Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 35
SiP 7.2 35.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे हरिविधिमोहवर्णनं नाम चतुस्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ३५ उपमन्युरुवाच अथाविरभवत्तत्र सनादं शब्दलक्षणम् ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणः प्रतिपादकम्
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe harividhimohavarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 35 upamanyuruvāca athāvirabhavattatra sanādaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam omityekākṣaraṃ brahma brahmaṇaḥ pratipādakam
Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter section, the thirty-fourth chapter, named "The Description of the Bewilderment of Hari and Vidhi (Brahmā)." Chapter 35. Upamanyu said: Then there appeared there, together with a resonance, that whose mark is sound — the one-syllabled brahman, "Oṃ," which makes brahman known.
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SiP 7.2 35.2
तदप्यविदितं तावद्ब्रह्मणा विष्णुना तथा रजसा तमसा चित्तं तयोर्यस्मात्तिरस्कृतम्
tadapyaviditaṃ tāvadbrahmaṇā viṣṇunā tathā rajasā tamasā cittaṃ tayoryasmāttiraskṛtam
But even that remained unknown to Brahmā and likewise to Viṣṇu, since their minds were obscured by passion and by darkness.
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SiP 7.2 35.3
तदा विभक्तमभवच्चतुर्धैकं तदक्षरम् अ उ मेति त्रिमात्राभिः परस्ताच्चार्धमात्रया
tadā vibhaktamabhavaccaturdhaikaṃ tadakṣaram a u meti trimātrābhiḥ parastāccārdhamātrayā
Then that one syllable became divided fourfold: by the three measures "a," "u," "m," and beyond them by the half-measure.
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SiP 7.2 35.4
तत्राकारः श्रितो भागे ज्वलल्लिंगस्य दक्षिणे उकारश्चोत्तरे तद्वन्मकारस्तस्य मध्यतः
tatrākāraḥ śrito bhāge jvalalliṃgasya dakṣiṇe ukāraścottare tadvanmakārastasya madhyataḥ
There the sound "a" took its place in the southern part of the blazing liṅga, "u" in the northern likewise, and "m" in its middle.
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SiP 7.2 35.5
अर्धमात्रात्मको नादः श्रूयते लिंगमूर्धनि विभक्ते ऽपि तदा तस्मिन्प्रणवे परमाक्षरे
ardhamātrātmako nādaḥ śrūyate liṃgamūrdhani vibhakte 'pi tadā tasminpraṇave paramākṣare
The resonance consisting of the half-measure is heard at the head of the liṅga. Even when that praṇava, the supreme syllable, was thus divided then,
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SiP 7.2 35.6
विभावार्थं च तौ देवौ न किंचिदवजग्मतुः वेदात्मना तदाव्यक्तः प्रणवो विकृतिं गतः
vibhāvārthaṃ ca tau devau na kiṃcidavajagmatuḥ vedātmanā tadāvyaktaḥ praṇavo vikṛtiṃ gataḥ
the two gods understood nothing at all as to its meaning and manifestation. Then the unmanifest praṇava underwent transformation in the form of the Veda.
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SiP 7.2 35.7
तत्राकारो ऋगभवदुकारो यजुरव्ययः मकारस्साम संजातो नादस्त्वाथर्वणी श्रुतिः
tatrākāro ṛgabhavadukāro yajuravyayaḥ makārassāma saṃjāto nādastvātharvaṇī śrutiḥ
There the sound A became the Ṛg, the sound U the imperishable Yajus, the sound M became the Sāman, and the nāda (resonance) the Atharvan revelation.
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SiP 7.2 35.8
ऋगयं स्थापयामास समासात्त्वर्थमात्मनः रजोगुणेषु ब्रह्माणं मूर्तिष्वाद्यं क्रियास्वपि
ṛgayaṃ sthāpayāmāsa samāsāttvarthamātmanaḥ rajoguṇeṣu brahmāṇaṃ mūrtiṣvādyaṃ kriyāsvapi
This Ṛg established, in brief, its own meaning: Brahmā among the qualities belonging to rajas, and the first among the forms and among the actions,
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SiP 7.2 35.9
सृष्टिं लोकेषु पृथिवीं तत्त्वेष्वात्मानमव्ययम् कलाध्वनि निवृत्तिं च सद्यं ब्रह्मसु पञ्चसु
sṛṣṭiṃ lokeṣu pṛthivīṃ tattveṣvātmānamavyayam kalādhvani nivṛttiṃ ca sadyaṃ brahmasu pañcasu
creation among the worlds, earth among the tattvas, the imperishable self, nivṛtti on the path of the kalās, and Sadya(-jāta) among the five brahmans,
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SiP 7.2 35.10
लिंगभागेष्वधोभागं बीजाख्यं कारणत्रये चतुःषष्टिगुणैश्वर्यं बौद्धं यदणिमादिषु
liṃgabhāgeṣvadhobhāgaṃ bījākhyaṃ kāraṇatraye catuḥṣaṣṭiguṇaiśvaryaṃ bauddhaṃ yadaṇimādiṣu
the lower portion among the parts of the liṅga, that named 'seed' among the three causes, and the lordship consisting of sixty-four qualities, which is of the intellect, among (the powers) beginning with aṇimā.
