Shloka 72

Devanagari script

जराव्याधिक्षुधाविष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमानसाः विचारणा तु निर्वेदात् साम्यावस्था विचारणा

Transliteration

jarāvyādhikṣudhāviṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamānasāḥ vicāraṇā tu nirvedāt sāmyāvasthā vicāraṇā

Translation

بڑھاپے، بیماری اور بھوک سے گھِر کر، دکھ کے سبب ان کے دل میں نِروید (بیزاری) پیدا ہوتی ہے۔ اسی بےرغبتی سے سچی وچارَنا (تمیز و تفکر) جنم لیتی ہے، اور وہی وچارَنا پختہ ہو کر سامْیَاَوَستھا—یعنی توازنِ باطن—تک پہنچتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• jarā: old age

• vyādhi: disease

• kṣudhā: hunger

• āviṣṭāḥ: seized/overcome

• duḥkhāt: from suffering

• nirveda-mānasāḥ: those whose minds are filled with dispassion/disenchantment

• vicāraṇā: inquiry/discriminative contemplation

• tu: indeed

• nirvedāt: from dispassion

• sāmyāvasthā: state of equanimity/balance

• vicāraṇā: (again) discriminative inquiry (as both means and culmination).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames inner Linga-worship as a shift from suffering-born dispassion to vicāra and finally equanimity—purifying the pashu so devotion to Pati (Śiva) becomes steady rather than desire-driven.

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

Śiva-tattva is implied as the stable Pati realized when the mind becomes sāmyāvasthā—unshaken by dualities—so the soul’s bondage (pāśa) weakens and awareness aligns with Śiva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pāśupata-style inner discipline: vairāgya leading to vicāra (discriminative inquiry) and culminating in equanimity—supporting meditation and steady Shiva-bhakti rather than external rite alone.