Shloka 8

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

प्राणायामसमायुक्तं चरेत्सांतपनं व्रतम् ततश्चरति निर्देशात् कृच्छ्रं चान्ते समाहितः

Transliteration

prāṇāyāmasamāyuktaṃ caretsāṃtapanaṃ vratam tataścarati nirdeśāt kṛcchraṃ cānte samāhitaḥ

Translation

Dengan disertai prāṇāyāma, hendaklah seseorang menjalankan nazar Sāṃtapana. Sesudah itu, menurut ketetapan yang diperintahkan, hendaklah ia melaksanakan juga tapa Kṛcchra, dan pada akhirnya tetap tenang serta terhimpun batinnya.

Word by Word

• प्राणायाम-समायुक्तम्: joined with breath-discipline (prāṇāyāma)

• चरेत्: should practice/undertake

• सांतपनम् (सान्तपनम्): Sāṃtapana (a purificatory vow/penance)

• व्रतम्: vow, observance

• ततः: thereafter

• चरति: performs/practices

• निर्देशात्: according to instruction/ordinance

• कृच्छ्रम्: Kṛcchra (austerity/penance)

• च: and

• अन्ते: at the end

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated, mentally collected

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata and prāyaścitta discipline within the Linga Purana’s Śaiva framework)