Shloka 7

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

साध्ये चित्तस्य हि गुरौ ज्ञानाचारशिवादिषु विपर्ययज्ञानमिति भ्रान्तिदर्शनम् उच्यते

Transliteration

sādhye cittasya hi gurau jñānācāraśivādiṣu viparyayajñānamiti bhrāntidarśanam ucyate

Translation

Wenn das wahre Ziel des Geistes verwirklicht werden soll, jedoch in Bezug auf den Guru und die śaivischen Maßstäbe—rechtes Wissen (jñāna), rechtes Verhalten (ācāra), Śiva und dergleichen—verkehrte Erkenntnis aufkommt, nennt man dies „Schau der Verblendung“ (bhrānti-darśana).

Word by Word

• साध्ये: when the goal is to be accomplished

• चित्तस्य: of the mind

• हि: indeed

• गुरौ: with regard to the Guru

• ज्ञान: right knowledge

• आचार: right conduct/discipline

• शिवादिषु: in Shiva and related Shaiva principles/tattvas

• विपर्यय-ज्ञानम्: inverted/erroneous cognition

• इति: thus

• भ्रान्ति-दर्शनम्: perception/vision of delusion

• उच्यते: is said/called

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Purva-Bhaga’s Shaiva doctrinal exposition)