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SiP 7.2 35.11
तदित्थमर्थैर्दशभिर्व्याप्तं विश्वमृचा जगत् अथोपस्थापयामास स्वार्थं दशविधं यजुः
taditthamarthairdaśabhirvyāptaṃ viśvamṛcā jagat athopasthāpayāmāsa svārthaṃ daśavidhaṃ yajuḥ
Thus is this universe, the world, pervaded by the Ṛg with (its) ten meanings. Then the Yajus presented its own meaning in ten ways:
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SiP 7.2 35.12
सत्त्वं गुणेषु विष्णुं च मूर्तिष्वाद्यं क्रियास्वपि स्थितिं लोकेष्वंतरिक्षं विद्यां तत्त्वेषु च त्रिषु
sattvaṃ guṇeṣu viṣṇuṃ ca mūrtiṣvādyaṃ kriyāsvapi sthitiṃ lokeṣvaṃtarikṣaṃ vidyāṃ tattveṣu ca triṣu
sattva among the qualities, and Viṣṇu, the first among the forms and among the actions too, maintenance among the worlds, the mid-region, and knowledge (vidyā) among the three tattvas,
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SiP 7.2 35.13
कलाध्वसु प्रतिष्ठां च वामं ब्रह्मसु पञ्चसु मध्यं तु लिंगभागेषु योनिं च त्रिषु हेतुषु
kalādhvasu pratiṣṭhāṃ ca vāmaṃ brahmasu pañcasu madhyaṃ tu liṃgabhāgeṣu yoniṃ ca triṣu hetuṣu
and pratiṣṭhā among the paths of the kalās, Vāma(deva) among the five brahmans, the middle part among the portions of the liṅga, and the yoni among the three causes,
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SiP 7.2 35.14
प्राकृतं च यथैश्वर्यं तस्माद्विश्वं यजुर्मयम् ततोपस्थापयामास सामार्थं दशधात्मनः
prākṛtaṃ ca yathaiśvaryaṃ tasmādviśvaṃ yajurmayam tatopasthāpayāmāsa sāmārthaṃ daśadhātmanaḥ
and lordship as it pertains to prakṛti; therefore the universe consists of the Yajus. Then (the Sāman) presented the Sāman's meaning, its own, in ten ways:
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SiP 7.2 35.15
तमोगुणेष्वथो रुद्रं मूर्तिष्वाद्यं क्रियासु च संहृतिं त्रिषु लोकेषु तत्त्वेषु शिवमुत्तमम्
tamoguṇeṣvatho rudraṃ mūrtiṣvādyaṃ kriyāsu ca saṃhṛtiṃ triṣu lokeṣu tattveṣu śivamuttamam
then Rudra among the qualities belonging to tamas, the first among the forms and among the actions, dissolution in the three worlds, and Śiva the highest among the tattvas,
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SiP 7.2 35.16
विद्याकलास्वघोरं च तथा ब्रह्मसु पञ्चसु लिंगभागेषु पीठोर्ध्वं बीजिनं कारणत्रये
vidyākalāsvaghoraṃ ca tathā brahmasu pañcasu liṃgabhāgeṣu pīṭhordhvaṃ bījinaṃ kāraṇatraye
and Aghora among the vidyā-kalās, likewise among the five brahmans; among the portions of the liṅga, the part above the pedestal; the seed-bearing one among the three causes,
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SiP 7.2 35.17
पौरुषं च तथैश्वर्यमित्थं साम्ना ततं जगत् अथाथर्वाह नैर्गुण्यमर्थं प्रथममात्मनः
pauruṣaṃ ca tathaiśvaryamitthaṃ sāmnā tataṃ jagat athātharvāha nairguṇyamarthaṃ prathamamātmanaḥ
and likewise the lordship pertaining to the puruṣa: thus is the world spread out by the Sāman. Then the Atharvan declared the first meaning of itself, the quality-less one:
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SiP 7.2 35.18
ततो महेश्वरं साक्षान्मूर्तिष्वपि सदाशिवम् ५९०ब् क्रियासु निष्क्रियस्यापि शिवस्य परमात्मनः
tato maheśvaraṃ sākṣānmūrtiṣvapi sadāśivam 590b kriyāsu niṣkriyasyāpi śivasya paramātmanaḥ
then Maheśvara directly, and Sadāśiva among the forms, and among the actions of Śiva the supreme Self, though he is actionless,
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SiP 7.2 35.19
भूतानुग्रहणं चैव मुच्यंते येन जंतवः लोकेष्वपि यतो वाचो निवृत्ता मनसा सह
bhūtānugrahaṇaṃ caiva mucyaṃte yena jaṃtavaḥ lokeṣvapi yato vāco nivṛttā manasā saha
and also the favouring of beings, by which creatures are released; among the worlds too, that from which words turn back together with the mind,
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SiP 7.2 35.20
तदूर्ध्वमुन्मना लोकात्सोमलोकमलौकिकम् सोमस्सहोमया यत्र नित्यं निवसतीश्वरः
tadūrdhvamunmanā lokātsomalokamalaukikam somassahomayā yatra nityaṃ nivasatīśvaraḥ
above that, beyond the unmanā world, the unworldly Soma-world, where the Lord Soma dwells eternally together with Umā.
