Shloka 59

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

क्वचिद्दण्डकबन्धं तु कुर्याद्बन्धं सहस्रशः मृगपक्षिसमूहस्य रुतज्ञानं च विन्दति

Transliteration

kvaciddaṇḍakabandhaṃ tu kuryādbandhaṃ sahasraśaḥ mṛgapakṣisamūhasya rutajñānaṃ ca vindati

Translation

Kadang‑kadang, jika seseorang berulang‑ulang melakukan upacara ikatan yang disebut daṇḍaka‑bandha—berkali‑kali, bahkan seribu kali—dia memperoleh pengetahuan tentang bunyi dan panggilan kumpulan binatang serta burung.

Word by Word

• kvacit: at times/occasionally

• daṇḍaka-bandham: the ‘daṇḍaka’ binding rite/formation

• tu: indeed

• kuryāt: one should do/perform

• bandham: a binding/tying (rite)

• sahasraśaḥ: a thousand times, repeatedly

• mṛga: beasts/wild animals

• pakṣi: birds

• samūhasya: of a group/assembly

• ruta: cry/call/sound

• jñānam: knowledge/understanding

• ca: and

• vindati: obtains/attains

Speaker

Suta Goswami