Shloka 11

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

सत्यमस्तेयमपरं ब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहौ नियमस्यापि वै मूलं यम एव न संशयः

Transliteration

satyamasteyamaparaṃ brahmacaryāparigrahau niyamasyāpi vai mūlaṃ yama eva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ਸਤ੍ਯ, ਅਸਤੇਯ, (ਅਨਿਆਇਕ) ਨਾ-ਸਵੀਕਾਰ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਰਯ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਰਿਗ੍ਰਹ—ਨਿਯਮ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਮੂਲ ਯਮ ਹੀ ਹੈ; ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ।

Word by Word

• सत्यम्: truthfulness

• अस्तेयम्: non-stealing

• अपरम्: the further restraint/non-appropriation (not taking what is not one’s due)

• ब्रह्मचर्य: celibate discipline/continence

• अपरिग्रहौ: non-possessiveness/non-hoarding

• नियमस्य अपि: even of niyama (observances)

• वै: indeed

• मूलम्: root/foundation

• यम एव: yama alone (ethical restraint)

• न संशयः: no doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva dharma to the sages of Naimisharanya, conveying the Purana’s teaching on yogic discipline)