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SiP 7.2 35.21
तदूर्ध्वमुन्मना लोकाद्यं प्राप्तो न निवर्तते शांतिं च शांत्यतीतां च व्यापिकां चै कलास्वपि
tadūrdhvamunmanā lokādyaṃ prāpto na nivartate śāṃtiṃ ca śāṃtyatītāṃ ca vyāpikāṃ cai kalāsvapi
Above that, beyond the unmanā world, is that which, once attained, one does not return from; and śānti, and śāntyatītā, and the all-pervading one among the kalās,
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SiP 7.2 35.22
तत्पूरुषं तथेशानं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मसु पञ्चसु मूर्धानमपि लिंगस्य नादभागेष्वनुत्तमम्
tatpūruṣaṃ tatheśānaṃ brahma brahmasu pañcasu mūrdhānamapi liṃgasya nādabhāgeṣvanuttamam
and Tatpuruṣa, likewise Īśāna, the brahman among the five brahmans, and the head of the liṅga, unsurpassed, among the nāda-portions,
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SiP 7.2 35.23
यत्रावाह्य समाराध्यः केवलो निष्कलः शिवः तत्तेष्वपि तदा बिंदोर्नादाच्छक्तेस्ततः परात्
yatrāvāhya samārādhyaḥ kevalo niṣkalaḥ śivaḥ tatteṣvapi tadā biṃdornādācchaktestataḥ parāt
where, having been invoked, the sole, partless Śiva is to be worshipped; and among the tattvas too, then, (he is) higher than the bindu, than the nāda, than the śakti beyond that,
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SiP 7.2 35.24
तत्त्वादपि परं तत्त्वमतत्त्वं परमार्थतः कारणेषु त्रयातीतान्मायाविक्षोभकारणात्
tattvādapi paraṃ tattvamatattvaṃ paramārthataḥ kāraṇeṣu trayātītānmāyāvikṣobhakāraṇāt
the tattva higher even than tattva, in the highest sense no tattva at all; among the causes, (higher) than that which transcends the three, than the cause of the agitation of māyā,
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SiP 7.2 35.25
अनंताच्छुद्धविद्यायाः परस्ताच्च महेश्वरात् सर्वविद्येश्वराधीशान्न पराच्च सदाशिवात्
anaṃtācchuddhavidyāyāḥ parastācca maheśvarāt sarvavidyeśvarādhīśānna parācca sadāśivāt
than Ananta, than Śuddhavidyā, and than Maheśvara who is beyond, than the overlord of all the lords of knowledge, and than Sadāśiva who is higher,
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SiP 7.2 35.26
सर्वमंत्रतनोर्देवाच्छक्तित्रयसमन्वितात् पञ्चवक्त्राद्दशभुजात्साक्षात्सकलनिष्कलात्
sarvamaṃtratanordevācchaktitrayasamanvitāt pañcavaktrāddaśabhujātsākṣātsakalaniṣkalāt
than the god whose body is all mantras, endowed with the three powers, five-faced, ten-armed, directly both with parts and without parts,
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SiP 7.2 35.27
तस्मादपि पराद्बिंदोरर्धेदोश्च ततः परात् ततः परान्निशाधीशान्नादाख्याच्च ततः परात्
tasmādapi parādbiṃdorardhedośca tataḥ parāt tataḥ parānniśādhīśānnādākhyācca tataḥ parāt
And (meditating) upon what is higher even than that, the bindu, and upon the half-moon higher than that, and upon the lord of night (the crescent) higher than that, and upon what is called nāda, higher still than that,
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SiP 7.2 35.28
ततः परात्सुषुम्नेशाद्ब्रह्मरंध्रेश्वरादपि ततः परस्माच्छक्तेश्च परस्ताच्छिवतत्त्वतः
tataḥ parātsuṣumneśādbrahmaraṃdhreśvarādapi tataḥ parasmācchakteśca parastācchivatattvataḥ
upon the lord of the suṣumnā higher than that, and upon the lord of the brahma-aperture, and upon śakti higher than that, and upon the śiva-principle beyond (all these) —
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SiP 7.2 35.29
परमं कारणं साक्षात्स्वयं निष्कारणं शिवम् कारणानां च धातारं ध्यातारां ध्येयमव्ययम्
paramaṃ kāraṇaṃ sākṣātsvayaṃ niṣkāraṇaṃ śivam kāraṇānāṃ ca dhātāraṃ dhyātārāṃ dhyeyamavyayam
(one should meditate on) the supreme cause, itself directly without a cause, Śiva, the establisher of the causes, the meditator, the object of meditation, the imperishable,
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SiP 7.2 35.30
परमाकाशमध्यस्थं परमात्मोपरि स्थितं सर्वैश्वर्येण संपन्नं सर्वेश्वरमनीश्वरम्
paramākāśamadhyasthaṃ paramātmopari sthitaṃ sarvaiśvaryeṇa saṃpannaṃ sarveśvaramanīśvaram
standing in the middle of the supreme ether, situated above the supreme Self, endowed with every sovereignty, the lord of all who has no lord over him,
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SiP 7.2 35.31
ऐश्वर्याच्चापि मायेयादशुद्धान्मानुषादिकात् अपराच्च परात्त्याज्यादधिशुद्धाध्वगोचरात्
aiśvaryāccāpi māyeyādaśuddhānmānuṣādikāt aparācca parāttyājyādadhiśuddhādhvagocarāt
