Shloka 4

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

तस्माद्ध्येयं तथा ध्यानं यजमानः प्रयोजनम् स्मरेत्तन्नान्यथा जातु बुध्यते पुरुषस्य ह

Transliteration

tasmāddhyeyaṃ tathā dhyānaṃ yajamānaḥ prayojanam smarettannānyathā jātu budhyate puruṣasya ha

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് യജമാനൻ ധ്യേയവും ധ്യാനവും—ഇരണ്ടും—അവയുടെ ലക്ഷ്യത്തോടുകൂടി സ്മരിക്കണം; പുരുഷൻ ഇതിനെ മറ്റെങ്ങനെയും യഥാർത്ഥമായി ബോധിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• ध्येयम्: the object to be meditated upon (the Lord as Pati, Shiva)

• तथा: likewise

• ध्यानम्: meditation, sustained inner contemplation

• यजमानः: the sacrificer/worshipper (the practitioner)

• प्रयोजनम्: the purpose, intended fruit (mokṣa through Shiva’s grace)

• स्मरेत्: should remember, keep in mind

• तत्: that (true aim/meaning)

• न: not

• अन्यथा: otherwise, in another manner

• जातु: ever, at any time

• बुध्यते: is understood, is realized

• पुरुषस्य: of the person/soul (pashu as puruṣa)

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching context to the sages of Naimisharanya)