Shloka 42

Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

जंबूफलरसं पीत्वा न जरा बाधते त्विमान् न क्षुधा न क्लमश्चापि न जनो मृत्युमांस् तथा

Transliteration

jaṃbūphalarasaṃ pītvā na jarā bādhate tvimān na kṣudhā na klamaścāpi na jano mṛtyumāṃs tathā

Translation

饮了阎浮果（Jambū）之汁后，衰老不能侵扰他们；无饥无乏，亦无疲惫，此等之人同样不再受死亡所辖。依《往世书》之观，此象征一处境界：具身之众生（paśu）的系缚（pāśa）之限渐薄，映现其亲近主宰（Pati），并得更为萨埵（sattva）、契合法（dharma）之生活果报。

Word by Word

• जंबूफलरसम्: the juice (rasa) of the Jambū fruit

• पीत्वा: having drunk

• न: not

• जरा: old age/decay

• बाधते: afflicts, harms

• तु: indeed

• इमान्: these (beings/people)

• न क्षुधा: no hunger

• न क्लमः: no fatigue/exhaustion

• च अपि: and also

• न जनः: no person/people (here: such persons)

• मृत्युमान्: subject to death, mortal

• तथा: likewise/so

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic cosmology to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

Though set in cosmological description, the verse points to freedom from decay, hunger, and fatigue—symbolic of loosening pasha (bondage). In Linga worship, such freedom is sought not as mere longevity but as purification that turns the pashu toward Pati, Shiva.

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

By depicting a state where mortality’s pressures do not bind, the verse indirectly gestures to Shiva-tattva as the transcendent ground beyond time-driven decay. Nearness to the Lord’s order (dharma and sattva) is portrayed as diminishing the marks of finitude.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No explicit pūjā-vidhi is taught in this line; it functions as a cosmological siddhi motif. In a Shaiva Siddhānta reading, it parallels the yogic aim of reducing bodily and mental afflictions as pasha thins through discipline, purity, and Shiva-oriented devotion.