and (beyond) the sovereignty that belongs to māyā, impure, of the human sort and the like, and (beyond) the lower and the higher, to be abandoned, which falls within the range of the supra-pure path,
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SiP 7.2 35.32
तत्पराच्छुद्धविद्याद्यादुन्मनांतात्परात्परात् परमं परमैश्वर्यमुन्मनाद्यमनादि च
tatparācchuddhavidyādyādunmanāṃtātparātparāt paramaṃ paramaiśvaryamunmanādyamanādi ca
(and beyond) what is higher than that, beginning with pure knowledge and ending with unmanā, higher than the high — (that is) the supreme, the supreme sovereignty, which begins with unmanā and is itself without beginning,
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SiP 7.2 35.33
अपारमपराधीनं निरस्तातिशयं स्थिरम् इत्थमर्थैर्दशविधैरियमाथर्वणी श्रुतिः
apāramaparādhīnaṃ nirastātiśayaṃ sthiram itthamarthairdaśavidhairiyamātharvaṇī śrutiḥ
endless, not dependent on another, with all surpassing removed, unshakable. Thus, by (these) ten kinds of meanings, this Atharvan revelation
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SiP 7.2 35.34
यस्माद्गरीयसी तस्माद्विश्वं व्याप्तमथर्वणात् ऋग्वेदः पुनराहेदं जाग्रद्रूपं मयोच्यते
yasmādgarīyasī tasmādviśvaṃ vyāptamatharvaṇāt ṛgvedaḥ punarāhedaṃ jāgradrūpaṃ mayocyate
is the weightier; therefore the universe is pervaded by the Atharvan. And again the Ṛgveda said this: "The waking form is what is spoken of by me,
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SiP 7.2 35.35
येनाहमात्मतत्त्वस्य नित्यमस्म्यभिधायकः यजुर्वेदो ऽवदत्तद्वत्स्वप्नावस्था मयोच्यते
yenāhamātmatattvasya nityamasmyabhidhāyakaḥ yajurvedo 'vadattadvatsvapnāvasthā mayocyate
by which I am forever the one that declares the truth of the Self." The Yajurveda said (likewise): "The dream state is what is spoken of by me,
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SiP 7.2 35.36
भोग्यात्मना परिणता विद्यावेद्या यतो मयि साम चाह सुषुप्त्याख्यमेवं सर्वं मयोच्यते
bhogyātmanā pariṇatā vidyāvedyā yato mayi sāma cāha suṣuptyākhyamevaṃ sarvaṃ mayocyate
since in me what is knowable through knowledge has been transformed into the form of the enjoyable." And the Sāman said: "Thus all that is called deep sleep is spoken of by me;
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SiP 7.2 35.37
ममार्थेन शिवेनेदं तामसेनाभिधीयते अथर्वाह तुरायाख्यं तुरीयातीतमेव च
mamārthena śivenedaṃ tāmasenābhidhīyate atharvāha turāyākhyaṃ turīyātītameva ca
by my meaning, which is Śiva, and which is tāmasa, this is denoted." The Atharvan said: "What is called the fourth, and the very beyond-the-fourth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.38
मयाभिधीयते तस्मादध्वातीतपदोस्म्यहम् अध्वात्मकं तु त्रितयं शिवविद्यात्मसंज्ञितम्
mayābhidhīyate tasmādadhvātītapadosmyaham adhvātmakaṃ tu tritayaṃ śivavidyātmasaṃjñitam
is denoted by me; therefore I am the state that transcends the path." But the triad that constitutes the path is named śiva, vidyā and ātman;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.39
तत्त्रैगुण्यं त्रयीसाध्यं संशोध्यं च पदैषिणा ५९१अ अध्वातीतं तुरीयाख्यं निर्वाणं परमं पदम्
tattraiguṇyaṃ trayīsādhyaṃ saṃśodhyaṃ ca padaiṣiṇā 591a adhvātītaṃ turīyākhyaṃ nirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ padam
that triad of qualities is to be attained by the three (Vedas) and is to be purified by one who seeks the state; what transcends the path is called the fourth, nirvāṇa, the supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.40
तदतीतं च नैर्गुण्यादध्वनोस्य विशोधकम् द्वयोः प्रमापको नादो नदांतश्च मदात्मकः
tadatītaṃ ca nairguṇyādadhvanosya viśodhakam dvayoḥ pramāpako nādo nadāṃtaśca madātmakaḥ
And what transcends even that, being free of the qualities, is the purifier of this path; nāda is what measures out the two, and nāda's end consists of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.41
तस्मान्ममार्थस्वातंत्र्यात्प्रधानः परमेश्वरः यदस्ति वस्तु तत्सर्वं गुणप्रधान्ययोगतः
tasmānmamārthasvātaṃtryātpradhānaḥ parameśvaraḥ yadasti vastu tatsarvaṃ guṇapradhānyayogataḥ
Therefore, by the independence of my meaning, Parameśvara is the primary one. Whatever thing exists, all of that, through the relation of the subordinate and the primary,
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SiP 7.2 35.42
समस्तं व्यस्तमपि च प्रणवार्थं प्रचक्षते सवार्थवाचकं तस्मादेकं ब्रह्मैतदक्षरम्
