Shloka 8

उपलेपनादिकथनम्

Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तु परिहर्तव्या हिंसा सर्वत्र सर्वदा मनसा कर्मणा वाचा सर्वदाहिंसकं नरम्

Transliteration

tasmāttu parihartavyā hiṃsā sarvatra sarvadā manasā karmaṇā vācā sarvadāhiṃsakaṃ naram

Translation

Portanto, a violência deve ser evitada em toda parte e em todo tempo—pela mente, pelo ato e pela palavra. Que a pessoa permaneça sempre na ahiṃsā (não‑violência), pois essa ahiṃsā orienta o paśu (alma vinculada) para o Pati (Senhor), afrouxando os laços (pāśa) da crueldade e do ódio.

Word by Word

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• तु (tu): indeed/then

• परिहर्तव्या (parihartavyā): should be avoided/abandoned

• हिंसा (hiṁsā): violence, injury

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra): everywhere

• सर्वदा (sarvadā): always

• मनसा (manasā): by the mind

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā): by action/deed

• वाचा (vācā): by speech

• सर्वदा-अहिंसकम् (sarvadā-ahiṁsakam): always non-violent

• नरम् (naram): a man/person

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)