Shloka 10
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
वीरासनरतैर्नित्यं स्थण्डिले शयनं तथा । शीततोयाग्नियोगश्न चर्तव्यो धर्मबुद्धिभि:
vīrāsanaratair nityaṃ sthaṇḍile śayanaṃ tathā | śītato-yāgni-yogaś ca kartavyo dharmabuddhibhiḥ ||
Mahādeva bersabda: “Hendaknya ia senantiasa tekun dalam vīrāsana dan tidur di tanah yang telanjang. Mereka yang berakal budi berlandaskan dharma juga patut menjalankan disiplin ‘air dingin dan api’: pada malam musim dingin berdiri atau duduk di air yang dingin, pada musim hujan berbaring di tempat terbuka, dan pada musim panas menanggung tapa ‘lima api’.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined simplicity and seasonal austerity as a dharmic regimen: steady posture (vīrāsana), sleeping on bare ground, and practicing heat-and-cold endurance according to the seasons, cultivating self-mastery and detachment.
Śrī Mahēśvara is instructing about ascetic/forest-dweller conduct, prescribing concrete bodily disciplines and seasonal observances as part of righteous living and spiritual training.