Shloka 41

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

शुश्रूषां कारयेद्यस्तु स पशुत्वाद्विमुच्यते तस्मात्परमिदं दिव्यं चरिष्यथ सुरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

śuśrūṣāṃ kārayedyastu sa paśutvādvimucyate tasmātparamidaṃ divyaṃ cariṣyatha surottamāḥ

Translation

Sesiapa yang mendorong orang lain melakukan khidmat bakti (śuśrūṣā) dan disiplin yang penuh perhatian, dia dibebaskan daripada paśutva—keadaan jiwa yang terikat. Maka, wahai para dewa yang paling utama, amalkanlah jalan yang tertinggi dan bersifat ilahi ini.

Word by Word

• śuśrūṣām: devoted service/obedient attendance

• kārayet: should cause to be done/should enjoin

• yaḥ tu: whoever indeed

• saḥ: he

• paśutvāt: from paśutva (the condition of the bound pashu)

• vimucyate: is liberated/released

• tasmāt: therefore

• param: supreme

• idam: this

• divyam: divine

• cariṣyatha: you should practice/undertake

• sura-uttamāḥ: O best among the devas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching addressed to the Devas)