Shloka 7

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

धृतिरेषा मया निष्ठा ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रिया तथा इच्छाख्या च तथा ह्याज्ञा द्वे विद्ये न च संशयः

Transliteration

dhṛtireṣā mayā niṣṭhā jñānaśaktiḥ kriyā tathā icchākhyā ca tathā hyājñā dve vidye na ca saṃśayaḥ

Translation

एषा धृतिः मम निष्ठा स्वयमेव; ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिश्च तथा। इच्छाशक्तिरिति ख्याता, आज्ञाशक्तिश्चापि; विद्ये द्वे—ज्ञानकर्मरूपे—न संशयः।

Word by Word

• धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ): steadfastness, sustaining resolve

• एषा (eṣā): this

• मया (mayā): by Me / of Me

• निष्ठा (niṣṭhā): firm establishment, unwavering commitment

• ज्ञानशक्तिः (jñāna-śaktiḥ): power of knowledge, cognition-energy

• क्रिया (kriyā): action, ritual performance, transformative practice

• तथा (tathā): likewise

• इच्छाख्या (icchā-khyā): known as will, desire-to-act

• च (ca): and

• तथा (tathā): also

• हि (hi): indeed

• आज्ञा (ājñā): command, ordinance, governing directive

• द्वे (dve): two

• विद्ये (vidye): knowledges, disciplines (vidyā)

• न (na): not

• च (ca): and

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ): doubt.

Speaker

Shiva (as Pati teaching about Shakti and Vidya, within Suta's narration)