Shloka 19

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

ह्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतादीनां गुह्यानां श्रवणादपि स्पर्शस्याधिगमो यस् तु वेदना तूपपादिता

Transliteration

hrasvadīrghaplutādīnāṃ guhyānāṃ śravaṇādapi sparśasyādhigamo yas tu vedanā tūpapāditā

Translation

但凭聆听音声之秘密差别——短、长与延长（pluta）——乃至触觉之认知亦随之生起；由是感受之过程（vedanā）得以安立。于此显明：被缚之灵（paśu）在诸微境（tanmātra）的系缚（pāśa）下流转，直至转向超越一切的主宰（Pati）——湿婆。

Word by Word

• ह्रस्व (hrasva): short (vowel/sound)

• दीर्घ (dīrgha): long

• प्लुत (pluta): prolated/extended

• आदीनाम् (ādīnām): and the like

• गुह्यानाम् (guhyānām): of the secret/subtle (principles)

• श्रवणात् (śravaṇāt): from hearing

• अपि (api): even/also

• स्पर्शस्य (sparśasya): of touch

• अधिगमः (adhigamaḥ): cognition/attainment

• यः (yaḥ): which

• तु (tu): indeed

• वेदना (vedanā): sensation/experience/cognition

• तु (tu): and indeed

• उपपादिता (upapāditā): demonstrated/established.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames sense-experience as subtle, conditioned cognition—supporting Linga worship as a discipline that turns the paśu away from tanmātric bondage (pāśa) toward Śiva (pati), the transcendent ground beyond the senses.

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

By showing that sensory knowledge arises through subtle differentiations, it implies Śiva-tattva as that which is not produced by such differentiations—Śiva is the independent Pati, while the paśu’s knowing is mediated and bound.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A yogic insight central to Pāśupata practice: observe the arising of sensation from subtle causes (sound leading to touch-cognition) to cultivate dispassion (vairāgya) and redirect awareness to the Linga as the sign of the beyond-sense Reality.