Shloka 64

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

ये पुनर्निर्ममा धीराः सत्त्वस्था विजितेन्द्रियाः व्रतिनश् च निरारम्भाः सर्वे ते मयि भाविताः

Transliteration

ye punarnirmamā dhīrāḥ sattvasthā vijitendriyāḥ vratinaś ca nirārambhāḥ sarve te mayi bhāvitāḥ

Translation

然而那些坚忍之人，离于我所，安住于清净（sattva），调伏诸根，持守誓戒（vrata），不贪著新起之业——彼等皆于内心被我（湿婆）所熏成。

Word by Word

• ye: those who

• punaḥ: moreover/again

• nirmamāḥ: free from ‘mine-ness’ (non-possessive)

• dhīrāḥ: steady, courageous, composed

• sattvasthāḥ: abiding in sattva (clarity, purity)

• vijitendriyāḥ: having conquered the senses

• vratinaḥ: observant of vows/discipline

• ca: and

• nirārambhāḥ: without new ventures/without initiating worldly enterprises (non-impulsive, non-grasping)

• sarve: all

• te: they

• mayi: in Me (Shiva)

• bhāvitāḥ: contemplated/imbued/absorbed, made mature by meditation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching contextually)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shifts emphasis from external acts to inner linga-bhāvanā: the true worshipper becomes non-possessive, sense-conquered, and vow-steady, thereby resting the mind in Shiva as Pati.

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

Shiva is implied as the inner refuge and object of absorption (mayi bhāvitāḥ), the Pati who receives the purified consciousness of the pashu when pāśa—mine-ness and sense-compulsion—falls away.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pashupata-style discipline: indriya-jaya (sense mastery), vrata (regulated observance), and nirārambha (non-grasping, restraint from fresh worldly projects), culminating in continuous Shiva-bhāvanā.