Shloka 8
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
योगचर्याकृतैः: सिद्धै: कामक्रोधविवर्जिति: । वीरशय्यामुपासद्धिर्वीरस्थानोपसेविभि:
śrīmaheśvara uvāca | yogacaryākṛtaiḥ siddhaiḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaiḥ | vīraśayyām upāsadbhiḥ vīrasthānopasevibhiḥ ||
श्री महेश्वर म्हणाले—योगचर्येचा आश्रय घेऊन त्यात सिद्धी प्राप्त करावी. काम व क्रोधाचा त्याग करावा. वीरासनात स्थित राहून, वीरशय्येचे आचरण करीत, वीरस्थानी—विस्तीर्ण व दाट अरण्यात—निवास करावा आणि स्थैर्य, संयम व आत्मविजय वाढवावा.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches yogic discipline grounded in ethical purification: practice yoga to attain steadiness and accomplishment, and specifically abandon desire (kāma) and anger (krodha). It further recommends an austere lifestyle—posture, restraint, and dwelling in remote wilderness—to strengthen self-mastery.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing a listener on the practical regimen of a yogin/ascetic: how to live, what inner faults to renounce, and what kind of environment and bodily discipline support spiritual attainment.