ब्रह्मार्कविष्णुहरशक्रसदाशिवादि- शान्तौ शिवं परममेतदिहैकमास्ते । सर्वोपधिव्ययवशादविकल्परूपं चैतन्यमात्रमयमुज्झितविश्वसङ्गम् ॥ ५४ ॥
brahmārkaviṣṇuharaśakrasadāśivādi- śāntau śivaṁ paramamētadihaikamāstē | sarvōpadhivyayavaśādavikalparūpaṁ caitanyamātramayamujjhitaviśvasaṅgam || 54 ||
Translation
When Brahmā, the Sun, Viṣṇu, Hara, Indra, Sadāśiva and the rest have come to rest, this one supreme Śiva alone remains here: through the passing of every adjunct, of a form beyond all thought-constructs, made of pure awareness, having let go of all contact with the universe.
Word by word
- brahma
- Brahmā
- arka
- the Sun
- viṣṇu
- Viṣṇu
- hara
- Hara
- śakra
- Indra
- sadāśiva
- Sadāśiva
- ādi
- and the rest
- śāntau
- when (they) have come to rest
- śivaṁ
- Śiva
- paramam
- supreme
- ētad
- this
- iha
- here
- ēkam
- one alone
- āstē
- remains
- sarva
- every
- upadhi
- adjunct
- vyaya
- the passing
- vaśād
- (vaśāt) through
- avikalpa
- beyond all thought-constructs
- rūpaṁ
- of a form
- caitanya
- awareness
- mātra
- pure
- mayam
- made of
- ujjhita
- having let go
- viśva
- with the universe
- saṅgam
- contact
Meaning
The sarga ends in a vasantatilakā verse, a longer metre. The commentary: in the state of dissolution, when Brahmā, the Sun, Viṣṇu, Hara, Indra, Sadāśiva and the rest have been dissolved, through the dissolution of every adjunct, free of contact with the universe, beyond thought-constructs, pure awareness, this one supreme Śiva alone remains. Another commentary adds that it is the inner Self, known to everyone in experience. Śiva here means the auspicious Supreme itself, not one god among others: Hara and Sadāśiva are named among those who come to rest. All the gods are forms that That takes with its adjuncts; when the adjuncts pass, the forms pass, and That remains, as it was before and as it is now.