Shloka 88

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

Devanagari script

संवृतास्योपबद्धाक्ष उरो विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः पार्ष्णिभ्यां वृषणौ रक्षंस् तथा प्रजननं पुनः

Transliteration

saṃvṛtāsyopabaddhākṣa uro viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ pārṣṇibhyāṃ vṛṣaṇau rakṣaṃs tathā prajananaṃ punaḥ

Translation

Dengan mulut tertutup dan pandangan ditahan, sambil menegakkan dada ke hadapan, hendaklah dia melindungi buah zakar dengan kedua-dua tumit, dan demikian juga menjaga alat kelamin—agar disiplin dan kawalan tenaga hayat (prāṇa) terpelihara.

Word by Word

• saṃvṛta-āsya: with mouth closed

• upabaddha-akṣa: with eyes restrained/controlled

• uraḥ: the chest

• viṣṭabhya: bracing/pressing/steadying

• ca: and

• agrataḥ: in front/forward

• pārṣṇibhyām: with the two heels

• vṛṣaṇau: the two testes

• rakṣan: guarding/protecting

• tathā: likewise

• prajananaṃ: the generative organ/procreative faculty

• punaḥ: again/further

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva yogic/disciplinary instruction within the Linga Purana discourse)