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Shloka 67

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

मानुष्यात्पशुभावश् च पशुभावान् मृगो भवेत् मृगत्वात्पक्षिभावश् च तस्माच्चैव सरीसृपः

Transliteration

mānuṣyātpaśubhāvaś ca paśubhāvān mṛgo bhavet mṛgatvātpakṣibhāvaś ca tasmāccaiva sarīsṛpaḥ

Translation

从人身起，受缚之灵（paśu）若为缚索（pāśa）所系，便可堕入畜生之境；由畜生又可转为鹿身。由鹿身复可受鸟身，由鸟身乃至转为爬行之类。是故，jīva 在下劣生中流转不息，直至回向 Pati——主宰湿婆（Śiva），解脱者。

Word by Word
मानुष्यात्from (the state of) a human
मानुष्यात्:
पशुभावःanimal-nature, the condition of a beast
पशुभावः:
चand
च:
पशुभावात्from the animal condition
पशुभावात्:
मृगःa deer (wild animal)
मृगः:
भवेत्may become
भवेत्:
मृगत्वात्from deerhood
मृगत्वात्:
पक्षिभावःthe state of a bird
पक्षिभावः:
चand
च:
तस्मात्from that, thereafter
तस्मात्:
च एवand indeed
च एव:
सरीसृपःa reptile/creeping creature
सरीसृपः:
Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

It warns that without turning to Pati (Śiva) through devotion and right practice, the paśu (bound soul) can descend into lower embodiments; Linga-worship is implied as a stabilizing, liberating orientation toward Śiva that cuts pāśa.

By implication, Śiva is Pati—the sovereign Lord beyond transmigration—while the jīva as paśu wanders under bondage; liberation requires grace and alignment with Śiva-tattva rather than mere worldly merit.

The verse itself emphasizes saṁsāra and karmic consequence; the practical takeaway is Pāśupata-oriented discipline—Śiva-bhakti, japa, and Linga-pūjā—to weaken pāśa and prevent further descent.

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