Shloka 59

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

अप्राप्य तं निवर्तन्ते वाच्यस्त्वेकाक्षरेण सः एकाक्षरेण तद्वाच्यम् ऋतं परमकारणम्

Transliteration

aprāpya taṃ nivartante vācyastvekākṣareṇa saḥ ekākṣareṇa tadvācyam ṛtaṃ paramakāraṇam

Translation

அவனை அடைய இயலாமல் சொற்கள் திரும்பிவிடுகின்றன. ஆயினும் அவன் ஒரே எழுத்தால் சுட்டப்படுகிறான்; அந்த ஒரே எழுத்தாலேயே அவன் கூறப்படுகிறான்—அவனே ‘ருதம்’, பரம காரணம்.

Word by Word

• aprāpya: not attaining

• tam: Him (the Supreme)

• nivartante: return/withdraw

• vācaḥ: words/speech

• tu: however/indeed

• vācyas: to be denoted/indicated

• ekākṣareṇa: by a single syllable

• saḥ: He

• tad-vācyam: that which is denoted by it

• ṛtam: Ṛta (cosmic truth/order)

• parama-kāraṇam: the highest cause

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing the transcendent Shiva-tattva revealed as the Linga)