Shloka 75

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

द्रष्टव्यं चैव श्रोतव्यं घ्रातव्यं च यथाक्रमम् रसितव्यं मुनिश्रेष्ठाः स्पर्शितव्यं तथैव च

Transliteration

draṣṭavyaṃ caiva śrotavyaṃ ghrātavyaṃ ca yathākramam rasitavyaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ sparśitavyaṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

最勝の牟尼たちよ、知覚のはたらきを正しい順序で用いよ—見ること、聞くこと、嗅ぐこと。さらに味わうこと、触れることも同様である。かくして諸根は、縛（パーシャ）の鎖ではなく、シャイヴァの道における鍛えられた器となる。

Word by Word

• द्रष्टव्यम्: to be seen/one should see

• च एव: and indeed

• श्रोतव्यम्: to be heard/one should hear

• घ्रातव्यम्: to be smelled/one should smell

• च: and

• यथा-क्रमम्: in proper sequence/according to order

• रसितव्यम्: to be tasted/one should taste

• मुनि-श्रेष्ठाः: O best of sages

• स्पर्शितव्यम्: to be touched/one should touch

• तथा एव: likewise/just so

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)