Shloka 34
उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः
Devanagari script
वाच्यवाचकभावेन स्थितः साक्षात्स्वभावतः वाच्यः शिवः प्रमेयत्वान् मन्त्रस्तद्वाचकः स्मृतः
Transliteration
vācyavācakabhāvena sthitaḥ sākṣātsvabhāvataḥ vācyaḥ śivaḥ prameyatvān mantrastadvācakaḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
वाच्य-वाचक भावाने, स्वभावतः साक्षात् स्थित—प्रमेय असल्यामुळे शिव वाच्य आहेत; आणि मंत्र हा त्यांचा वाचक मानला जातो.
Word by Word
vācya-vācaka-bhāvenain the mode of the denoted–denoter relation
vācya-vācaka-bhāvena:
sthitaḥabides/stands
sthitaḥ:
sākṣātdirectly, manifestly
sākṣāt:
svabhāvataḥby His own nature
svabhāvataḥ:
vācyaḥthe denoted meaning
vācyaḥ:
śivaḥLord Shiva (Pati)
śivaḥ:
prameyatvātbecause of being prameya, an object of valid knowledge/realization
prameyatvāt:
mantraḥthe mantra
mantraḥ:
tad-vācakaḥthe one that denotes Him/expresses Him
tad-vācakaḥ:
smṛtaḥis taught/remembered (in tradition).
smṛtaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva doctrine to the sages at Naimisharanya)