शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 20
स्थापितेशस्य माहात्म्यं किञ्चिदेतत् प्रकाशितम् । अनादिभूतभूतेशमहिमा वागगोचरः ॥ २० ॥
sthāpitēśasya māhātmyaṁ kiñcidētat prakāśitam | anādibhūtabhūtēśamahimā vāgagōcaraḥ || 20 ||
Translation
I have shown only a little of the greatness of an installed Lord. The glory of the Lord of beings who is without beginning is beyond the reach of speech.
Word by word
- sthāpita
- installed
- īśasya
- (īśasya) of the Lord
- māhātmyaṁ
- the greatness
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) a little
- ētat
- this
- prakāśitam
- is shown
- anādi
- without beginning
- bhūta
- of beings
- bhūtēśa
- the Lord
- mahimā
- glory
- vāg
- (vāk) of speech
- agōcaraḥ
- beyond the reach
Meaning
A contrast of two kinds of liṅga. Everything so far concerns one set up by human hands. The beginningless (anādi) liṅga, which no one installed, is greater still, and the text does not try to describe it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 18.