Shloka 39

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

समकायशिरोग्रीवो धारयन् नावलोकयेत् यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता

Transliteration

samakāyaśirogrīvo dhārayan nāvalokayet yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā

Translation

Le corps, la tête et la nuque alignés et immobiles, le pratiquant doit fixer la conscience sans la laisser s’échapper au-dehors. Comme une lampe placée à l’abri du vent ne vacille pas, ainsi cette stabilité est-elle tenue pour l’image juste du samādhi tourné vers Pati, Śiva.

Word by Word

• समकायशिरोग्रीवः: with body, head, and neck held in one straight alignment

• धारयन्: holding steady, sustaining (attention/posture)

• न अवलोकयेत्: should not look around, should not cast the gaze outward

• यथा: just as

• दीपः: a lamp

• निवातस्थः: situated where there is no wind

• न इङ्गते (नेङ्गते): does not tremble, does not flicker

• सा उपमा: that simile/analogy

• स्मृता: is taught/remembered (in the tradition).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating established yogic instruction within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva teaching stream)