Shloka 8

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

योगचर्याकृतैः: सिद्धै: कामक्रोधविवर्जिति: । वीरशय्यामुपासद्धिर्वीरस्थानोपसेविभि:

Transliteration

śrīmaheśvara uvāca | yogacaryākṛtaiḥ siddhaiḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaiḥ | vīraśayyām upāsadbhiḥ vīrasthānopasevibhiḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Śrī Maheśvara: “Dapat isagawa ang disiplina ng yoga at, sa patuloy na pagsasanay, makamtan ang kaganapan dito. Dapat talikuran ang pagnanasa at galit. Nakatatag sa vīrāsana at tinatanggap ang mahigpit na ‘higaan ng bayani,’ manirahan sa mga pook na ‘pang-bayani’—malalawak at masinsing gubat—upang linangin ang katatagan, pagpipigil, at paghahari sa sarili.”

Word by Word

• योगचर्या: by yogic practice
• योगचर्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगचर्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कृतैः: done/performed
• कृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (कृत)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सिद्धैः: by the accomplished/adepts
• सिद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कामक्रोधविवर्जितैः: by those free from desire and anger
• कामक्रोधविवर्जितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामक्रोधविवर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वीरशय्याम्: the hero’s bed (austere couch/bed)
• वीरशय्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरशय्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपासद्भिः: by those who sit near/attend upon (practice)
• उपासद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-आस् (उपासद्)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वीरस्थानोपसेविभिः: by those who resort to/serve the वीरस्थान (heroic place; wilderness/forest)
• वीरस्थानोपसेविभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीरस्थानोपसेविन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Yoga (as a discipline)
• Vīrāsana (hero’s posture)
• Vīraśayyā (hero’s bed)
• Vīrasthāna (heroic place; forest wilderness)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches yogic discipline grounded in ethical purification: practice yoga to attain steadiness and accomplishment, and specifically abandon desire (kāma) and anger (krodha). It further recommends an austere lifestyle—posture, restraint, and dwelling in remote wilderness—to strengthen self-mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is instructing a listener on the practical regimen of a yogin/ascetic: how to live, what inner faults to renounce, and what kind of environment and bodily discipline support spiritual attainment.