Shloka 45

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

यदि सिंह महेशानं स्वपुनर्भूत मन्यसे न त्वं स्रष्टा न संहर्ता न स्वतन्त्रो हि कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

yadi siṃha maheśānaṃ svapunarbhūta manyase na tvaṃ sraṣṭā na saṃhartā na svatantro hi kutracit

Translation

Nếu, hỡi Sư tử, ngươi cho rằng Maheshāna chỉ là bậc tự ý lại mang thân một lần nữa, thì hãy biết: ngươi chẳng phải đấng sáng tạo, chẳng phải đấng hủy diệt; và tuyệt nhiên ngươi không độc lập ở bất cứ đâu.

Word by Word

• yadi: if

• siṃha: O lion (address to the lion-like one)

• maheśānam: Maheshāna, the Great Lord (Shiva)

• sva: by oneself/His own

• punar-bhūtam: become again, re-manifested/embodied again

• manyase: you think/consider

• na tvam: not you

• sraṣṭā: creator

• na: not

• saṃhartā: destroyer

• svatantraḥ: independent, autonomous

• hi: indeed

• kutracit: anywhere, in any circumstance

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a doctrinal passage on Shiva’s supremacy and the non-independence of beings)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Maheshana)

FAQs

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

It establishes Shiva (the Linga’s indwelling Lord) as the only truly sovereign Pati; worship corrects the soul’s error of imagining independent power and turns the Pashu toward surrender and grace.

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

Shiva is implied as Maheshāna—supreme, not bound by Pāśa, and the real ground of creation and dissolution; individual beings lack absolute agency and operate only within His order.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The key practice is relinquishing doership (ahaṅkāra) through Pashupata-oriented devotion—mental surrender, mantra-japa, and Linga-upāsanā—so the Pashu is freed from Pāśa by Pati’s grace.