Shloka 88

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

Devanagari script

संवृतास्योपबद्धाक्ष उरो विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः पार्ष्णिभ्यां वृषणौ रक्षंस् तथा प्रजननं पुनः

Transliteration

saṃvṛtāsyopabaddhākṣa uro viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ pārṣṇibhyāṃ vṛṣaṇau rakṣaṃs tathā prajananaṃ punaḥ

Translation

口を閉じ、眼を摂して、胸を前に支えよ。両踵をもって睾丸を護り、また生殖の器をも守るべし—かくして規律を保ち、生命の気を制御する。

Word by Word

• saṃvṛta-āsya: with mouth closed

• upabaddha-akṣa: with eyes restrained/controlled

• uraḥ: the chest

• viṣṭabhya: bracing/pressing/steadying

• ca: and

• agrataḥ: in front/forward

• pārṣṇibhyām: with the two heels

• vṛṣaṇau: the two testes

• rakṣan: guarding/protecting

• tathā: likewise

• prajananaṃ: the generative organ/procreative faculty

• punaḥ: again/further

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva yogic/disciplinary instruction within the Linga Purana discourse)