Shloka 2

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वदस्व सूताद्य ध्यानयज्ञमशेषतः विस्तारात्सर्वयत्नेन विरक्तानां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

tasmādvadasva sūtādya dhyānayajñamaśeṣataḥ vistārātsarvayatnena viraktānāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਹੇ ਸੂਤ! ਹੁਣ ਧਿਆਨ-ਯਜ੍ਞ ਬਾਰੇ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ, ਵਿਸਥਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਯਤਨ ਨਾਲ ਬਿਆਨ ਕਰੋ—ਵਿਰਕਤ ਮਹਾਤਮਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਤ ਲਈ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• वदस्व: please speak, explain

• सूत: O Suta

• अद्य: now, at this time

• ध्यानयज्ञम्: the sacrifice in the form of meditation, meditative worship

• अशेषतः: without remainder, completely

• विस्तारात्: in elaboration, in detail

• सर्वयत्नेन: with all effort, with utmost care

• विरक्तानाम्: of the detached, dispassionate ones

• महात्मनाम्: of the great souls

Speaker

Sages at Naimisharanya (requesting Suta to explain)