Shloka 34

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

अवगाह्यापि मलिनो ह्य् अन्तः शौचविवर्जितः शैवला झषका मत्स्याः सत्त्वा मत्स्योपजीविनः

Transliteration

avagāhyāpi malino hy antaḥ śaucavivarjitaḥ śaivalā jhaṣakā matsyāḥ sattvā matsyopajīvinaḥ

Translation

अवगाह्यापि मलिनो ह्यन्तःशौचविवर्जितः। शैवला झषका मत्स्याः सत्त्वा मत्स्योपजीविनः॥

Word by Word

• अवगाह्यापि: even after bathing/immersing

• मलिनः: impure, stained

• हि: indeed

• अन्तः: inwardly, within

• शौच-विवर्जितः: devoid of purity/cleanliness (inner discipline)

• शैवालाः: algae/water-plants

• झषकाः: fish (aquatic creatures)

• मत्स्याः: fishes

• सत्त्वाः: beings/creatures

• मत्स्य-उपजीविनः: those who live by/depending on fish (fish-eaters or fish-subsisting beings)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; a didactic passage on śauca)