Shloka 24

The Greatness of Avimukta (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī) and the Doctrine of Liberation-in-One-Life

Devanagari script

प्रसादाज्जायते सम्यक्मम शैलेंद्रनंदिनि । अप्रवृद्धा न पश्यंति मम मायाविमोहिताः

Transliteration

prasādājjāyate samyakmama śaileṃdranaṃdini | apravṛddhā na paśyaṃti mama māyāvimohitāḥ

Translation

प्रसादाज्जायते सम्यग्ज्ञानं मे शैलेंद्रनन्दिनि। अप्रवृद्धा न पश्यन्ति मम मायाविमोहिताः॥

Word by Word

• प्रसादात्: from grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्यक्: properly, fully
• सम्यक्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/adverbial; no kāraka)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• शैल-इन्द्र-नन्दिनि: O daughter of the lord of mountains (Pārvatī)
• शैल-इन्द्र-नन्दिनि: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa sense: 'daughter of the lord of mountains')

• अप्रवृद्धाः: the undeveloped/immature (ones)
• अप्रवृद्धाः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-प्रवृद्ध (कृदन्त; √वृध् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle) used substantively, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/particle; no kāraka)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb; governs कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• माया-विमोहिताः: deluded by (my) māyā
• माया-विमोहिताः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject; apposition to अप्रवृद्धाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + विमोहित (कृदन्त; √मुह् धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/करण-तत्पुरुष: 'deluded by māyā'); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) used substantively, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: प्रसादाज्जायते = प्रसादात् + जायते; सम्यक्मम = सम्यक् + मम; शैलेंद्रनंदिनि = शैल + इन्द्र + नन्दिनि

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (implied as speaker)
• Himālaya (implied by epithet śailendra)

FAQs

Who is being addressed as śailendra-nandini in this verse?

Śailendra-nandini means “daughter of the mountain-king,” a common epithet for Pārvatī (daughter of Himālaya), indicating Śiva is addressing Pārvatī.

What is the central teaching of this shloka?

The verse teaches that right knowledge or true perception arises through divine grace (prasāda), while spiritually immature beings fail to perceive reality because they are deluded by māyā.

What ethical or practical lesson does this dialogue suggest for a seeker?

It encourages humility and disciplined spiritual growth: cultivate maturity through practice and devotion, and seek grace rather than relying solely on intellectual effort, since māyā can obscure clear perception.