Shloka 76

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

मन्तव्यं चैव बोद्धव्यम् अहंकर्तव्यमेव च तथा चेतयितव्यं च वक्तव्यं मुनिपुङ्गवाः

Transliteration

mantavyaṃ caiva boddhavyam ahaṃkartavyameva ca tathā cetayitavyaṃ ca vaktavyaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

Translation

Oh toro entre los sabios, conviene reflexionar, comprender de verdad, asumir rectamente los deberes, mantener la mente conscientemente atenta y entonces hablar; para que el paśu, el alma atada, avance hacia el Pati, el Señor, mediante intención y palabra disciplinadas.

Word by Word

• मन्तव्यम्: to be reflected upon/considered

• च एव: and indeed

• बोद्धव्यम्: to be understood/realized

• अहंकर्तव्यम् एव: the ‘I must do’ (sense of responsible undertaking) indeed

• तथा: likewise

• चेतयितव्यम्: to be made conscious/kept attentive (to be reminded inwardly)

• च: and

• वक्तव्यम्: to be spoken/uttered

• मुनिपुङ्गवाः: O foremost sages

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a didactic instruction within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva teaching stream)