Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अश्रद्धादर्शनं भ्रान्तिर् दुःखं च त्रिविधं ततः दौर्मनस्यमयोग्येषु विषयेषु च योग्यता

Transliteration

aśraddhādarśanaṃ bhrāntir duḥkhaṃ ca trividhaṃ tataḥ daurmanasyamayogyeṣu viṣayeṣu ca yogyatā

Translation

Từ sự sa sút nội tâm ấy phát sinh ba thứ khổ não: mất niềm tin nơi chánh kiến, mê lầm và khổ đau. Rồi tiếp theo là u sầu và cảm giác “hợp lẽ” sai lạc đối với những đối tượng giác quan không xứng đáng.

Word by Word

• aśraddhā-darśanam: loss of faith in true seeing/right doctrine

• bhrāntiḥ: delusion, error of cognition

• duḥkham: suffering, pain

• trividham: threefold

• tataḥ: from that/thereafter

• daurmanasyam: depression, dejection, mental gloom

• ayogyeṣu: in what is unfit/unworthy

• viṣayeṣu: objects of the senses, worldly enjoyments

• ca: and

• yogyatā: imagined suitability/appropriateness, false competence

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya, summarizing the rise of pasha through inner error)

FAQs

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

It identifies the inner markers of pasha (bondage)—aśraddhā, bhrānti, and duḥkha—showing why Linga-puja must be paired with right vision and dispassion so the pashu turns from unworthy viṣayas toward Pati (Shiva).

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

By contrast: Shiva-tattva is the ground of clear seeing and freedom, while the pashu’s aśraddhā and bhrānti obscure that reality; turning to Shiva restores right cognition and loosens pasha.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A diagnostic foundation for Pashupata Yoga: restraining viṣaya-impulses, cultivating śraddhā and viveka, and using Shiva-upasana (including Linga worship) to remove delusion and mental dejection.