Shloka 20

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

वर्तते त्वसकृद्वृत्तिः कृत्स्ना ह्येषा दया स्मृता यद्यदिष्टतमं द्रव्यं न्यायेनैवागतं क्रमात्

Transliteration

vartate tvasakṛdvṛttiḥ kṛtsnā hyeṣā dayā smṛtā yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ dravyaṃ nyāyenaivāgataṃ kramāt

Translation

Mais lorsque la conduite d’un être se déploie ainsi, encore et encore, on s’en souvient comme de la compassion accomplie (dayā). Toute richesse la plus chère, acquise pas à pas par des moyens justes (nyāya), doit être tournée vers le bien des êtres—déliant les liens (pāśa) du manque et de la souffrance, et accordant le paśu (l’âme liée) au Pati, le Seigneur.

Word by Word

• वर्तते: proceeds, is practiced

• तु: indeed/but

• असकृत्: repeatedly, again and again

• वृत्तिः: conduct, mode of living, practice

• कृत्स्ना: entire, complete

• हि: for/indeed

• एषा: this

• दया: compassion, mercy

• स्मृता: is remembered/declared

• यत्-यत्: whatever

• इष्टतमम्: most desired, most cherished

• द्रव्यम्: wealth, substance, possession

• न्यायेन: by justice, by righteous means

• एव: alone/indeed

• आगतम्: obtained, come into one’s possession

• क्रमात्: gradually, in due order, step by step.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s dharma teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)