Shloka 59

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

क्वचिद्दण्डकबन्धं तु कुर्याद्बन्धं सहस्रशः मृगपक्षिसमूहस्य रुतज्ञानं च विन्दति

Transliteration

kvaciddaṇḍakabandhaṃ tu kuryādbandhaṃ sahasraśaḥ mṛgapakṣisamūhasya rutajñānaṃ ca vindati

Translation

ある時、ダンダカ・バンダ（daṇḍaka‑bandha）と呼ばれる結縛の法を繰り返し――幾度も、たとえ千度に及んで――行うなら、獣や鳥の群れの鳴き声・呼び声を知る智を得る。

Word by Word

• kvacit: at times/occasionally

• daṇḍaka-bandham: the ‘daṇḍaka’ binding rite/formation

• tu: indeed

• kuryāt: one should do/perform

• bandham: a binding/tying (rite)

• sahasraśaḥ: a thousand times, repeatedly

• mṛga: beasts/wild animals

• pakṣi: birds

• samūhasya: of a group/assembly

• ruta: cry/call/sound

• jñānam: knowledge/understanding

• ca: and

• vindati: obtains/attains

Speaker

Suta Goswami