Shloka 85
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
विमुक्त: सर्वसज्ञेषु स्नेहबन्धेषु च द्विज: । आत्मन्येवात्मनो भावं समासज्जेत वै द्विज:
vimuktaḥ sarvasaṅgeṣu snehabandheṣu ca dvijaḥ | ātmany evātmano bhāvaṃ samāsajjet vai dvijaḥ ||
Śrī Maheshvara bersabda: “Seorang pertapa yang ‘dua kali lahir’ (dvija) hendaklah bebas daripada segala bentuk keterikatan dan daripada ikatan kasih sayang. Dengan mengembalikan gerak minda ke dalam Diri (Ātman) semata-mata, hendaklah ia menambat kesedaran batinnya dengan teguh pada Diri. Demikian, hidup terpisah daripada belenggu, ia menempuh disiplin perenungan batin, bukan pergantungan pada yang lahiriah.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches vairāgya (detachment): a renunciant should abandon all clinging and emotional bondage, and concentrate the mind inwardly on the Self alone, making inner contemplation the center of spiritual life.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing a dvija (an initiated ascetic) on the proper conduct of saṃnyāsa: freedom from worldly ties and steady inward fixation of consciousness on the ātman.