Shloka 83
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
अध्यात्मगतिचित्तो यस्तन्मनास्तत्परायण: । युक्तो योगं प्रति सदा प्रतिसंख्यानमेव च
adhyātma-gati-citto yas tan-manās tat-parāyaṇaḥ | yukto yogaṃ prati sadā prati-saṅkhyānam eva ca ||
Maheshvara dit : «Celui dont l’esprit est tourné vers la voie intérieure (adhyātma), dont la pensée demeure fixée sur Cela, et qui n’a pris que Cela pour refuge, doit rester à jamais dans la discipline—sans cesse voué à la pratique du yoga et à l’examen discriminant. Le chercheur de délivrance doit, maintes fois, contempler, réfléchir et méditer en profondeur sur la connaissance spirituelle, s’y tenant fermement tout en scrutant continuellement la vérité.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A liberation-seeker should keep the mind oriented to the inner Self, take the Supreme/Self as the sole goal, and maintain steady discipline through continuous yoga-practice together with discriminative inquiry—supported by contemplation (cintana), reflection (manana), and deep meditation (nididhyāsana).
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Śrī Maheśvara is delivering a didactic teaching: he prescribes the inner regimen for a mumukṣu—how to stabilize the mind in adhyātma and pursue realization through sustained practice and analysis of truth.