Shloka 105

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

महानन्दं परानन्दं योगानन्दमनामयम् हेयोपादेयरहितं सूक्ष्मात्सूक्ष्मतरं शिवम्

Transliteration

mahānandaṃ parānandaṃ yogānandamanāmayam heyopādeyarahitaṃ sūkṣmātsūkṣmataraṃ śivam

Translation

彼こそシヴァ—大いなる歓喜、至上の歓喜、ヨーガにより成就される歓喜。あらゆる患いなく、捨取を超え、最微よりもなお微細である。

Word by Word

• महानन्दम्: great bliss

• परानन्दम्: supreme/transcendent bliss

• योगानन्दम्: bliss attained/known through yoga (yoga-samādhi)

• अनामयम्: free from disease, sorrow, or impurity

• हेय-उपादेय-रहितम्: devoid of what is to be rejected or accepted (beyond dualistic valuation)

• सूक्ष्मात्: than the subtle

• सूक्ष्मतरम्: even subtler (most subtle)

• शिवम्: Shiva, the auspicious Supreme (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s supreme nature to the sages of Naimisharanya)