Shloka 112
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
फलमूलाशनं वायुराप: शैवलभक्षणम् | ऋषीणां नियमा होते यैर्जयन्त्यजितां गतिम्
phalamūlāśanaṃ vāyur āpaḥ śaivalabhakṣaṇam | ṛṣīṇāṃ niyamā hote yair jayanty ajitāṃ gatim ||
Śrī Maheśvara bersabda: Hidup dengan buah-buahan dan akar-akar, bertahan dengan udara, hanya meminum air, bahkan memakan tumbuhan air—itulah disiplin yang diamalkan para ṛṣi. Dengan pengekangan demikian, mereka menaklukkan perjalanan kewujudan yang pada asalnya sukar ditaklukkan, menguasai jalan yang getir melalui pengendalian diri dan tapa.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that rigorous self-restraint and austere observances (niyamas)—especially disciplined control of food and bodily needs—are powerful means by which sages overcome the hardest spiritual obstacles and master the difficult path of existence.
Maheśvara is describing the kinds of ascetic practices followed by ṛṣis—living on fruits and roots, subsisting on air, taking only water, or eating algae—as exemplary disciplines that enable spiritual conquest of an otherwise unconquerable 'gati' (course/goal).