Shloka 16
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
मैथुनस्याप्रवृत्तिर्हि मनोवाक्कायकर्मणा ब्रह्मचर्यमिति प्रोक्तं यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्
Transliteration
maithunasyāpravṛttirhi manovākkāyakarmaṇā brahmacaryamiti proktaṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām
Translation
出家の行者（yati）と梵行を誓う者にとって、ブラフマチャリヤ（梵行）とは、心・言葉・身体の行為において制御され、性の交わりに一切関わらぬことであると説かれる。かくしてパシュ（paśu）はパーシャ（pāśa）の束縛を緩め、主宰パティ（Pati）たるシヴァの恩寵を受けるにふさわしくなる。
Word by Word
मैथुनस्य (maithunasya)of sexual union
मैथुनस्य (maithunasya):
अप्रवृत्तिः (apravṛttiḥ)non-engagement, abstention
अप्रवृत्तिः (apravṛttiḥ):
हि (hi)indeed
हि (hi):
मनोवाक्कायकर्मणा (manovāk-kāya-karmaṇā)by mind, speech, and bodily action
मनोवाक्कायकर्मणा (manovāk-kāya-karmaṇā):
ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam)brahmacarya, celibate discipline
ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam):
इति (iti)thus
इति (iti):
प्रोक्तम् (proktam)declared, taught
प्रोक्तम् (proktam):
यतीनाम् (yatīnām)of renunciates/ascetics
यतीनाम् (yatīnām):
ब्रह्मचारिणाम् (brahmacāriṇām)of brahmacārins, vowed celibates.
ब्रह्मचारिणाम् (brahmacāriṇām):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the dharma teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)