Shloka 22

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

ते प्रणम्य महादेवम् इदं वचनमब्रुवन् भस्मस्नानं च नग्नत्वं वामत्वं प्रतिलोमता

Transliteration

te praṇamya mahādevam idaṃ vacanamabruvan bhasmasnānaṃ ca nagnatvaṃ vāmatvaṃ pratilomatā

Translation

Setelah bersujud kepada Mahādeva, mereka berkata demikian: “Mandi dengan bhasma suci, bertelanjang, laku ‘kiri’ yang menyimpang, serta pembalikan tertib kebiasaan—adakah ini disiplin yang harus diamalkan?”

Word by Word

• ते: they

• प्रणम्य: having bowed/prostrated

• महादेवम्: to Mahādeva (Śiva)

• इदं: this

• वचनम्: speech/statement

• अब्रुवन्: they said

• भस्मस्नानम्: bathing/smearing with sacred ash

• च: and

• नग्नत्वम्: nakedness

• वामत्वम्: leftward/contrary conduct (vāma)

• प्रतिलोमता: reversal/going against the normal direction or convention

Speaker

Inquirers (devotees/disciples) addressing Shiva within Suta’s narration