Shloka 9

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

युक्तैयोंगवहै: सद्धिग्रीष्मे पजचतपैस्तथा । मण्डूकयोगनियतैर्यथान्यायं निषेविभि:,मनको एकाग्र रखकर योगसाधनमें तत्पर रहना चाहिये। श्रेष्ठ वानप्रस्थको गर्मीमें पंचाग्नि सेवन करना चाहिये। हठयोगशास्त्रमें प्रसिद्ध मण्डूकयोगके अभ्यासमें नियमपूर्वक लगे रहना चाहिये। किसी भी वस्तुका न्यायानुकूल सेवन करना चाहिये

Transliteration

yuktair yogavahaiḥ saddhi grīṣme pañcatapais tathā | maṇḍūka-yoga-niyatair yathā-nyāyaṁ niṣevibhiḥ ||

Translation

マハーデーヴァは言った。「ヨーガへと運ぶ正しい規律をもって、心を一点に集め、修習に励め。夏の熱気の中では、模範たるヴァーナプラスタは『五火』の苦行を行うべきである。また、ハタ・ヨーガの伝統に説かれる『蛙のヨーガ』（マンドゥーカ・ヨーガ）を規則に従って怠らず、受用するものは何であれ、正義と相応しさにかなう仕方でのみ用いよ。」

Word by Word

युक्तैःby the disciplined/connected (ones)

योगविधैःby the methods of yoga

सद्भिःby the good/virtuous (persons)

ग्रीष्मेin summer

पञ्चतपैःby the five austerities (pañcatapas)

तथाand likewise

मण्डूकयोगनियतैःby those regulated in the ‘maṇḍūka-yoga’

यथान्यायम्according to rule/propriety

निषेविभिःby those who practice/observe

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahādeva (Mahāśvara/Śiva)

pañcatapas (five-fire austerity)

maṇḍūka-yoga (frog-posture practice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain one-pointedness and pursue yoga through regulated disciplines; undertake appropriate austerities (like pañcatapas for a forest-dweller) and consume or use things only in a manner consistent with nyāya—propriety, justice, and right measure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śiva (Mahādeva) is instructing on ascetic-yogic conduct: he outlines concrete practices—summer pañcatapas, regulated maṇḍūka-yoga—and frames them within an ethical rule of right and measured enjoyment (yathā-nyāyam).