samastaṃ vyastamapi ca praṇavārthaṃ pracakṣate savārthavācakaṃ tasmādekaṃ brahmaitadakṣaram
whether taken together or separately, they declare to be the meaning of the praṇava; therefore this one imperishable brahman is the expresser of every meaning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.43
तेनोमिति जगत्कृत्स्नं कुरुते प्रथमं शिवः शिवो हि प्रणवो ह्येष प्रणवो हि शिवः स्मृतः
tenomiti jagatkṛtsnaṃ kurute prathamaṃ śivaḥ śivo hi praṇavo hyeṣa praṇavo hi śivaḥ smṛtaḥ
By that (syllable) "om" Śiva first makes the whole world; for Śiva is this praṇava, and the praṇava is held to be Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.44
वाच्यवाचकयोर्भेदो नात्यंतं विद्यते यतः चिंतया रहितो रुद्रो वाचोयन्मनसा सह
vācyavācakayorbhedo nātyaṃtaṃ vidyate yataḥ ciṃtayā rahito rudro vācoyanmanasā saha
Since no absolute difference exists between the signified and the signifier; Rudra is devoid of (all) thinking — the words, together with the mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.45
अप्राप्य तन्निवर्तंते वाच्यस्त्वेकाक्षरेण सः एकाक्षरादकाराख्यादात्मा ब्रह्माभिधीयते
aprāpya tannivartaṃte vācyastvekākṣareṇa saḥ ekākṣarādakārākhyādātmā brahmābhidhīyate
turn back without reaching him; but he is signified by the single syllable. From the single syllable called "a", the Self, brahman, is denoted;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.46
एकाक्षरादुकाराख्याद्द्विधा विष्णुरुदीर्यते एकाक्षरान्मकाराख्याच्छिवो रुद्र उदाहृतः
ekākṣarādukārākhyāddvidhā viṣṇurudīryate ekākṣarānmakārākhyācchivo rudra udāhṛtaḥ
from the single syllable called "u", Viṣṇu is declared, in two ways; from the single syllable called "m", Śiva, Rudra, is proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.47
दक्षिणांगान्महेशस्य जातो ब्रह्मात्मसंज्ञिकः वामांगादभवद्विष्णुस्ततो विद्येति संज्ञितः
dakṣiṇāṃgānmaheśasya jāto brahmātmasaṃjñikaḥ vāmāṃgādabhavadviṣṇustato vidyeti saṃjñitaḥ
From the right side of Maheśa was born (he who is) named Brahmā, the self; from the left side arose Viṣṇu, who is therefore called Vidyā (knowledge).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.48
हृदयान्नीलरुद्रो भूच्छिवस्य शिवसंज्ञिकः सृष्टेः प्रवर्तको ब्रह्मा स्थितेर्विष्णुर्विमोहकः
hṛdayānnīlarudro bhūcchivasya śivasaṃjñikaḥ sṛṣṭeḥ pravartako brahmā sthiterviṣṇurvimohakaḥ
From the heart of Śiva arose the blue Rudra, called Śiva; Brahmā is the one who sets creation in motion, Viṣṇu the deluder of (its) maintenance.
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SiP 7.2 35.49
संहारस्य तथा रुद्रस्तयोर्नित्यं नियामकः
saṃhārasya tathā rudrastayornityaṃ niyāmakaḥ
And likewise Rudra (is the agent) of dissolution; he is forever the controller of those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.50
तस्मात्त्रयस्ते कथ्यंते जगतः कारणानि च कारणत्रयहेतुश्च शिवः परमकारणम्
tasmāttrayaste kathyaṃte jagataḥ kāraṇāni ca kāraṇatrayahetuśca śivaḥ paramakāraṇam
Therefore these three are declared to be the causes of the world; and Śiva, the ground of the three causes, is the supreme cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.51
अर्थमेतमविज्ञाय रजसा बद्धवैरयोः युवयोः प्रतिबोधाय मध्ये लिंगमुपस्थितम्
arthametamavijñāya rajasā baddhavairayoḥ yuvayoḥ pratibodhāya madhye liṃgamupasthitam
Not knowing this matter, you two were bound in enmity through rajas; for the awakening of you two the liṅga appeared between (you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.52
एवमोमिति मां प्राहुर्यदिहोक्तमथर्वणा ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि शाखाश्चान्याः सहस्रशः
evamomiti māṃ prāhuryadihoktamatharvaṇā ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni śākhāścānyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
Thus they call me "Om" — that which has been declared here by the Atharvan (seer), (and by) the Ṛcs, the Yajus verses, the Sāmans, and the other branches (of the Veda) by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.53
वेदेष्वेवं स्वयं वक्त्रैर्व्यक्तमित्यवदत्स्वपि स्वप्नानुभूतमिव तत्ताभ्यां नाध्यवसीयते
vedeṣvevaṃ svayaṃ vaktrairvyaktamityavadatsvapi svapnānubhūtamiva tattābhyāṃ nādhyavasīyate
Thus in the Vedas (it was declared) by (his own) mouths; "it is manifest," he said, even in (words) spoken by himself; yet, like something experienced in a dream, that is not grasped with certainty by those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.54
