Shloka 2
अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना
Devanagari script
अरुन्धतीं ध्रुवं चैव सोमछायां महापथम् यो न पश्येन्न जीवेत्स नरः संवत्सरात्परम्
Transliteration
arundhatīṃ dhruvaṃ caiva somachāyāṃ mahāpatham yo na paśyenna jīvetsa naraḥ saṃvatsarātparam
Translation
যে ব্যক্তি অরুন্ধতী, ধ্রুব, চন্দ্রের ছায়াপথ এবং মহাপথকে দেখে না, সে এক বছরের বেশি বাঁচে না। এ বচন বিশ্ববিধানের পবিত্র শৃঙ্খলার ইঙ্গিত, যার যথার্থ দর্শন জীবকে প্রভু—পতি শিবের—দিকে স্থির করে।
Word by Word
अरुन्धतीम् (arundhatīm)Arundhatī (the chaste star)
अरुन्धतीम् (arundhatīm):
ध्रुवम् (dhruvam)Dhruva, the Pole Star
ध्रुवम् (dhruvam):
च एव (ca eva)and indeed
च एव (ca eva):
सोमछायाम् (somachāyām)the Moon’s radiance/track (lunar light, lunar path)
सोमछायाम् (somachāyām):
महापथम् (mahāpatham)the Great Path (celestial highway, Milky Way/sky-route)
महापथम् (mahāpatham):
यः (yaḥ)whoever
यः (yaḥ):
न पश्येत् (na paśyet)does not see/does not behold
न पश्येत् (na paśyet):
न जीवेत् (na jīveta)would not live
न जीवेत् (na jīveta):
सः नरः (saḥ naraḥ)that man
सः नरः (saḥ naraḥ):
संवत्सरात् परम् (saṃvatsarāt param)beyond a year.
संवत्सरात् परम् (saṃvatsarāt param):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)