Shloka 12

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

नृणां हि चित्तकमलं प्रबुद्धमभवद्यदा प्रसुप्तं तमसा ज्ञानभानोर्भासा तदा शुचिः

Transliteration

nṛṇāṃ hi cittakamalaṃ prabuddhamabhavadyadā prasuptaṃ tamasā jñānabhānorbhāsā tadā śuciḥ

Translation

मनुष्यांचे चित्तकमळ तमसाच्या अंधारात झोपलेले असताना, ज्ञान-सूर्याच्या तेजाने जेव्हा जागृत होते, तेव्हा अंतःकरण शुद्ध होते।

Word by Word

• नृणाम्: of human beings

• हि: indeed

• चित्तकमलम्: the mind-lotus (lotus of consciousness)

• प्रबुद्धम्: awakened, fully roused

• अभवत्: became

• यदा: when

• प्रसुप्तम्: asleep, dormant

• तमसा: by darkness, by tamas (inertia/ignorance)

• ज्ञानभानोः: of the Sun of Knowledge

• भासा: by the radiance, by the light

• तदा: then

• शुचिः: pure, cleansed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)