तयोस्तत्र प्रबोधाय तमोपनयनाय च लिंगेपि मुद्रितं सर्वं यथा वेदैरुदाहृतम्
tayostatra prabodhāya tamopanayanāya ca liṃgepi mudritaṃ sarvaṃ yathā vedairudāhṛtam
There, for the awakening of those two and for the removal of (their) darkness, everything was stamped on the liṅga as well, just as it was set forth by the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.55
तद्दृष्ट्वा मुद्रितं लिंगे प्रसादाल्लिंगिनस्तदा प्रशांतमनसौ देवौ प्रबुद्धौ संबभूवतुः
taddṛṣṭvā mudritaṃ liṃge prasādālliṃginastadā praśāṃtamanasau devau prabuddhau saṃbabhūvatuḥ
Seeing that stamped upon the liṅga, then, by the grace of the bearer of the liṅga, the two gods became calm of mind and awakened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.56
उत्पत्तिं विलयं चैव यथात्म्यं च षडध्वनाम् ततः परतरं धाम धामवंतं च पूरुषम्
utpattiṃ vilayaṃ caiva yathātmyaṃ ca ṣaḍadhvanām tataḥ parataraṃ dhāma dhāmavaṃtaṃ ca pūruṣam
(They knew) the arising and the dissolution and the true nature of the six paths, and the abode higher than that, and the Person who possesses that abode;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.57
निरुत्तरतरं ब्रह्म निष्कलं शिवमीश्वरम् पशुपाशमयस्यास्य प्रपञ्चस्य सदा पतिम्
niruttarataraṃ brahma niṣkalaṃ śivamīśvaram paśupāśamayasyāsya prapañcasya sadā patim
the Brahman than which there is nothing higher, the partless Śiva, the Lord, ever the master of this expanse (of the world) which consists of the bound souls and their bonds;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.58
अकुतोभयमत्यंतमवृद्धिक्षयमव्ययम् वाह्यमाभ्यंतरं व्याप्तं वाह्याभ्यंतरवर्जितम्
akutobhayamatyaṃtamavṛddhikṣayamavyayam vāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ vyāptaṃ vāhyābhyaṃtaravarjitam
(him who is) in no way to be feared, utmost, without growth or decay, unchanging, pervading what is outer and inner, (yet) free of outer and inner;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.59
निरस्तातिशयं शश्वद्विश्वलोकविलक्षणम् अलक्षणमनिर्देश्यमवाङ्मनसगोचरम्
nirastātiśayaṃ śaśvadviśvalokavilakṣaṇam alakṣaṇamanirdeśyamavāṅmanasagocaram
(him in whom) all excelling is set aside, eternal, unlike (anything in) all the worlds, without mark, indescribable, beyond the range of speech and mind;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.60
प्रकाशैकरसं शांतं प्रसन्नं सततोदितम् सर्वकल्याणनिलयं शक्त्या तादृशयान्वितम्
prakāśaikarasaṃ śāṃtaṃ prasannaṃ satatoditam sarvakalyāṇanilayaṃ śaktyā tādṛśayānvitam
whose sole essence is light, tranquil, serene, ever risen, the abode of all that is auspicious, joined with a Power (Śakti) of the same kind —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.61
ज्ञात्वा देवं विरूपाक्षं ब्रह्मनारायणौ तदा रचयित्वांजलिं मूर्ध्नि भीतौ तौ वाचमूचतुः
jñātvā devaṃ virūpākṣaṃ brahmanārāyaṇau tadā racayitvāṃjaliṃ mūrdhni bhītau tau vācamūcatuḥ
having known the god of odd eyes, Brahmā and Nārāyaṇa then, making the folded palms at (their) heads, in fear, spoke (these) words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.62
५९१ब् ब्रह्मोवाच अज्ञो वाहमभिज्ञो वा त्वयादौ देव निर्मितः ईदृशीं भ्रांतिमापन्न इति को ऽत्रापराध्यति
591b brahmovāca ajño vāhamabhijño vā tvayādau deva nirmitaḥ īdṛśīṃ bhrāṃtimāpanna iti ko 'trāparādhyati
Brahmā said: Whether ignorant or knowing, I was fashioned by you in the beginning, O god; that (I) have fallen into such delusion — who is at fault in this?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.63
आस्तां ममेदमज्ञानं त्वयि सन्निहते प्रभो निर्भयः को ऽभिभाषेत कृत्यं स्वस्य परस्य वा
āstāṃ mamedamajñānaṃ tvayi sannihate prabho nirbhayaḥ ko 'bhibhāṣeta kṛtyaṃ svasya parasya vā
Let this ignorance of mine be; when you are present, O Lord, who would speak fearlessly of what is to be done, whether his own or another's?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.64
आवयोर्देवदेवस्य विवादो ऽपि हि शोभनः पादप्रणामफलदो नाथस्य भवतो यतः
āvayordevadevasya vivādo 'pi hi śobhanaḥ pādapraṇāmaphalado nāthasya bhavato yataḥ
For even the quarrel of us two is fine, since it yields as its fruit the bowing at the feet of you, the god of gods, (our) master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.65
विष्णुरुवाच स्तोतुं देव न वागस्ति महिम्नः सदृशी तव प्रभोरग्रे विधेयानां तूष्णींभावो व्यतिक्रमः
viṣṇuruvāca stotuṃ deva na vāgasti mahimnaḥ sadṛśī tava prabhoragre vidheyānāṃ tūṣṇīṃbhāvo vyatikramaḥ
