Shloka 107

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

सर्वोपाधिविनिर्मुक्तं ध्यानगम्यं विचारतः अद्वयं तमसश्चैव परस्तात्संस्थितं परम्

Transliteration

sarvopādhivinirmuktaṃ dhyānagamyaṃ vicārataḥ advayaṃ tamasaścaiva parastātsaṃsthitaṃ param

Translation

Cette Réalité suprême est affranchie de tout upādhi (condition limitante) ; on l’atteint par la méditation et le discernement. Non-duelle, elle demeure au-delà des ténèbres (tamas) et s’établit comme le Suprême Transcendant : Śiva, le Pati qui délivre le pashu lié du pāśa.

Word by Word

• सर्व (sarva): all

• उपाधि (upādhi): limiting adjunct, conditioning attribute

• विनिर्मुक्तम् (vinirmuktam): completely freed from

• ध्यान-गम्यम् (dhyāna-gamyam): reachable/realizable by meditation

• विचारतः (vicārataḥ): through inquiry, discernment

• अद्वयम् (advayam): non-dual

• तमसः (tamasaḥ): of darkness/ignorance

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• परस्तात् (parastāt): beyond, on the farther side

• संस्थितम् (saṃsthitam): established, abiding

• परम् (param): supreme.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-tattva to the sages of Naimisharanya)