Shloka 115

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

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं गुरोर्हि संपर्कान् न वाचा परमार्थतः चतुर्व्यूहमिति ज्ञात्वा ध्याता ध्यानं समभ्यसेत्

Transliteration

jñānaṃ gurorhi saṃparkān na vācā paramārthataḥ caturvyūhamiti jñātvā dhyātā dhyānaṃ samabhyaset

Translation

O Conhecimento verdadeiro é alcançado pela íntima convivência com o Guru, e não apenas por palavras no sentido supremo. Portanto, tendo compreendido a doutrina do caturvyūha, o meditante deve dedicar-se firmemente à contemplação.

Word by Word

• jñānam: true knowledge

• guroḥ: of the Guru

• hi: indeed

• saṁparkāt: from contact/close association

• na: not

• vācā: by speech/words

• paramārthataḥ: in the highest truth/ultimately

• catur-vyūham: the fourfold formation/emanational array

• iti: thus

• jñātvā: having known/understood

• dhyātā: the meditator

• dhyānam: meditation/contemplation

• samabhyaset: should practice steadily/undertake with discipline

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching tradition to the sages at Naimisharanya)