Shloka 1

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच संक्षेपतः प्रवक्ष्यामि योगस्थानानि साम्प्रतम् कल्पितानि शिवेनैव हिताय जगतां द्विजाः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca saṃkṣepataḥ pravakṣyāmi yogasthānāni sāmpratam kalpitāni śivenaiva hitāya jagatāṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

Sūta berkata: “Kini aku akan menghuraikan secara ringkas tempat-tempat suci Yoga—iaitu singgasana yang didirikan oleh Śiva sendiri demi kesejahteraan segala dunia, wahai para resi yang dua kali lahir.”

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• संक्षेपतः: briefly, in summary

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain, I shall proclaim

• योगस्थानानि: places/seats conducive to Yoga (yoga-abodes)

• साम्प्रतम्: now, at present

• कल्पितानि: arranged, ordained, established

• शिवेन एव: by Śiva alone/indeed by Śiva

• हिताय: for the benefit, for the good

• जगताम्: of the worlds, of all beings

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇa) sages

Speaker

Suta Goswami