Review of Pāśupata yoga - Verse 73
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 88.73
Sanskrit Original
ततस्तत्परमं ब्रह्म कथं विप्रः स्मरिष्यति। संसारः पूर्वधर्मस्य भावनाभिः प्रणोदितः।।
tatastatparamaṃ brahma kathaṃ vipraḥ smariṣyati| saṃsāraḥ pūrvadharmasya bhāvanābhiḥ praṇoditaḥ||
Sūta said:: In the middle of the fourteen abodes, Rajas is that which impedes or fixes firmly even as the vital parts of the body of the embodied being who is in agony, are being cut and pierced. How can the brahmin then remember the greatest Brahman? The worldly existence is prompted by the impression and effects of the previous Dharma and accordingly human birth is achieved. Hence one shall practise meditation always. One shall realise that the zone of the worlds is of fourteen types and so shall be frightened of it and begin to practise Dharma. Then, he changes and gradually crosses worldly existence.