Shloka 7
गिरिजातपः-परीक्षा तथा सप्तर्षि-आह्वानम्
Girijā’s Austerity-Test and the Summoning of the Seven Sages
समाधेश्चलितस्सोऽभूद्भक्ताधीनोऽपि नान्यथा । वसिष्ठादीन्मुनीन्सप्त सस्मार सूतिकृद्धरः
samādheścalitasso'bhūdbhaktādhīno'pi nānyathā | vasiṣṭhādīnmunīnsapta sasmāra sūtikṛddharaḥ
แม้ทรงตั้งมั่นในสมาธิ พระองค์ก็ทรงสะเทือนจากสมาธินั้น—แต่เป็นเพราะภักติเท่านั้น เพราะพระองค์ทรงอยู่ในอำนาจแห่งภักตะเสมอ; แล้วพระหระผู้ทรงเดช ผู้ขจัดความทุกข์ ทรงระลึกถึงฤๅษีทั้งเจ็ดมีวสิษฐะเป็นต้น।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva, though supremely transcendent and absorbed in samādhi, freely turns toward the devotee out of grace—showing Pati (the Lord) as compassionate and accessible through bhakti.
The verse highlights Saguna Śiva’s gracious responsiveness: the same Lord worshipped as the Liṅga is not an impersonal principle only, but a personal deity who answers devotion and guides devotees through sages and dharma.
It implies steadiness in dhyāna (meditation) joined with bhakti—supported by Shaiva practices like japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and guru/sage-guided discipline, since Śiva ‘remembers’ and sends guidance through realized ṛṣis.