Shloka 33

दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः

Devanagari script

धर्मश्चैव तथा शप्तो माण्डव्येन महात्मना वृष्णयश्चैव कृष्णेन दुर्वासाद्यैर्महात्मभिः

Transliteration

dharmaścaiva tathā śapto māṇḍavyena mahātmanā vṛṣṇayaścaiva kṛṣṇena durvāsādyairmahātmabhiḥ

Translation

Kaya nito, si Dharma mismo ay isinumpa ng dakilang kaluluwang si Māṇḍavya; at ang mga Vṛṣṇi ay isinumpa rin—ni Kṛṣṇa at ng mga dakilang muni gaya ni Durvāsā. Sa gayong mga pasya ng makapangyarihan, ang paghinog ng karma ay umuusad nang di nagkukulang sa ilalim ng mas mataas na pamamahala ng Panginoong Pati.

Word by Word

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ): Dharma, the principle/personification of righteousness

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• तथा (tathā): likewise/also

• शप्तः (śaptaḥ): cursed

• माण्डव्येन (māṇḍavyena): by (sage) Māṇḍavya

• महात्मना (mahātmanā): by the great-souled one

• वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ): the Vrishni clan

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena): by Krishna

• दुर्वासा-आद्यैः (durvāsā-ādyaiḥ): by Durvasa and others

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ): by great souls/sages.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Mandavya
• Vrishnis
• Krishna
• Durvasa

FAQs

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

It frames worldly events—boons, curses, and clan destinies—as unfolding within a higher cosmic order ultimately presided over by Shiva (Pati); Linga worship is presented as aligning the pashu (soul) with that governing Reality beyond fluctuating fortune.

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

While Shiva is not named directly, the verse implies an overarching, unfailing moral-causal governance: in Shaiva Siddhanta this is grounded in Shiva-tattva as Pati, the supreme regulator who allows karmic fruition without being tainted by it.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is stated; the takeaway is ethical-yogic discipline—reducing pasha (bondage) by right conduct and devotion—supported by Linga-centered worship that stabilizes the mind in the Pati beyond karmic upheavals.