Shloka 17

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

नास्ति क्रिया च लोकेषु सुखं दुःखं विचारतः धर्माधर्मौ जपो होमो ध्यानिनां संनिधिः सदा

Transliteration

nāsti kriyā ca lokeṣu sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ vicārataḥ dharmādharmau japo homo dhyānināṃ saṃnidhiḥ sadā

Translation

Sa tunay na pag-unawa, walang gawa sa mga daigdig na likás na kaligayahan o pighati. Gayundin, ang dharma at adharma, ang japa at homa—laging nasa harapan ng mga nagmumuni; sapagkat ang kanilang panloob na pagninilay ay nagtitipon ng lahat ng ritwal sa paglapit sa Panginoon (Pati).

Word by Word

• na asti: there is not

• kriyā: (inherently binding) action/ritual act

• ca: and

• lokeṣu: in the worlds

• sukham: happiness/pleasure

• duḥkham: sorrow/pain

• vicārataḥ: from discernment/when examined

• dharma-adharmau: righteousness and unrighteousness

• japaḥ: mantra-repetition

• homaḥ: fire-offering

• dhyāninām: of meditators/contemplatives

• saṃnidhiḥ: presence/near-attendance

• sadā: always

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana’s discourse on discernment and practice)