Shloka 96

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

Devanagari script

नाभौ वाथ गले वापि भ्रूमध्ये वा यथाविधि ललाटफलिकायां वा मूर्ध्नि ध्यानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

nābhau vātha gale vāpi bhrūmadhye vā yathāvidhi lalāṭaphalikāyāṃ vā mūrdhni dhyānaṃ samācaret

Translation

គួរធ្វើសមាធិ (ធ្យាន) លើព្រះសិវៈតាមវិធីត្រឹមត្រូវ ដោយដាក់ការពិចារណានៅផ្ចិត ឬនៅក ឬនៅចន្លោះចិញ្ចើម តាមបែបបទដែលបានកំណត់; ឬក៏នៅតំបន់ក្បាលខាងមុខ ឬនៅកំពូលក្បាល។

Word by Word

• नाभौ: at the navel

• वा: or

• अथ: then/also

• गले: at the throat

• वापि: even/or else

• भ्रूमध्ये: in the middle of the eyebrows

• वा: or

• यथाविधि: according to the rule/proper method

• ललाटफलिकायाम्: at the frontal cranial region (forehead/upper forehead area)

• वा: or

• मूर्ध्नि: at the crown/top of the head

• ध्यानम्: meditation, contemplative fixation

• समाचरेत्: should practice/should undertake properly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-oriented yogic discipline to the sages of Naimisharanya)