Shloka 41

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

शुश्रूषां कारयेद्यस्तु स पशुत्वाद्विमुच्यते तस्मात्परमिदं दिव्यं चरिष्यथ सुरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

śuśrūṣāṃ kārayedyastu sa paśutvādvimucyate tasmātparamidaṃ divyaṃ cariṣyatha surottamāḥ

Translation

Wer andere zu hingebungsvollem Dienst (śuśrūṣā) und wacher Disziplin anleitet, wird vom paśutva—dem Zustand der gebundenen Seele—befreit. Darum, o Beste der Götter, übt diesen höchsten und göttlichen Pfad.

Word by Word

• śuśrūṣām: devoted service/obedient attendance

• kārayet: should cause to be done/should enjoin

• yaḥ tu: whoever indeed

• saḥ: he

• paśutvāt: from paśutva (the condition of the bound pashu)

• vimucyate: is liberated/released

• tasmāt: therefore

• param: supreme

• idam: this

• divyam: divine

• cariṣyatha: you should practice/undertake

• sura-uttamāḥ: O best among the devas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching addressed to the Devas)