Shloka 23

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

सद्भिः सह विनिश्चित्य यद्ब्रूयुस्तत्समाचरेत्

Transliteration

sadbhiḥ saha viniścitya yadbrūyustatsamācaret

Translation

Après avoir soigneusement établi la chose en compagnie des vertueux, qu’on accomplisse exactement ce qu’ils prescrivent. Tel est le chemin qui, par le discernement du dharma, desserre le pasha (lien) du pashu (l’âme individuelle) et réjouit Pati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• सद्भिः: with the good/virtuous

• सह: together/with

• विनिश्चित्य: having ascertained/decided with certainty

• यत्: what/that which

• ब्रूयुः: they may say/declare (the wise)

• तत्: that

• समाचरेत्: one should practice/undertake properly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)