Shloka 23

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

अणोस्तु विषयत्यागः संसारभयतः क्रमात् वैराग्याज्जायते पुंसो विरागो दर्शनान्तरे

Transliteration

aṇostu viṣayatyāgaḥ saṃsārabhayataḥ kramāt vairāgyājjāyate puṃso virāgo darśanāntare

Translation

संसारभयतः पुंसः क्रमात् अणोस्तु विषयत्यागोऽपि प्रवर्तते; वैराग्याज्जायते विरागो दर्शनान्तरे च।

Word by Word

• अणोः: from the smallest (a minute beginning)

• तु: indeed

• विषय-त्यागः: abandonment/renunciation of sense-objects

• संसार-भयतः: due to fear of worldly becoming (saṃsāra)

• क्रमात्: gradually, in stages

• वैराग्यात्: from dispassion

• जायते: arises, is born

• पुंसः: in a person, for the embodied soul (paśu)

• विरागः: deeper detachment, non-attachment

• दर्शन-अन्तरे: in/into another vision, a different standpoint of realization

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-upasana as an inner discipline: even a small, gradual renunciation of sense-objects purifies the paśu, loosens pāśa (bondage), and matures devotion into steadier Shiva-centered vision.

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

By implying a shift to “another vision” (darśanāntara), it points to Shiva-tattva as the higher standpoint beyond saṃsāric fear—where the soul’s perception turns from objects to the Pati, the liberating Lord.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pāśupata-oriented sādhana of vairāgya: gradual withdrawal from viṣayas (sense-objects), cultivating virāga and a transformed darśana that supports meditation and inner Linga worship.