Viṣṇu said: O god, there is no speech fit to praise your greatness; yet before the Lord, for those who are subject (to him), keeping silent is a transgression.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.66
किमत्र संघटेत्कृत्यमित्येवावसरोचितम् अजानन्नपि यत्किंचित्प्रलप्य त्वां नतो ऽस्म्यहम्
kimatra saṃghaṭetkṛtyamityevāvasarocitam ajānannapi yatkiṃcitpralapya tvāṃ nato 'smyaham
"What act would be fitting here?" — thus, just as suits the occasion, though not knowing, having babbled whatever (I could), I bow to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.67
कारणत्वं त्वया दत्तं विस्मृतं तव मायया मोहितो ऽहंकृतश्चापि पुनरेवास्मि शासितः
kāraṇatvaṃ tvayā dattaṃ vismṛtaṃ tava māyayā mohito 'haṃkṛtaścāpi punarevāsmi śāsitaḥ
Causal agency was given (to me) by you; it was forgotten through your māyā. I was deluded and made proud, and now once again I have been chastened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.68
विज्ञापितैः किं बहुभिर्भीतोस्मि भृशमीश्वर यतो ऽहमपरिच्छेद्यं त्वां परिच्छेत्तुमुद्यतः
vijñāpitaiḥ kiṃ bahubhirbhītosmi bhṛśamīśvara yato 'hamaparicchedyaṃ tvāṃ paricchettumudyataḥ
What use are many declarations? I am exceedingly afraid, O Lord, since I set out to delimit you who cannot be delimited.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.69
त्वामुशंति महादेवं भीतानामार्तिनाशनम् अतो व्यतिक्रमं मे ऽद्य क्षंतुमर्हसि शंकर
tvāmuśaṃti mahādevaṃ bhītānāmārtināśanam ato vyatikramaṃ me 'dya kṣaṃtumarhasi śaṃkara
They call you the Great God, the destroyer of the distress of the frightened; therefore today you ought to forgive my transgression, O Śaṃkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.70
इति विज्ञापितस्ताभ्याम् ईश्वराभ्यां महेश्वरः प्रीतो ऽनुगृह्य तौ देवौ स्मितपूर्वमभाषत
iti vijñāpitastābhyām īśvarābhyāṃ maheśvaraḥ prīto 'nugṛhya tau devau smitapūrvamabhāṣata
Thus entreated by those two lords, Maheśvara, pleased, favoured the two gods and spoke, smiling first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.71
ईश्वर उवाच वत्सवत्स विधे विष्णो मायया मम मोहितौ युवां प्रभुत्वे ऽहंकृत्य बुद्धवैरो परस्परम्
īśvara uvāca vatsavatsa vidhe viṣṇo māyayā mama mohitau yuvāṃ prabhutve 'haṃkṛtya buddhavairo parasparam
The Lord said: Dear children, Vidhi (Brahmā) and Viṣṇu, you two were deluded by my māyā; growing proud over lordship, you conceived enmity toward each other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.72
विवादं युद्धपर्यंतं कृत्वा नोपरतौ किल ततश्च्छिन्ना प्रजासृष्टिर्जगत्कारणभूतयोः
vivādaṃ yuddhaparyaṃtaṃ kṛtvā noparatau kila tataścchinnā prajāsṛṣṭirjagatkāraṇabhūtayoḥ
Having carried the dispute to the point of battle, you did not desist; and thereby the creation of beings was cut off, since you two are the cause of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 35.73
अज्ञानमानप्रभवाद्वैमत्याद्युवयोरपि तन्निवर्तयितुं युष्मद्दर्पमोहौ मयैव तु
ajñānamānaprabhavādvaimatyādyuvayorapi tannivartayituṃ yuṣmaddarpamohau mayaiva tu
And (this came) from your mutual difference of view, arising from ignorance and pride; but it was by me alone, in order to remove that, (that) your arrogance and delusion (were produced).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.74
एवं निवारितावद्यलिंगाविर्भावलीलया तस्माद्भूयो विवादं च व्रीडां चोत्सृज्य कृत्स्नशः
evaṃ nivāritāvadyaliṃgāvirbhāvalīlayā tasmādbhūyo vivādaṃ ca vrīḍāṃ cotsṛjya kṛtsnaśaḥ
Thus (both of you) have been restrained by the play of the manifesting of the flawless liṅga; therefore, abandoning dispute and shame altogether once again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.75
यथास्वं कर्म कुर्यातां भवंतौ वीतमत्सरौ पुरा ममाज्ञया सार्धं समस्तज्ञानसंहिताः
yathāsvaṃ karma kuryātāṃ bhavaṃtau vītamatsarau purā mamājñayā sārdhaṃ samastajñānasaṃhitāḥ
let you two, free of envy, perform each his own proper work — together with the entire collection of knowledge (given) formerly by my command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 35.76
युवाभ्यां हि मया दत्ता कारणत्वप्रसिद्धये मंत्ररत्नं च सूत्राख्यं पञ्चाक्षरमयं परम्
yuvābhyāṃ hi mayā dattā kāraṇatvaprasiddhaye maṃtraratnaṃ ca sūtrākhyaṃ pañcākṣaramayaṃ param
For by me there was given to you two, for the establishing of (your) causal agency, both the jewel of a mantra called the Sūtra and the supreme (mantra) consisting of five syllables.
