Shloka 7

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

महादेवपरा नित्यं चरन्तो ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः अर्चयन्ति महादेवं वाङ्मनःकायसंयताः

Transliteration

mahādevaparā nityaṃ caranto hyūrdhvaretasaḥ arcayanti mahādevaṃ vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃyatāḥ

Translation

Toujours voués à Mahādeva, menant une discipline constante comme ceux qui préservent et transmutent leur énergie vitale, ils adorent Mahādeva par la parole, le mental et le corps, entièrement maîtrisés.

Word by Word

• महादेवपरा: devoted to Mahādeva

• नित्यम्: always

• चरन्तः: living/observing (a disciplined conduct)

• हि: indeed

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसः: those with upward-directed vital seed/energy (continence and sublimation)

• अर्चयन्ति: they worship

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva as Pati)

• वाङ्: speech

• मनः: mind

• काय: body

• संयताः: restrained, controlled

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching/tradition of Mahadeva-oriented ascetic worship)