Shloka 64

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

एषां चैव विशेषेण ऐश्वर्ये ह्यष्टलक्षणे अणिमाद्ये तु विज्ञेया तस्माद्युञ्जीत तां द्विजाः

Transliteration

eṣāṃ caiva viśeṣeṇa aiśvarye hyaṣṭalakṣaṇe aṇimādye tu vijñeyā tasmādyuñjīta tāṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

Antara semua ini, khususnya hendaklah difahami lapan tanda kuasa ketuhanan (aiśvarya)—bermula dengan aṇimā dan yang lain-lain. Maka, wahai dvija (yang dua kali lahir), hendaklah kamu mengikat diri pada disiplin itu, kerana ia membawa kepada penguasaan melalui Yoga di bawah Pati.

Word by Word

• एषाम्: of these (powers/attainments)

• च एव: and indeed

• विशेषेण: especially, distinctly

• ऐश्वर्ये: in lordship, in sovereign power

• हि: indeed

• अष्ट-लक्षणे: having eight characteristics, eightfold

• अणिमा-आद्ये: beginning with aṇimā (minuteness) and the others

• तु: moreover

• विज्ञेयाः: are to be known/understood

• तस्मात्: therefore

• युञ्जीत: one should yoke/engage (in Yoga, practice)

• ताम्: that (path/discipline/aiśvarya-oriented sādhana)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇas/initiates)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)