Shloka 23

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

बेहविओउर् ओफ़् अ योगिन् योगिनां चैव सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठं चान्द्रायणं भवेत् एकं द्वे त्रीणि चत्वारि शक्तितो वा समाचरेत्

Transliteration

behaviour of a yogin yogināṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ bhavet ekaṃ dve trīṇi catvāri śaktito vā samācaret

Translation

Para um yogin—e, de fato, entre todos os yogins—a observância do Cāndrāyaṇa é declarada a mais elevada. Conforme a capacidade, deve-se realizá-la uma, duas, três ou até quatro vezes, como purificação interior que sustenta a bhakti firme a Pati (Śiva) e afrouxa o pāśa que prende o paśu (a alma individual).

Word by Word

• yoginaḥ: for a yogin

• yoginām: among yogins

• ca eva: and indeed

• sarveṣām: of all

• śreṣṭham: the श्रेष्ठ/foremost

• cāndrāyaṇam: the Cāndrāyaṇa lunar penance/observance

• bhavet: is/should be

• ekam: once

• dve: twice

• trīṇi: thrice

• catvāri: four times

• śaktitaḥ: according to capacity/strength

• vā: or

• samācaret: should practice/perform properly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)