Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

नाश्लीलं कीर्तयेदेवं ब्राह्मणानामिति श्रुतिः परदोषान् परिज्ञाय न वदेदिति चापरम्

Transliteration

nāślīlaṃ kīrtayedevaṃ brāhmaṇānāmiti śrutiḥ paradoṣān parijñāya na vadediti cāparam

Translation

このようにシュルティはバラモンたちに告げる—卑猥で不品行なことを語ってはならない。さらに別の教えは言う—他者の過失を見抜いたとしても、それを口にしてはならない。

Word by Word

• na: not

• aślīlam: obscene/indecent (speech)

• kīrtayet: should recount/utter

• evam: thus

• brāhmaṇānām: of brāhmaṇas

• iti: thus

• śrutiḥ: Vedic revelation/Śruti

• paradoṣān: others’ faults

• parijñāya: having known/recognized

• na: not

• vadet: should speak

• iti: thus

• ca: and

• aparam: another (teaching).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating dharma teachings within the Linga Purana discourse)