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SiP 7.2 35.77
मयोपदिष्टं सर्वं तद्युवयोरद्य विस्मृतम् ददामि च पुनः सर्वं यथापूर्वं ममाज्ञया
mayopadiṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ tadyuvayoradya vismṛtam dadāmi ca punaḥ sarvaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ mamājñayā
All that was taught by me has now been forgotten by you two; and I give it all again as before, by my own command.
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SiP 7.2 35.78
यतो विना युवां तेन न क्षमौ सृष्टिरक्षणे एवमुक्त्वा महादेवो नारायणपितामहौ
yato vinā yuvāṃ tena na kṣamau sṛṣṭirakṣaṇe evamuktvā mahādevo nārāyaṇapitāmahau
For without that, you two are not capable of creation and protection. Having spoken thus, Mahādeva (gave) to Nārāyaṇa and the Grandfather (Brahmā)—
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SiP 7.2 35.79
मंत्रराजं ददौ ताभ्यां ज्ञानसंहितया सह तौ लब्ध्वा महतीं दिव्यामाज्ञां माहेश्वरीं पराम्
maṃtrarājaṃ dadau tābhyāṃ jñānasaṃhitayā saha tau labdhvā mahatīṃ divyāmājñāṃ māheśvarīṃ parām
—gave to those two the king of mantras together with the collection of knowledge. Having obtained the great, divine, supreme command of Maheśvara,
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SiP 7.2 35.80
महार्थं मंत्ररत्नं च तथैव सकलाः कलाः दंडवत्प्रणतिं कृत्वा देवदेवस्य पादयोः
mahārthaṃ maṃtraratnaṃ ca tathaiva sakalāḥ kalāḥ daṃḍavatpraṇatiṃ kṛtvā devadevasya pādayoḥ
and the jewel of a mantra of great import, and likewise all the parts (kalās), having made prostration like a rod at the feet of the God of gods,
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SiP 7.2 35.81
अतिष्ठतां वीतभयावानंदास्तिमितौ तदा एतस्मिन्नंतरे चित्रमिंद्रजालवदैश्वरम्
atiṣṭhatāṃ vītabhayāvānaṃdāstimitau tadā etasminnaṃtare citramiṃdrajālavadaiśvaram
the two stood, their fear gone, motionless with bliss. Meanwhile, a marvellous lordly (feat), like a conjurer's trick—
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SiP 7.2 35.82
लिंगं क्वापि तिरोभूतं न ताभ्यामुपलभ्यते ततो विलप्य हाहेति सद्यःप्रणयभंगतः
liṃgaṃ kvāpi tirobhūtaṃ na tābhyāmupalabhyate tato vilapya hāheti sadyaḥpraṇayabhaṃgataḥ
the liṅga vanished somewhere and was not to be found by them. Then, wailing "Alas, alas!" at the sudden breaking off of (their) love,
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SiP 7.2 35.83
किमसत्यमिदं वृत्तमिति चोक्त्वा परस्परम् अचिंत्यवैभवं शंभोर्विचिंत्य च गतव्यथौ
kimasatyamidaṃ vṛttamiti coktvā parasparam aciṃtyavaibhavaṃ śaṃbhorviciṃtya ca gatavyathau
and saying to each other, "Is this event unreal?", and reflecting on the inconceivable might of Śambhu, their pain departed;
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SiP 7.2 35.84
५९२अ अभ्युपेत्य परां मैत्रीमालिंग्य च परस्परम् जगद्व्यापारमुद्दिश्य जग्मतुर्देवपुंगवौ
592a abhyupetya parāṃ maitrīmāliṃgya ca parasparam jagadvyāpāramuddiśya jagmaturdevapuṃgavau
[592a] and having entered into the highest friendship and embraced each other, the two bulls among gods went off with a view to the business of the world.
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SiP 7.2 35.85
ततः प्रभृति शक्राद्याः सर्व एव सुरासुराः ऋषयश्च नरा नागा नार्यश्चापि विधानतः लिंगप्रतिष्ठा कुर्वंति लिंगे तं पूजयंति च
tataḥ prabhṛti śakrādyāḥ sarva eva surāsurāḥ ṛṣayaśca narā nāgā nāryaścāpi vidhānataḥ liṃgapratiṣṭhā kurvaṃti liṃge taṃ pūjayaṃti ca
From then on all beings—Indra and the rest, gods and demons, and sages, men, nāgas, and women too—perform the installation of the liṅga according to rule, and worship him in the liṅga.
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