Shloka 31

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

वेदाध्ययनशालाभिर् विविधाभिः समन्ततः अधृष्यं मनसाप्यन्यैर् मयस्यैव च मायया

Transliteration

vedādhyayanaśālābhir vividhābhiḥ samantataḥ adhṛṣyaṃ manasāpyanyair mayasyaiva ca māyayā

Translation

Sa paligid ay may sari-saring bulwagan para sa pag-aaral ng Veda; at sa mismong kapangyarihan ng Māyā ni Maya, ito’y naging di-masalakay—maging ng isipan ng iba ay hindi kayang maunawaan o mapasok.

Word by Word

• वेद (veda): the Veda

• अध्ययन (adhyayana): study/recitation

• शालाभिः (śālābhiḥ): with halls/schools

• विविधाभिः (vividhābhiḥ): of various kinds

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ): on all sides/everywhere

• अधृष्यम् (adhṛṣyam): unassailable, not to be overcome

• मनसा अपि (manasā api): even by the mind

• अन्यैः (anyaiḥ): by others

• मयस्य एव (mayasya eva): of Maya alone/indeed belonging to Maya

• च (ca): and

• मायया (māyayā): by (his) māyā, illusive power.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Maya

FAQs

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

It frames the sacred environment around Vedic learning as protected by māyā, implying that true access to Shiva (Pati) and Linga-tattva is not merely intellectual but requires divine grace and right approach.

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

By emphasizing an “unassailable” realm veiled from ordinary minds, it echoes Shaiva Siddhanta’s distinction between Pati (the Lord) and the pashu’s limited cognition under pasha (bondage), where revelation arises when the veil of māyā is transcended.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Vedic adhyayana (study/recitation) is highlighted, and implicitly the Pashupata-oriented discipline of conquering māyā—moving from mere mental grasping to purified practice aligned with Shiva’s grace.