacharya-like purity so that external puja is matched by inner non-possessiveness and steady contemplation of Shiva.