Shloka 22

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

भस्मशायी भवेन्नित्यं भिक्षाचारी जितेन्द्रियः य इच्छेत् परमं स्थानं व्रतं पाशुपतं चरेत्

Transliteration

bhasmaśāyī bhavennityaṃ bhikṣācārī jitendriyaḥ ya icchet paramaṃ sthānaṃ vrataṃ pāśupataṃ caret

Translation

Er soll stets auf heiliger Asche ruhen, von Almosen leben und seine Sinne bezwungen halten. Wer die höchste Stätte begehrt (die Wohnstatt von Pati, Śiva), soll das Pāśupata-Gelübde üben.

Word by Word

• भस्मशायी (bhasmaśāyī): one who reclines on sacred ash

• भवेत् (bhavet): should become/should be

• नित्यम् (nityam): always

• भिक्षाचारी (bhikṣācārī): one who lives by begging/alms

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ): one who has conquered the senses

• यः (yaḥ): who

• इच्छेत् (icchet): would desire

• परमम् (paramam): supreme

• स्थानम् (sthānam): state/abode/station

• व्रतम् (vratam): vow/observance

• पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam): belonging to Paśupati (Śiva), the Pāśupata discipline

• चरेत् (caret): should practice/undertake.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Pāśupata-vrata teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)