Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

क्वचिन्नृत्यति शृङ्गारं क्वचिद्रौति मुहुर्मुहुः आश्रमे ह्यटते भैक्ष्यं याचते च पुनः पुनः

Transliteration

kvacinnṛtyati śṛṅgāraṃ kvacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ āśrame hyaṭate bhaikṣyaṃ yācate ca punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

ある時は恋に酔うかのように艶やかに舞い、ある時は幾度も幾度も泣き伏す。庵にあっては歩き回り、托鉢して繰り返し乞う——外には常ならぬ振る舞いを示しつつ、内にはパーシュ（魂）を縛るパーシャを超えた主、パティたるシヴァに堅く安住している。

Word by Word

• kvacit: at times/nowhere in particular

• nṛtyati: he dances

• śṛṅgāram: amorous mood/erotic sentiment/as if adorned with passion

• kvacid: at times

• rauti: he cries/weeps

• muhur muhuḥ: again and again/repeatedly

• āśrame: in the hermitage/monastic dwelling

• hi: indeed

• aṭate: he roams/wanders

• bhaikṣyam: alms/begging-food

• yācate: he begs/requests

• ca: and

• punaḥ punaḥ: repeatedly/again and again

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing the observances of a Shaiva ascetic/Pashupata practitioner)