Shloka 167

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

गुर्वाज्ञापालकः सम्यक् ज्ञानसंपत्तिमश्नुते गच्छंस्तिष्ठन्स्वपन् भुञ्जन् यद्यत्कर्म समाचरेत्

Transliteration

gurvājñāpālakaḥ samyak jñānasaṃpattimaśnute gacchaṃstiṣṭhansvapan bhuñjan yadyatkarma samācaret

Translation

Aquele que guarda fielmente o mandamento do Guru alcança, de fato, a riqueza do conhecimento libertador. Quer caminhe, permaneça de pé, durma ou coma—toda ação que realize se alinha à reta conduta e conduz a alma atada (paśu) a Śiva, o Senhor (Pati).

Word by Word

• guru-ājñā-pālakaḥ: one who preserves/obeys the Guru’s command

• samyak: rightly, fully

• jñāna-saṃpattim: the treasure/attainment of spiritual knowledge

• aśnute: attains

• gacchan: while going/walking

• tiṣṭhan: while standing

• svapan: while sleeping

• bhuñjan: while eating

• yadyat: whatever

• karma: action, deed

• samācaret: he performs/practises (properly).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching in the Linga Purana discourse to the sages)