Shloka 15

ध्यानयोगेन रुद्रदर्शनम् — रुद्रावतार-परिवर्तक्रमः, लकुली (कायावतार), पाशुपतयोगः, लिङ्गार्चन-निष्ठा

Devanagari script

चत्वारस्तु महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ततस्ते ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मगतिं पराम्

Transliteration

catvārastu mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ tataste brahmabhūyiṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā brahmagatiṃ parām

Translation

Kemudian ada empat brāhmaṇa yang agung jiwanya, mahir dalam Veda. Setelah menyaksikan jalan tertinggi Brahman—hakikat yang melampaui—mereka pun teguh bersemayam dalam Brahman, mendekati keadaan yang paling luhur.

Word by Word

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ): four

• तु (tu): indeed/then

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ): great-souled ones

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ): Brahmanas/priestly sages

• वेदपारगाः (vedapāragāḥ): those who have crossed to the far shore of the Vedas, Veda-masters

• ततः (tataḥ): thereafter

• ते (te): they

• ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठाः (brahmabhūyiṣṭhāḥ): most established in Brahman, absorbed in Brahman

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen/realized

• ब्रह्मगतिम् (brahmagatim): the path/state/course of Brahman

• पराम् (parām): supreme, highest

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)