Shloka 30

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

क्वचिन्नृत्यति शृङ्गारं क्वचिद्रौति मुहुर्मुहुः आश्रमे ह्यटते भैक्ष्यं याचते च पुनः पुनः

Transliteration

kvacinnṛtyati śṛṅgāraṃ kvacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ āśrame hyaṭate bhaikṣyaṃ yācate ca punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

Bisweilen tanzt er in anmutiger Zierde, als wäre er verliebt; bisweilen weint er immer wieder. In der Einsiedelei wandert er umher, bettelt um Almosen und bittet wieder und wieder—äußerlich wirkt er sprunghaft, doch innerlich bleibt er fest in Śiva, dem Pati, jenseits des pāśa, das den paśu (die Seele) bindet.

Word by Word

• kvacit: at times/nowhere in particular

• nṛtyati: he dances

• śṛṅgāram: amorous mood/erotic sentiment/as if adorned with passion

• kvacid: at times

• rauti: he cries/weeps

• muhur muhuḥ: again and again/repeatedly

• āśrame: in the hermitage/monastic dwelling

• hi: indeed

• aṭate: he roams/wanders

• bhaikṣyam: alms/begging-food

• yācate: he begs/requests

• ca: and

• punaḥ punaḥ: repeatedly/again and again

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing the observances of a Shaiva ascetic/Pashupata practitioner)