Shloka 97

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

चान्द्रायणादिकाः सर्वाः कृत्वा न्यस्य क्रिया द्विजाः ब्रह्मविद्यामधीत्यैव ज्ञानमासाद्य यत्नतः

Transliteration

cāndrāyaṇādikāḥ sarvāḥ kṛtvā nyasya kriyā dvijāḥ brahmavidyāmadhītyaiva jñānamāsādya yatnataḥ

Translation

Après avoir accompli selon la règle toutes les observances expiatoires, à commencer par la Cāndrāyaṇa, le « deux-fois-né » dépose l’action rituelle et, n’étudiant que la Brahmavidyā, s’efforce d’atteindre la connaissance libératrice ; par cette connaissance, le paśu est mené vers la liberté sous Pati.

Word by Word

• चान्द्रायण-आदिकाः: Cāndrāyaṇa and related vows/penances

• सर्वाः: all

• कृत्वा: having done/performed

• न्यस्य: laying aside/renouncing

• क्रियाः: ritual acts/ceremonial duties

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (initiated persons)

• ब्रह्मविद्याम्: Brahmavidyā (knowledge of the Absolute)

• अधीत्य-एव: having studied indeed/only by studying

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge (liberating insight)

• आसाद्य: attaining

• यत्नतः: with effort/earnestly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching tradition to the sages of Naimisharanya)