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Shloka 9

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

युक्तैयोंगवहै: सद्धिग्रीष्मे पजचतपैस्तथा । मण्डूकयोगनियतैर्यथान्यायं निषेविभि:

yuktair yogavahaiḥ saddhi grīṣme pañcatapais tathā | maṇḍūka-yoga-niyatair yathā-nyāyaṁ niṣevibhiḥ ||

Mahādeva dijo: «Con las disciplinas adecuadas que conducen al yoga, debe perseverarse en la práctica con la mente concentrada. En el ardor del verano, el vānaprastha ejemplar ha de emprender la austeridad de los cinco fuegos. También debe persistir, conforme a la regla, en la observancia del “yoga de la rana” (maṇḍūka-yoga) enseñado en las tradiciones de haṭha-yoga, y tomar o usar cuanto se disfrute sólo de un modo acorde con la justicia y la rectitud.»

युक्तैःby the disciplined/connected (ones)
युक्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त (युज्)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
योगविधैःby the methods of yoga
योगविधैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयोगविधि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सद्भिःby the good/virtuous (persons)
सद्भिः:
Karana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
ग्रीष्मेin summer
ग्रीष्मे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootग्रीष्म
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पञ्चतपैःby the five austerities (pañcatapas)
पञ्चतपैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
मण्डूकयोगनियतैःby those regulated in the ‘maṇḍūka-yoga’
मण्डूकयोगनियतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमण्डूकयोगनियत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
यथान्यायम्according to rule/propriety
यथान्यायम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथान्याय
निषेविभिःby those who practice/observe
निषेविभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनिषेविन् (नि-सेव्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Ś
Śrī Mahādeva (Mahāśvara/Śiva)
P
pañcatapas (five-fire austerity)
M
maṇḍūka-yoga (frog-posture practice)

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).