Shloka 112

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

Devanagari script

साक्षात्समरसेनैव देहमध्ये स्मरेच्छिवम् एकीभावं समेत्यैवं तत्र यद्रससम्भवम्

Transliteration

sākṣātsamarasenaiva dehamadhye smarecchivam ekībhāvaṃ sametyaivaṃ tatra yadrasasambhavam

Translation

ਸਾਖ਼ਾਤ ਸਮਰਸ ਭਾਵ ਨਾਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਦੇਹ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਏਕੀਭਾਵ ਵਿਚ ਲੀਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਜੋ ਰਸ-ਆਨੰਦ ਉਪਜੇ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਚੇਤਨਾ ਦਾ ਉਦਯ ਜਾਣ।

Word by Word

• साक्षात्: directly, immediately

• समरसेन: by the state of equal, undivided taste (samarasa)

• एव: indeed

• देहमध्ये: in the midst of the body, within the body

• स्मरेत्: one should remember, contemplate

• शिवम्: Śiva (the Pati, auspicious Lord)

• एकीभावम्: oneness, unity of awareness

• समेत्य: having entered, having attained

• एवम्: thus

• तत्र: there (in that inner state)

• यत्: whatever

• रससम्भवम्: born of rasa, arising as bliss-essence/nectar-like experience

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the yogic teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)