Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

निष्कलं प्रथमं चैकं ततः सकलनिष्कलम् तृतीयं सकलं चैव नान्यथेति द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

niṣkalaṃ prathamaṃ caikaṃ tataḥ sakalaniṣkalam tṛtīyaṃ sakalaṃ caiva nānyatheti dvijottamāḥ

Translation

О лучший из дважды-рождённых: первое — единая, безчастная Реальность (нишкала); затем — то, что и с формой и без формы (сакала–нишкала); третье же — полностью с формой (сакала). Иначе не бывает.

Word by Word

• निष्कलम्: partless, without divisions, attributeless (nirguṇa)

• प्रथमम्: first

• च: and

• एकम्: one, non-dual

• ततः: then/thereafter

• सकलनिष्कलम्: both with parts (form) and partless (beyond form)

• तृतीयम्: third

• सकलम्: with parts, with form/attributes (saguṇa)

• चैव: and indeed

• न: not

• अन्यथा: otherwise

• इति: thus

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brahmins/sages)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-tattva classification to the sages of Naimisharanya)