Shloka 10

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

यतमानो यतिः साधुः स्मृतो योगस्य साधनात् एवमाश्रमधर्माणां साधनात्साधवः स्मृताः

Transliteration

yatamāno yatiḥ sādhuḥ smṛto yogasya sādhanāt evamāśramadharmāṇāṃ sādhanātsādhavaḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်၍ စည်းကမ်းတကျ လေ့ကျင့်နေသော ယတိ (yati) သည် ယောဂ၏ သာဓနာ (sādhana) ကို ဆောင်ရွက်သဖြင့် «သာဓု» ဟု မှတ်ယူကြသည်။ ထိုနည်းတူ အာရှရမ (āśrama) များ၏ တာဝန်ဓမ္မများကို မှန်ကန်စွာ ပြုစုပျိုးထောင်သူတို့လည်း ပာရှု (paśu) ကို သန့်စင်ကာ ပတိ (Pati) သီဝ (Śiva) ထံသို့ မျက်နှာမူစေသော ဝိညာဉ်ရေး စည်းကမ်းတည်ကြည်မှုကြောင့် «သာဓု» ဟု မှတ်ယူကြသည်။

Word by Word

• यतमानः: one who strives/endeavors

• यतिः: ascetic, renunciant

• साधुः: virtuous person, saint

• स्मृतः: is regarded/remembered

• योगस्य: of Yoga

• साधनात्: from practice/means of accomplishment

• एवम्: thus/in the same way

• आश्रमधर्माणाम्: of the duties of the life-stages (āśramas)

• साधनात्: by the disciplined practice

• साधवः: the virtuous/saints

• स्मृताः: are regarded/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames true saintliness as sādhanā—disciplined practice—so Linga worship is validated not merely as ritual, but as a yogic discipline that purifies the soul (pashu) and orients it toward Śiva (Pati).

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By implying Śiva as the supreme goal (Pati) of yoga and dharma: the soul becomes ‘sādhu’ when its practices steadily turn it from bondage (pāśa) toward the Lord who grants clarity and liberation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Persistent yogic sādhanā and faithful observance of āśrama-dharma—presented as complementary disciplines that mature into Shaiva spiritual attainment (aligned with Pāśupata-oriented effort).