Shloka 4

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

श्रौतस्मार्ताविरुद्धानां प्रसीदति महेश्वरः सदिति ब्रह्मणः शब्दस् तदन्ते ये लभन्त्युत

Transliteration

śrautasmārtāviruddhānāṃ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ saditi brahmaṇaḥ śabdas tadante ye labhantyuta

Translation

Mahādeva, der große Herr (Maheśvara), ist denen gnädig, deren Lebenswandel den Śrauta‑(vedischen) und Smārta‑(Smṛti/Dharmaśāstra-)Geboten nicht widerspricht. Und die heilige Lautung „sat“ ist ein Wort Brahmans; wer sie am Ende (der Übung oder des Lebens) erlangt, erreicht wahrhaft die echte Vollendung.

Word by Word

• śrauta: based on Vedic revelation/Śruti

• smārta: based on Smṛti and dharma codes

• aviruddhānām: of those not opposed/contradictory

• prasīdati: becomes pleased, grants grace

• maheśvaraḥ: the Great Lord (Śiva as Pati)

• sat: “sat,” the true/existent, auspicious reality

• iti: thus

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahman / of the Veda

• śabdaḥ: sacred sound/word

• tad-ante: at its end, at the culmination (of rite, japa, or life)

• ye: those who

• labhanti: obtain/attain

• uta: indeed, moreover

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the sages at Naimisharanya)