Shloka 46

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

स्वदेहपिण्डं जुहुयाद् यः स याति परां गतिम् यावत्तावन्निराहारो भूत्वा प्राणान् परित्यजेत्

Transliteration

svadehapiṇḍaṃ juhuyād yaḥ sa yāti parāṃ gatim yāvattāvannirāhāro bhūtvā prāṇān parityajet

Translation

ਜੋ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਦੇਹ-ਪਿੰਡ ਨੂੰ ਆਹੁਤੀ ਵਜੋਂ ਅਰਪਿਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਗਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪਾ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਨਿਯਤ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੱਕ ਨਿਰਾਹਾਰ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ ਫਿਰ ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਰਿਤਿਆਗ ਕਰੇ।

Word by Word

• svadeha-piṇḍam: one’s own body (as a lump/mass)

• juhuyāt: should offer into the fire / should sacrifice

• yaḥ: whoever

• saḥ: he

• yāti: goes/attains

• parām: supreme

• gatim: state/goal

• yāvat-tāvat: for as long as that (stipulated) duration

• nirāhāraḥ: without food, fasting

• bhūtvā: having become/remaining

• prāṇān: the vital breaths, life-forces

• parityajet: should abandon, should give up

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, describing a Shaiva vrata aligned with Pāśupata discipline)