Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तेजो ऽपहारी बलवान् विदितो ऽभ्युदितो बहुः गंभीरघोषो योगात्मा यज्ञहा कामनाशनः

Transliteration

tejo 'pahārī balavān vidito 'bhyudito bahuḥ gaṃbhīraghoṣo yogātmā yajñahā kāmanāśanaḥ

Translation

พระองค์ผู้ทรงรวบรวมรัศมีทั้งปวงกลับสู่พระองค์เอง; ผู้ทรงเดชานุภาพ เป็นที่รู้จัก ผู้ทรงอุบัติรุ่งเรืองและสูงส่ง ผู้ทรงมีรูปนานา. ผู้มีสุรเสียงกึกก้องลึก ผู้มีโยคะเป็นสภาวะ ผู้เป็นเจ้าเหนือยัญพิธี และผู้ทำลายความใคร่ปรารถนา—พระมหาเทวะผู้บังเกิดจากลึงคะ พระปติ.

Word by Word

• tejaḥ-apahārī: withdrawer/absorber of radiance (into Himself)

• balavān: powerful, mighty

• viditaḥ: well-known, renowned

• abhyuditaḥ: risen, exalted, ever-ascending

• bahuḥ: many-formed, manifold

• gambhīra-ghoṣaḥ: deep-voiced, of profound sound

• yoga-ātmā: whose essence is Yoga, the very Self of yogic union

• yajña-hā: one who ends/overrules sacrifice (as the supreme recipient beyond ritual)

• kāmanā-śanaḥ: destroyer of desires (burner of kāma).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the Linga-Lord as the inner power behind all ritual: He absorbs all tejas, stands beyond external yajña, and grants purification by burning desire—so worship shifts from mere rite to inner surrender to Pati.

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

Shiva is presented as Pati who is both immanent and transcendent: many-formed yet one, the source into which all radiance returns, and Yoga itself—liberating the pashu by destroying kāmanā (desire) which functions as pasha (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes Pāśupata-oriented inner yoga: restraining desire and redirecting the mind from external sacrifice to yogic union with Shiva, the true recipient and fulfiller of all sacred acts.