Shloka 49
Nimi Questions the Yogendras: Māyā, Cosmic Dissolution, Guru-Śaraṇāgati, Bhakti, and Deity Worship
शुचि: सम्मुखमासीन: प्राणसंयमनादिभि: । पिण्डं विशोध्य सन्न्यासकृतरक्षोऽर्चयेद्धरिम् ॥ ४९ ॥
śuciḥ sammukham āsīnaḥ prāṇa-saṁyamanādibhiḥ piṇḍaṁ viśodhya sannyāsa- kṛta-rakṣo ’rcayed dharim
သန့်ရှင်းစွာနေပြီး မူရတီရှေ့တွင် ထိုင်ကာ၊ ပရာဏာယာမ စသည့်နည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကို သန့်စင်ပြီး၊ ကာကွယ်ရေးအတွက် တီလက လိမ်းကာ သရီဟရီကို ပူဇော်ရမည်။
Prāṇāyāma is the authorized Vedic process for controlling the air within the body. Similarly, bhūta-śuddhi is a process for purifying the body. The word śuciḥ means that one should be internally and externally clean. Śuciḥ means that one should perform activities only for the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If somehow or other one can remember the Supreme Lord constantly by chanting and hearing His holy name, one will come to the pure stage of life, as described in this Vedic mantra:
FAQs
This verse teaches that one should sit cleanly, face the Lord, purify oneself through disciplines like breath regulation, and then worship Hari with the protective observances prescribed for renunciants.
In the Uddhava-gītā section, Kṛṣṇa instructs Uddhava on the inner and outer disciplines that support steady devotion—showing how purification, self-control, and renunciant safeguards culminate in sincere worship of Hari.
Before prayer or japa, keep your space and body clean, sit with attention, regulate the breath to calm the mind, and establish simple protective boundaries (discipline, purity, and focus) so worship becomes concentrated and heartfelt.