Shloka 12

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

विषयेषु विचित्रेषु जन्तोर्विषयलोलता अन्तराया इति ख्याता योगस्यैते हि योगिनाम्

Transliteration

viṣayeṣu vicitreṣu jantorviṣayalolatā antarāyā iti khyātā yogasyaite hi yoginām

Translation

Đối với hữu tình mang thân (paśu), sự ham muốn chập chờn hướng về các đối tượng giác quan muôn vẻ được gọi là antarāya—chướng ngại của Yoga; quả thật, chính những điều ấy là các trở lực mà các yogin phải đối diện.

Word by Word

• विषयेषु: in sense-objects

• विचित्रेषु: manifold/variegated

• जन्तोः: of the creature/embodied being (jīva/paśu)

• विषयलोलता: restlessness or fickle craving for objects

• अन्तराया: an obstacle/impediment

• इति: thus

• ख्याता: is called/known

• योगस्य: of Yoga

• एते: these

• हि: indeed

• योगिनाम्: of yogins

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching on Yoga and its obstacles within the Linga Purana discourse)

FAQs

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

It frames true Shiva-bhakti and Linga-puja as requiring inner purification: viṣaya-lolatā (sense-craving) is an antarāya that must be restrained so the pashu becomes fit for Shiva’s grace (pati-anugraha).

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

Implicitly, Shiva-tattva is the liberating Pati beyond sense-objects; when the pashu turns from viṣayas and removes obstacles to yoga, awareness becomes capable of abiding in Shiva-oriented steadiness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A yogic takeaway is vairāgya and pratyāhāra-like withdrawal from sense-objects; in a Shaiva frame, this supports Pashupata discipline so worship is not merely external but grounded in controlled mind and senses.