Shloka 34

तपः–मन्त्रजप–ध्यानविधिः

Protocol of Tapas, Mantra-Japa, and Śiva-Dhyāna

Devanagari script

भजतां सर्वभावेन दुःखं स्वप्नेऽपि नो भवेत् । यदा कदाचिज्जायेत तदा कर्मसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

bhajatāṃ sarvabhāvena duḥkhaṃ svapne'pi no bhavet | yadā kadācijjāyeta tadā karmasamudbhavam

Translation

У тех, кто поклоняется (Шиве) всем своим существом, скорбь не возникает даже во сне. Если же когда-либо она возникнет, знай: она рождена прежней кармой.

Word by Word

• भजताम्: of the worshippers
• भजताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु) → भजत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘भजताम्’ = of those who worship

• सर्वभावेन: with whole-heartedness
• सर्वभावेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: सर्वः भावः यस्य/सर्वेण भावेन

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• नः: not
• नः: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय; ‘न’ का रूप (sandhi before bh-)

• भवेत्: would be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

• कदाचित्: sometimes
• कदाचित्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: sometimes)

• जायेत: might arise
• जायेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• कर्मसमुद्भवम्: arising from (past) karma
• कर्मसमुद्भवम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: कर्मणः समुद्भवः (arising from karma)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that single-pointed, wholehearted devotion to Lord Shiva protects the devotee from mental anguish; any residual pain is explained as the momentum of prior karma, not the failure of Shiva’s grace.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Linga-worship is a Saguna support for focusing the entire mind on Shiva; when worship is done with sarvabhāva (total surrender), the devotee’s inner suffering subsides, and remaining experiences are understood as karmic residues.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice wholehearted Shiva-bhakti through daily Panchakshara japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with steady Linga-dhyāna; accept occasional difficulties as karma and continue worship with faith and detachment.