Shloka 27

Adhyaya 34: भस्ममहात्म्यं—अग्नीषोमात्मक-शिवतत्त्वं तथा पाशुपतव्रतप्रशंसा

Devanagari script

तस्मान्न निन्द्याः पूज्याश्च विकृता मलिना अपि रूपान्विताश् च विप्रेन्द्राः सदा योगीन्द्रशङ्कया

Transliteration

tasmānna nindyāḥ pūjyāśca vikṛtā malinā api rūpānvitāś ca viprendrāḥ sadā yogīndraśaṅkayā

Translation

Ainsi, les brahmanes éminents ne doivent jamais être blâmés; ils doivent être honorés—qu’ils soient difformes, impurs ou même beaux—toujours, par respect et crainte vigilante de la puissance des grands yogins.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore

• na: not

• nindyāḥ: to be censured/blamed

• pūjyāḥ ca: and to be worshiped/honored

• vikṛtāḥ: deformed/altered

• malināḥ api: even if impure/soiled

• rūpa-anvitāḥ ca: and even if possessed of (good) form/beauty

• vipra-indrāḥ: the best of Brahmanas

• sadā: always

• yogīndra-śaṅkayā: out of fear/awe (śaṅkā) of the lord of yogins / great yogins

Speaker

Suta Goswami