Shloka 76

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

Devanagari script

मन्तव्यं चैव बोद्धव्यम् अहंकर्तव्यमेव च तथा चेतयितव्यं च वक्तव्यं मुनिपुङ्गवाः

Transliteration

mantavyaṃ caiva boddhavyam ahaṃkartavyameva ca tathā cetayitavyaṃ ca vaktavyaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

Translation

Ó melhores dos sábios, deve-se refletir, compreender de modo verdadeiro, assumir corretamente os deveres, manter a mente desperta e consciente, e então falar; para que o paśu, a alma atada, avance rumo ao Pati, o Senhor, por meio de intenção e palavra disciplinadas.

Word by Word

• मन्तव्यम्: to be reflected upon/considered

• च एव: and indeed

• बोद्धव्यम्: to be understood/realized

• अहंकर्तव्यम् एव: the ‘I must do’ (sense of responsible undertaking) indeed

• तथा: likewise

• चेतयितव्यम्: to be made conscious/kept attentive (to be reminded inwardly)

• च: and

• वक्तव्यम्: to be spoken/uttered

• मुनिपुङ्गवाः: O foremost sages

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a didactic instruction within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva teaching stream)