Shloka 28

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

दमः शमः सत्यमकल्मषत्वं मौनं च भूतेष्वखिलेषु चार्जवम् अतीन्द्रियं ज्ञानमिदं तथा शिवं प्राहुस् तथा ज्ञानविशुद्धबुद्धयः

Transliteration

damaḥ śamaḥ satyamakalmaṣatvaṃ maunaṃ ca bhūteṣvakhileṣu cārjavam atīndriyaṃ jñānamidaṃ tathā śivaṃ prāhus tathā jñānaviśuddhabuddhayaḥ

Translation

ദമം, ശമം, സത്യം, അകല്മഷത്വം, മൗനം, എല്ലാ ഭൂതങ്ങളോടും ആർജവം—ഇതുതന്നെ അതീന്ദ്രിയ ജ്ഞാനം; ഇതുതന്നെ ശിവം എന്നും, ജ്ഞാനത്താൽ ശുദ്ധമായ ബുദ്ധിയുള്ളവർ പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• दमः (damaḥ): restraint of the senses

• शमः (śamaḥ): inner calm/quietude of mind

• सत्यम् (satyam): truthfulness

• अकल्मषत्वम् (akalmaṣatvam): freedom from impurity/sinlessness

• मौनम् (maunam): silence/observant restraint in speech

• भूतेषु अखिलेषु (bhūteṣu akhileṣu): toward all beings without exception

• च (ca): and

• आर्जवम् (ārjavam): straightness/sincerity/non-crookedness

• अतीन्द्रियम् (atīndriyam): beyond the senses, transcendent

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam): knowledge (liberating insight)

• इदम् (idam): this

• तथा (tathā): thus/also

• शिवम् (śivam): Śiva/auspicious reality

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ): they declare

• तथा (tathā): indeed

• ज्ञान-विशुद्ध-बुद्धयः (jñāna-viśuddha-buddhayaḥ): those whose understanding is purified by knowledge

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching as received within the Linga Purana’s discourse)