Shloka 8
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
योगचर्याकृतैः: सिद्धै: कामक्रोधविवर्जिति: । वीरशय्यामुपासद्धिर्वीरस्थानोपसेविभि:
śrīmaheśvara uvāca | yogacaryākṛtaiḥ siddhaiḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaiḥ | vīraśayyām upāsadbhiḥ vīrasthānopasevibhiḥ ||
Śrī Maheśvara dit : «Qu’on entreprenne la discipline du yoga et que, par une pratique soutenue, on y obtienne l’accomplissement. Qu’on abandonne désir et colère. Établi dans la posture vīrāsana et acceptant l’austère “couche du héros”, qu’on demeure en des lieux héroïques—forêts vastes et denses—en cultivant constance, retenue et maîtrise intérieure.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches yogic discipline grounded in ethical purification: practice yoga to attain steadiness and accomplishment, and specifically abandon desire (kāma) and anger (krodha). It further recommends an austere lifestyle—posture, restraint, and dwelling in remote wilderness—to strengthen self-mastery.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing a listener on the practical regimen of a yogin/ascetic: how to live, what inner faults to renounce, and what kind of environment and bodily discipline support spiritual attainment.