Shloka 3
Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna
Devanagari script
शब्दादिविषयं ज्ञानं ज्ञानमित्यभिधीयते तज्ज्ञानं भ्रान्तिरहितम् इत्यन्ये नेति चापरे
Transliteration
śabdādiviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ jñānamityabhidhīyate tajjñānaṃ bhrāntirahitam ityanye neti cāpare
Translation
शब्दादिविषयकं यज्ज्ञानं तद् ‘ज्ञानम्’ इत्यभिधीयते; तज्ज्ञानं भ्रान्तिरहितम् इति केचिद् वदन्ति, अपरे तु ‘नेति’ इति निषेधयन्ति।
Word by Word
śabda-ādisound and the rest (sense-objects)
śabda-ādi:
viṣayamhaving as its object/field
viṣayam:
jñānamcognition, knowledge
jñānam:
jñānam itias “knowledge”
jñānam iti:
abhidhīyateis stated/defined
abhidhīyate:
tat jñānamthat knowledge
tat jñānam:
bhrānti-rahitamfree from error/delusion
bhrānti-rahitam:
itithus
iti:
anyeothers (some teachers)
anye:
na iti‘no’/not so
na iti:
caand
ca:
apareother teachers/others
apare:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating doctrinal definitions within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)