Shloka 14

ब्राह्मणीस्वर्गतिवर्णनम्

Brāhmaṇī-Svargati-Varṇana: Account of a Brāhmaṇa Woman’s Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

सुखदुःखे परो दत्त इत्येषा कुमतिर्मता । अहं चापि करोम्यत्र मिथ्याज्ञानं तदोच्यते

Transliteration

sukhaduḥkhe paro datta ityeṣā kumatirmatā | ahaṃ cāpi karomyatra mithyājñānaṃ tadocyate

Translation

การคิดว่า ‘สุขทุกข์มีผู้อื่นเป็นผู้ให้’ นั้นเป็นความเห็นผิด และการคิดว่า ‘เรานี่แหละเป็นผู้กระทำ’ นั่นแลเรียกว่า ความรู้เทียม

Word by Word

• sukha-duḥkhe: happiness and sorrow
• sukha-duḥkhe: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—द्वन्द्व (Copulative): ‘happiness and sorrow’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.); द्विवचन (Dual)

• paraḥ: another (person)
• paraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); प्रथमा (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• datte: gives
• datte: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लट् (Present); पुरुषः—प्रथम (3rd); वचनम्—एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपदम्: ‘gives’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-निपात (Quotative particle)

• eṣā: this
• eṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Demonstrative pronoun); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); प्रथमा (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• kumatiḥ: wrong notion / foolish idea
• kumatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); प्रथमा (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• matā: is regarded (as)
• matā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mata (कृदन्त; √man)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः: ‘is considered’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun); प्रथमा (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Particle): ‘also’

• karomi: I do
• karomi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लट् (Present); पुरुषः—उत्तम (1st); वचनम्—एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb of place): ‘here/in this matter’

• mithyā-jñānam: false knowledge
• mithyā-jñānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithyā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (Descriptive): ‘false knowledge’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.); एकवचन (Singular)

• tad: that
• tad: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); प्रथमा (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लट् (Present); पुरुषः—प्रथम (3rd); वचनम्—एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रयोगः—कर्मणि (Passive): ‘is called/said’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It diagnoses bondage as a mistake of cognition: attributing pleasure–pain to “others” and claiming independent doership. In Shaiva Siddhanta, liberation begins when this false knowing is replaced by right understanding of Pati (Shiva) as the supreme Lord and the soul’s dependence on His grace.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Linga-worship trains the devotee to surrender doership and outcomes to Shiva, the inner ruler. By offering actions and their fruits to Saguna Shiva, the devotee weakens egoic agency and sees Shiva as the true Lord behind experience.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice offering (arpana) with the Panchakshara—mentally repeat “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and dedicate all actions and their results to Shiva, cultivating non-doership and acceptance of pleasure–pain as occasions for devotion.