Shloka 27

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

दृश्यते श्रूयते यद्यत् तत्तद्विद्धि शिवात्मकम् भेदो जनानां लोके ऽस्मिन् प्रतिभासो विचारतः

Transliteration

dṛśyate śrūyate yadyat tattadviddhi śivātmakam bhedo janānāṃ loke 'smin pratibhāso vicārataḥ

Translation

எது காணப்படுகிறதோ, எது கேட்கப்படுகிறதோ—அதனை எல்லாம் சிவஸ்வரூபமென அறிக. இவ்வுலகில் மக்களிடையே தோன்றும் வேறுபாடு, விவேகத்தால் நோக்கின் வெறும் தோற்றமே.

Word by Word

• दृश्यते: is seen

• श्रूयते: is heard

• यद्यत्: whatever

• तत्तत्: that very (all of it)

• विद्धि: know (understand)

• शिवात्मकम्: having Śiva as its essence / of the nature of Śiva

• भेदः: difference, division

• जनानाम्: among people

• लोके अस्मिन्: in this world

• प्रतिभासः: appearance, seeming manifestation

• विचारतः: from (the standpoint of) inquiry/discrimination

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)