Shloka 90
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
तमः प्रच्छाद्य रजसा रजः सत्त्वेन छादयेत् ततः सत्त्वस्थितो भूत्वा शिवध्यानं समभ्यसेत्
Transliteration
tamaḥ pracchādya rajasā rajaḥ sattvena chādayet tataḥ sattvasthito bhūtvā śivadhyānaṃ samabhyaset
Translation
തമസ്സിനെ രജസ്സാൽ മറച്ച്, രജസ്സിനെ സത്ത്വംകൊണ്ട് ആവരിക്കട്ടെ. തുടർന്ന് സത്ത്വത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനായി, ശിവധ്യാനം നിരന്തരം അഭ്യസിക്കട്ടെ.
Word by Word
तमः (tamaḥ)tamas, inertia/dullness
तमः (tamaḥ):
प्रच्छाद्य (pracchādya)having covered/veiled
प्रच्छाद्य (pracchādya):
रजसा (rajasā)by rajas, by the force of activity
रजसा (rajasā):
रजः (rajaḥ)rajas, restlessness/passion
रजः (rajaḥ):
सत्त्वेन (sattvena)by sattva, by clarity/purity
सत्त्वेन (sattvena):
छादयेत् (chādayet)one should cover/overcome
छादयेत् (chādayet):
ततः (tataḥ)then/thereafter
ततः (tataḥ):
सत्त्वस्थितो (sattvasthitaḥ)established in sattva
सत्त्वस्थितो (sattvasthitaḥ):
भूत्वा (bhūtvā)having become
भूत्वा (bhūtvā):
शिवध्यानम् (śivadhyānam)meditation on Śiva
शिवध्यानम् (śivadhyānam):
समभ्यसेत् (samabhyaset)one should practice earnestly/assiduously.
समभ्यसेत् (samabhyaset):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching on Śiva-dhyāna to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)