Shloka 77

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

सप्त सप्तर्षिभिश्चैव तत्र ते तु व्यवस्थिताः ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा बीजार्थं ये स्मृता इह

Transliteration

sapta saptarṣibhiścaiva tatra te tu vyavasthitāḥ brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā bījārthaṃ ye smṛtā iha

Translation

在那里，七种（次第）与七圣仙（七仙）一同被如法安立。婆罗门、刹帝利、吠舍与首陀罗在此被忆念为“种子之理”——为万有展开之创造而设立。

Word by Word

• सप्त (sapta): seven

• सप्तर्षिभिः (saptarṣibhiḥ): by/with the seven sages

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• तत्र (tatra): there

• ते (te): they

• तु (tu): then/indeed

• व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ): established, properly arranged

• ब्रह्म (brahma): Brāhmaṇa order/priestly class

• क्षत्र (kṣatra): Kṣatriya order/royal class

• विशः (viśaḥ): Vaiśya order/commoners/merchants

• शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ): Śūdra order/service class

• बीजार्थम् (bījārtham): for the purpose of seed, as the causal seed-principle

• ये (ye): who/which

• स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ): remembered, taught in tradition

• इह (iha): here (in this teaching/this world).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation-order as taught in the Linga Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Saptarishis
• Brahmanas
• Kshatriyas
• Vaishyas
• Shudras

FAQs

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

It frames creation as an ordered manifestation supported by Ṛṣis and dharmic classes; in Linga worship, this order is offered back to Pati (Śiva) as the source of all bīja (causal seeds) and the regulator of sṛṣṭi.

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

By implying that even sages and social functions arise as ‘seed-principles’ within creation, it points to Śiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati who empowers and stabilizes the manifest order while remaining its inner cause.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No single rite is prescribed, but the takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline: living in dharma and honoring the Ṛṣi-lineage as supports that purify the pashu (soul) for Śiva-upāsanā and liberation.