Shloka 60

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

मेनापतिमतिक्रम्य वृष्टिशेषं द्विजाः परम् अभ्येति भारते वर्षे त्व् अपरान्तविवृद्धये

Transliteration

menāpatimatikramya vṛṣṭiśeṣaṃ dvijāḥ param abhyeti bhārate varṣe tv aparāntavivṛddhaye

Translation

โอ้เหล่าฤๅษีทวิชะ ครั้นล่วงพ้นเมนาปติแล้ว ส่วนที่เหลือแห่งแดนฝนย่อมแผ่ขยายต่อไป; มันถึงภารตวรรษาและเกื้อหนุนความเจริญงอกงามกับความมั่งคั่งของแคว้นอปรานตะ

Word by Word

• मेनापतिम् (menāpatim): Menāpati (a named mountain/region-lord)

• अतिक्रम्य (atikramya): having passed beyond

• वृष्टि-शेषम् (vṛṣṭi-śeṣam): the remainder/remaining portion of rainfall (rain-region)

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ): O twice-born (brāhmaṇa sages)

• परम् (param): further/next/supreme extent

• अभ्येति (abhyeti): reaches/extends/approaches

• भारते वर्षे (bhārate varṣe): in Bhārata-varṣa (India)

• तु (tu): indeed/and

• अपरान्त-विवृद्धये (aparānta-vivṛddhaye): for the increase/prosperity of Aparānta (western coastal region)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata-varṣa
• Aparānta
• Menāpati

FAQs

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

By describing how rain and regional flourishing are apportioned in Bhārata-varṣa, the verse frames prosperity as a dharmic order upheld by Pati (Śiva), for whom the Liṅga is worshipped as the stabilizing axis of the worlds.

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

Implicitly, it points to Śiva as Pati—the unseen governor of ṛta (cosmic order)—through whom climatic balance and the nourishment of lands occur, supporting the pashus (souls) in their embodied dharma.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is that maintaining dharma—often expressed through Śiva-liṅga worship, vows, and right conduct—aligns the pashu with the ordered flow of grace that sustains the world.