Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

न भावयन्त्यतीतानि ह्य् अज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः क्षुद्व्याधेः परिहारार्थं न सुखायान्नमुच्यते

Transliteration

na bhāvayantyatītāni hy ajñāne jñānamāninaḥ kṣudvyādheḥ parihārārthaṃ na sukhāyānnamucyate

Translation

न भावयन्त्यतीतानि ह्यज्ञानज्ञानमानिनः । क्षुद्व्याधेः परिहारार्थं न सुखायान्नमुच्यते ॥

Word by Word

• na: not

• bhāvayanti: they contemplate/bring to mind

• atītāni: things of the past

• hi: indeed

• ajñāne: in ignorance/though ignorant

• jñāna-māninaḥ: those who imagine themselves to possess knowledge

• kṣut: hunger

• vyādheḥ: of the disease/affliction

• parihāra-artham: for the purpose of removal/avoidance

• na: not

• sukhāya: for enjoyment/pleasure

• annam: food

• ucyate: is said/is called

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana’s discourse on discernment and right purpose)