Shloka 14
Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti
Devanagari script
पुराणन्यायमीमांसाधर्मशास्त्राणि सुव्रताः वालाश्रयाः पटाश्चैव सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः
Transliteration
purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsādharmaśāstrāṇi suvratāḥ vālāśrayāḥ paṭāścaiva sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ
Translation
ਸੁਵ੍ਰਤੀ ਜਨ ਪੁਰਾਣ, ਨਿਆਇ, ਮੀਮਾਂਸਾ ਅਤੇ ਧਰਮਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਸ਼ਠਾਵਾਨ ਹਨ; ਉਹ ਨਿਯਮਤ ਆਚਰਨ ਦਾ ਆਸਰਾ ਲੈਂਦੇ, ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਸਾਧਨਾ ਦਾ ਪਟ (ਵਸਤ੍ਰ) ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ, ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਲੱਛਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
पुराण (purāṇa)Purāṇic lore/scripture
पुराण (purāṇa):
न्याय (nyāya)logic and right reasoning
न्याय (nyāya):
मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā)Vedic exegesis/ritual hermeneutics
मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā):
धर्मशास्त्राणि (dharmaśāstrāṇi)treatises on dharma and conduct
धर्मशास्त्राणि (dharmaśāstrāṇi):
सुव्रताः (suvratāḥ)those with good vows/observances
सुव्रताः (suvratāḥ):
वालाश्रयाः (vālāśrayāḥ)those who take refuge in disciplined restraint/regulated practice (contextual sense)
वालाश्रयाः (vālāśrayāḥ):
पटाः (paṭāḥ)skilled/adept/learned persons
पटाः (paṭāḥ):
चैव (caiva)and indeed
चैव (caiva):
सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः (sarva-lakṣaṇa-saṃyutāḥ)endowed with all (good) characteristics/marks
सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः (sarva-lakṣaṇa-saṃyutāḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; contextual)