Shloka 34

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

मासोपवासैश्चान्यैर्वा भक्तिर्मुनिवरोत्तमाः अभक्ता भगवत्यस्मिंल् लोके गिरिगुहाशये

Transliteration

māsopavāsaiścānyairvā bhaktirmunivarottamāḥ abhaktā bhagavatyasmiṃl loke giriguhāśaye

Translation

Ó melhores dos sábios, seja por jejuns de um mês ou por outras observâncias, a bhakti de fato se faz nascer. Contudo, neste mundo, aqueles que carecem de devoção ao Senhor Bem-aventurado—Śiva, que habita montanhas e cavernas—permanecem sem a verdadeira bhakti.

Word by Word

• māsa: a month

• upavāsaiḥ: by fasts/abstinences

• ca: and

• anyaiḥ: by other (means/observances)

• vā: or

• bhaktiḥ: devotion (to Pati, Shiva)

• muni-vara-uttamāḥ: O foremost among sages

• a-bhaktāḥ: those without devotion

• bhagavati: toward the Blessed Lord

• asmin: in this

• loke: world

• giri: mountain

• guhā: cave

• āśaye: the one who dwells/rests (abides).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)