Shloka 36
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
आत्मज्ञानाम्भसि स्नात्वा सकृदालिप्य भावतः सुवैराग्यमृदा शुद्धः शौचमेवं प्रकीर्तितम्
Transliteration
ātmajñānāmbhasi snātvā sakṛdālipya bhāvataḥ suvairāgyamṛdā śuddhaḥ śaucamevaṃ prakīrtitam
Translation
आत्म-ज्ञानरूपी जल में स्नान करके और भावपूर्वक एक बार अंतःकरण में लेप करके, उत्तम वैराग्यरूपी मृदा से शुद्ध होता है—इसी को शौच कहा गया है।
Word by Word
आत्मज्ञान (ātma-jñāna)knowledge of the Self
आत्मज्ञान (ātma-jñāna):
अम्भसि (ambhasi)in water, in the waters
अम्भसि (ambhasi):
स्नात्वा (snātvā)having bathed
स्नात्वा (snātvā):
सकृत् (sakṛt)once, a single time
सकृत् (sakṛt):
आलिप्य (ālipya)having anointed/smeared
आलिप्य (ālipya):
भावतः (bhāvataḥ)from inner feeling, with sincere intention
भावतः (bhāvataḥ):
सु-वैराग्य (su-vairāgya)excellent dispassion
सु-वैराग्य (su-vairāgya):
मृदा (mṛdā)with clay/earth (symbolic cleansing agent)
मृदा (mṛdā):
शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ)purified
शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ):
शौचम् (śaucam)purity, cleansing
शौचम् (śaucam):
एवम् (evaṃ)thus
एवम् (evaṃ):
प्रकीर्तितम् (prakīrtitam)proclaimed, taught.
प्रकीर्तितम् (prakīrtitam):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching on Shaiva discipline to the sages of Naimisharanya)