Shloka 24

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

चरेद्धि शुद्धः समलोष्टकाञ्चनः समस्तभूतेषु च सत्समाहितः स्थानं ध्रुवं शाश्वतमव्ययं तु परं हि गत्वा न पुनर्हि जायते

Transliteration

careddhi śuddhaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ samastabhūteṣu ca satsamāhitaḥ sthānaṃ dhruvaṃ śāśvatamavyayaṃ tu paraṃ hi gatvā na punarhi jāyate

Translation

శుద్ధుడై జీవించాలి; మట్టిగడ్డను, బంగారాన్ని సమానంగా చూడాలి; సమస్త జీవుల పట్ల సత్-సమాహిత చిత్తంతో నిలవాలి. పతి—శివుని—పరమ, ధ్రువ, శాశ్వత, అవ్యయ ధామాన్ని చేరినవాడు మళ్లీ జన్మించడు.

Word by Word

• cared: should conduct oneself/should live

• hi: indeed

• śuddhaḥ: purified, inwardly pure

• sama-loṣṭaka-āñcanaḥ: equal toward a lump of clay and gold (equanimous to low and high)

• samasta-bhūteṣu: toward all beings

• ca: and

• sat-samāhitaḥ: well-composed, firmly concentrated in the good/real (sat)

• sthānam: abode, state

• dhruvam: fixed, unwavering

• śāśvatam: eternal

• avyayam: imperishable

• tu: indeed

• param: the supreme

• gatvā: having attained

• na: not

• punaḥ: again

• hi: certainly

• jāyate: is born

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames true Linga-bhakti as inner purification and equanimity: worship culminates in becoming steady in Śiva-consciousness (Pati), not merely external ritual.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is indicated as the supreme, eternal, imperishable, and unwavering abode—attaining Him ends rebirth for the Pashu when bondage (pāśa) is dissolved.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pāśupata-style discipline of śuddhācāra (purity), samatā (equal vision), and samādhāna (steady collectedness toward all beings) leading to moksha.