Shloka 23
Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna
Devanagari script
अर्थो विचारतो नास्तीत्य् अन्ये तत्त्वार्थवेदिनः निष्कलः सकलश्चेति सर्वं शिवमयं ततः
Transliteration
artho vicārato nāstīty anye tattvārthavedinaḥ niṣkalaḥ sakalaśceti sarvaṃ śivamayaṃ tataḥ
Translation
अर्थो विचारतो नास्तीति तत्त्वार्थवेदिनः। निष्कलः सकलश्चेति सर्वं शिवमयं ततः॥
Word by Word
arthaḥan object/independent ‘thing’ (separate reality)
arthaḥ:
vicārataḥupon inquiry, by discriminative analysis
vicārataḥ:
na asti iti‘does not exist’ (as separate/independent)
na asti iti:
anyeothers (other teachers/thinkers)
anye:
tattva-artha-vedinaḥknowers of the real meaning of tattva (principle/reality)
tattva-artha-vedinaḥ:
niṣkalaḥpartless, attribute-transcendent (nirguṇa) Shiva
niṣkalaḥ:
sakalaḥwith parts, endowed with manifestation/attributes (saguṇa) Shiva
sakalaḥ:
ca itiand thus
ca iti:
sarvamall (the universe of names and forms)
sarvam:
śivamayamconsisting of Shiva, pervaded by Shiva
śivamayam:
tataḥtherefore, hence.
tataḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the doctrinal teaching within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)