Shloka 5
Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages
Devanagari script
न निन्देद्यतिनं तस्माद् दिग्वाससमनुत्तमम् बालोन्मत्तविचेष्टं तु मत्परं ब्रह्मवादिनम्
Transliteration
na nindedyatinaṃ tasmād digvāsasamanuttamam bālonmattaviceṣṭaṃ tu matparaṃ brahmavādinam
Translation
न निन्देद्यतिनं तस्माद्दिग्वाससमनुत्तमम्। बालोन्मत्तविचेष्टं तु मत्परं ब्रह्मवादिनम्॥
Word by Word
nanot
na:
nindetshould criticize/blame
nindet:
yatinama renunciant/ascetic
yatinam:
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
dig-vāsasamone ‘clothed by the quarters’ (sky-clad, naked ascetic)
dig-vāsasam:
anuttamamunsurpassed/excellent
anuttamam:
bālachildlike
bāla:
unmattamad/deranged
unmatta:
viceṣṭambehavior/gestures
viceṣṭam:
tuindeed/however
tu:
mat-paramdevoted to Me (Shiva as Pati)
mat-param:
brahma-vādinamspeaker/expounder of Brahman (knower who teaches the Absolute).
brahma-vādinam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-oriented dharma to the sages of Naimisharanya, reflecting Shaiva instruction)