Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

स्वदारे विधिवत्कृत्वा निवृत्तिश्चान्यतः सदा मनसा कर्मणा वाचा ब्रह्मचर्यमिति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

svadāre vidhivatkṛtvā nivṛttiścānyataḥ sadā manasā karmaṇā vācā brahmacaryamiti smṛtam

Translation

ブラフマチャリヤ（Brahmacarya）とは次のように説かれる。すなわち、自らの妻と法に則って交わり、他のすべての者に対しては、心と言葉と行いにおいて常に自制を保つことである。

Word by Word

• svadāre: with one’s own lawful spouse

• vidhivat: according to rule/with due rite

• kṛtvā: having done/engaging

• nivṛttiḥ: withdrawal, restraint

• ca: and

• anyataḥ: from others/elsewhere

• sadā: always

• manasā: by the mind

• karmaṇā: by action/deed

• vācā: by speech

• brahmacaryam: brahmacarya (continence, disciplined conduct)

• iti: thus

• smṛtam: is remembered/declared in tradition

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating traditional dharma definitions within the Linga Purana discourse)