Shloka 165

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः सम्भूतो बुद्धिपूर्वकः मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थश् च मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः

Transliteration

ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ sambhūto buddhipūrvakaḥ mukhyasargaścaturthaś ca mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

ดังนี้สรรค์ฝ่ายปรากฤติย่อมอุบัติขึ้นตามลำดับ โดยเริ่มจากพุทธิ สรรค์ที่สี่เรียกว่า ‘มุขยะสรรค์’ และในนั้นหมู่สถาวร (ผู้ไม่เคลื่อนไหว) ถูกจดจำว่าเป็นประธาน

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• eṣaḥ: this

• prākṛtaḥ: material, of Prakṛti

• sargaḥ: creation, emanation

• sambhūtaḥ: arisen, manifested

• buddhi-pūrvakaḥ: preceded by Buddhi (cosmic intellect)

• mukhya-sargaḥ: primary/major creation

• caturthaḥ: the fourth

• ca: and

• mukhyāḥ: foremost, principal

• vai: indeed

• sthāvarāḥ: immobile beings (plants, mountains, fixed life-forms)

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/counted as.

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Prakriti
• Buddhi

FAQs

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

It frames creation as a Prakṛti-based unfolding that still depends on the higher ordering principle; for Linga worship, this supports the Shaiva view that Pati (Shiva) is transcendent to Prakṛti while governing its evolutes, so devotion to the Linga is devotion beyond material causality.

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

By emphasizing a created order beginning with Buddhi, the verse implies a reality beyond Buddhi and Prakṛti—aligned with Shiva as Pati, the sovereign consciousness who is not an evolute but the lord of all evolutes and the liberator of the pashu from pasha.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the takeaway for Pāśupata-oriented practice is tattva-viveka (discernment of Prakṛti and its products like Buddhi) as a support for detachment from pasha and steadiness in Shiva-bhakti centered on the Linga.