Shloka 22

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

शंकरश्चाप्रयत्नेन तदात्मा योगविद्यया वैराग्यस्थं विरक्तस्य विमुक्तिर्यच्छमुच्यते

Transliteration

śaṃkaraścāprayatnena tadātmā yogavidyayā vairāgyasthaṃ viraktasya vimuktiryacchamucyate

Translation

शंकरश्चाप्रयत्नेन योगविद्यया तदात्मा वैराग्यस्थं विरक्तस्य विमुक्तिं यच्छति; सा विमुक्तिः परं शम इति उच्यते।

Word by Word

• शंकरः: Shankara (Lord Shiva)

• च: and

• अप्रयत्नेन: without strenuous effort/without strain

• तदात्मा: whose essence is That (the Supreme)

• योगविद्यया: by the science/knowledge of Yoga

• वैराग्यस्थम्: one established in dispassion

• विरक्तस्य: of the detached (pashu turning away from pasha)

• विमुक्तिः: liberation/release

• यत्: which

• शम्: peace/auspicious tranquility

• उच्यते: is said/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching tradition of Shaiva Yoga to the sages of Naimisharanya)