Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

अवगाह्यापि मलिनो ह्य् अन्तः शौचविवर्जितः शैवला झषका मत्स्याः सत्त्वा मत्स्योपजीविनः

Transliteration

avagāhyāpi malino hy antaḥ śaucavivarjitaḥ śaivalā jhaṣakā matsyāḥ sattvā matsyopajīvinaḥ

Translation

たとえ水に身を沈めても、真の清浄（śauca）を欠けば内はなお不浄である。藻や魚や水の生きものは水に住むが、ただ水中にいるだけで清らかになるのではない。同様に、内なる浄めなき外の沐浴は、パシュ（束縛された魂）をパーシャ（束縛）から解かない。パティたるシヴァへの信愛にかなう内なるśaucaのみが浄める。

Word by Word

• अवगाह्यापि: even after bathing/immersing

• मलिनः: impure, stained

• हि: indeed

• अन्तः: inwardly, within

• शौच-विवर्जितः: devoid of purity/cleanliness (inner discipline)

• शैवालाः: algae/water-plants

• झषकाः: fish (aquatic creatures)

• मत्स्याः: fishes

• सत्त्वाः: beings/creatures

• मत्स्य-उपजीविनः: those who live by/depending on fish (fish-eaters or fish-subsisting beings)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; a didactic passage on śauca)