Shloka 25

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

दन्तोलूखलिनस्त्वन्ये अश्मकुट्टास् तथा परे स्थानवीरासनास्त्वन्ये मृगचर्यारताः परे

Transliteration

dantolūkhalinastvanye aśmakuṭṭās tathā pare sthānavīrāsanāstvanye mṛgacaryāratāḥ pare

Translation

あるシャイヴァの苦行者は自らの歯で挽いたものを糧とし、ある者は石で砕いて食とする。ある者は立位に固住し、また勇士坐（vīrāsana）に安住する。ある者は鹿のごとく歩み巡る行を喜ぶ——皆、縛（pāśa）よりパシュ（paśu）を解き放つ主宰パティ、シヴァのために苦行を修する。

Word by Word

• दन्त-उलूखलिनः: those who use the teeth as a mortar (grinding with the teeth)

• तु: and/indeed

• अन्ये: others

• अश्म-कुट्टाः: those who pound/crush with stones

• तथा: likewise

• परे: others

• स्थान: standing posture/remaining standing

• वीरासनाः: those seated in vīrāsana (heroic posture)

• तु: and/indeed

• अन्ये: others

• मृग-चर्या: the ‘deer-like’ mode of conduct (moving/roaming like a deer)

• रताः: devoted/delighting

• परे: others

Speaker

Suta Goswami