Shloka 48
ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)
Devanagari script
पाशुपतव्रत अस् एस्चपे फ़्रोम् संसार तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन चरेत्पाशुपतव्रतम् भस्मशायी भवेन्नित्यं व्रते पाशुपते बुधः
Transliteration
pāśupatavrata as escape from saṃsāra tasmātsarvaprayatnena caretpāśupatavratam bhasmaśāyī bhavennityaṃ vrate pāśupate budhaḥ
Translation
पाशुपतव्रतं संसारात् निःसरणोपायः; तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन पाशुपतव्रतं चरेत्। पाशुपते व्रते बुधो नित्यं भस्मशायी भवेत्—भस्माधारो भूत्वा पाशात् विमुक्तये पतेः प्रसादं प्राप्नुयात्।
Word by Word
pāśupata-vratamthe Pāśupata vow/observance
pāśupata-vratam:
saṃsārātfrom transmigratory existence
saṃsārāt:
niṣkrama-upāyama means of exit/escape
niṣkrama-upāyam:
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
sarva-prayatnenawith all effort
sarva-prayatnena:
caretshould practice/undertake
caret:
bhasma-śāyīone who lies/sleeps in (or is devoted to) sacred ash
bhasma-śāyī:
bhavetshould become/should be
bhavet:
nityamalways
nityam:
vratein the vow/observance
vrate:
pāśupatein the Pāśupata (Shiva-centered) discipline
pāśupate:
budhaḥthe wise one/knower.
budhaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching of the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya; the verse functions as a prescriptive instruction on Pāśupata-vrata).