Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

प्रत्ययार्थं हि जगताम् एकस्थो ऽपि दिवाकरः एको ऽपि बहुधा दृष्टो जलाधारेषु सुव्रताः

Transliteration

pratyayārthaṃ hi jagatām ekastho 'pi divākaraḥ eko 'pi bahudhā dṛṣṭo jalādhāreṣu suvratāḥ

Translation

O mga mararangal ang panata, upang magkaroon ng katiyakan ang mga nilalang sa mga daigdig, ang Araw—bagaman nasa iisang kinalalagyan—ay nakikitang marami kapag nasasalamin sa mga sisidlang may tubig. Gayon din, ang iisang Pati (Śiva) ay napagmamasdang sari-sari sa pamamagitan ng mga upādhi ng mga paśu, ngunit sa diwa ay nananatiling di-dalawa.

Word by Word

• प्रत्ययार्थम्: for the sake of conviction/certitude

• हि: indeed

• जगताम्: of the worlds/of beings

• एकस्थः: abiding in one place/one-pointed

• अपि: even though

• दिवाकरः: the Sun (maker of day)

• एकः: one

• अपि: even

• बहुधा: in many ways/as many

• दृष्टः: is seen/appears

• जलाधारेषु: in water-receptacles/in containers holding water

• सुव्रताः: O noble-vowed ones/O virtuous ones

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya; presenting a Shaiva philosophical analogy)