Shloka 9
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
युक्तैयोंगवहै: सद्धिग्रीष्मे पजचतपैस्तथा । मण्डूकयोगनियतैर्यथान्यायं निषेविभि:,मनको एकाग्र रखकर योगसाधनमें तत्पर रहना चाहिये। श्रेष्ठ वानप्रस्थको गर्मीमें पंचाग्नि सेवन करना चाहिये। हठयोगशास्त्रमें प्रसिद्ध मण्डूकयोगके अभ्यासमें नियमपूर्वक लगे रहना चाहिये। किसी भी वस्तुका न्यायानुकूल सेवन करना चाहिये
yuktair yogavahaiḥ saddhi grīṣme pañcatapais tathā | maṇḍūka-yoga-niyatair yathā-nyāyaṁ niṣevibhiḥ ||
Mahādeva said: “With the proper disciplines that carry one toward yoga, one should remain intent on practice with a concentrated mind. In the heat of summer, the exemplary forest-dweller should undertake the austerity of the five fires. One should also persist, according to rule, in the observance of the ‘Frog-posture’ (maṇḍūka-yoga) taught in haṭha-yoga traditions, and partake of whatever is used or enjoyed only in a manner consistent with justice and propriety.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain one-pointedness and pursue yoga through regulated disciplines; undertake appropriate austerities (like pañcatapas for a forest-dweller) and consume or use things only in a manner consistent with nyāya—propriety, justice, and right measure.
Śiva (Mahādeva) is instructing on ascetic-yogic conduct: he outlines concrete practices—summer pañcatapas, regulated maṇḍūka-yoga—and frames them within an ethical rule of right and measured enjoyment (yathā-nyāyam).