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व्रतमेतच्छाम्भवं सर्वेषु वेदेषु वेदवादिभिरुक्तं भवति । तत्समाचरेन्मुमुक्षुर्न पुनर्भवाय
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vratametacchāmbhavaṃ sarveṣu vedeṣu vedavādibhiruktaṃ bhavati | tatsamācarenmumukṣurna punarbhavāya
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संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
व्रतम् एतत् शाम्भवंvratam etat śāmbhavaṃthis vow of Śambhu
सर्वेषु वेदेषुsarveṣu vedeṣuin all the Vedas
वेद-वादिभिः उक्तं भवतिveda-vādibhiḥ uktaṃ bhavatiis proclaimed by the knowers of the Veda
तत् समाचरेत् मुमुक्षुःtat samācaret mumukṣuḥlet one who seeks liberation perform it
न पुनः-भवायna punaḥ-bhavāyaso as not to come to be again
अनुवाद
“This vow of Śambhu is proclaimed by the knowers of the Veda in all the Vedas; let one who seeks liberation perform it, so as not to be born again.”
संस्करण
e71a7fe005d4 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Note the phrase na punaḥ-bhavāya, “so as not to be again.” Punar-bhava means literally “happening again,” that is, rebirth; and the purpose of the rite is stated here in negative terms: that it not happen again. Defining a goal by negation is common in this literature, and we have noted it reading many books.
Let us restate briefly the Vaiṣṇava objection, for this is its place. A goal defined as “not to be born again” tells what will not be, and is silent about what will be. And this silence is no accident: where the end is conceived as a cessation, there is nothing left to say about it.
Its own definition is positive, and stated in the Gītā in one word: mām eti, “comes to Me” (8.7); and that the goal is not the cessation of movement but a change of its direction was discussed reading Varāha (5.44). Add, too, the word vrata, “vow,” for it stands here, and it is present in the Vaiṣṇava vocabulary as well. Vrata means “a pledge”: something a person binds himself to do.
Note that a vow is by its very nature a voluntary tether; and so, in a book where souls are called beasts bound by a rope, the vow turns out to be a second rope — only wound on by one’s own hand. The Vaiṣṇava side holds exactly this: its ekādaśī and its vows are voluntary bonds, and this is their meaning; for one who cannot bind himself will be bound by circumstances instead.