Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

सदावगाह्य सलिले विशुद्धाः किं द्विजोत्तमाः तस्मादाभ्यन्तरं शौचं सदा कार्यं विधानतः

Transliteration

sadāvagāhya salile viśuddhāḥ kiṃ dvijottamāḥ tasmādābhyantaraṃ śaucaṃ sadā kāryaṃ vidhānataḥ

Translation

Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, même si tu te baignes sans cesse dans l’eau, comment serais-tu vraiment purifié ? C’est pourquoi la pureté intérieure doit toujours être pratiquée selon la règle prescrite, afin que le paśu desserre le pāśa et se tourne vers Pati, Śiva.

Word by Word

• सदा: always

• अवगाह्य: having immersed/bathed

• सलिले: in water

• विशुद्धाः: purified/clean

• किम्: how?/what use?

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

• तस्मात्: therefore

• आभ्यन्तरम्: inner/internal

• शौचम्: purity/cleanliness

• सदा: always

• कार्यम्: to be done/practised

• विधानतः: according to injunction/rite

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, conveying dharmic teaching aligned with Shaiva discipline)