Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

न्यायतः सेव्यमानस्तु स एवं स्वस्थतां व्रजेत् यथैव मृगराङ्नागः शरभो वापि दुर्मदः

Transliteration

nyāyataḥ sevyamānastu sa evaṃ svasthatāṃ vrajet yathaiva mṛgarāṅnāgaḥ śarabho vāpi durmadaḥ

Translation

جب اسے عدل و درست آچرن کے مطابق سنبھالا اور خدمت کی جائے تو وہ پھر ٹھہراؤ اور عافیت کو پہنچتا ہے؛ جیسے سرکش و مدہوش جانور—مست ہاتھی ہو یا خوفناک شَرَبھ—بھی قابو میں آ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• न्यायतः: according to justice/right method

• सेव्यमानः: being attended/served

• तु: indeed

• सः: he

• एवम्: thus

• स्वस्थताम्: health, composure, steadiness

• व्रजेत्: would attain/go to

• यथा एव: just as

• मृग-राङ्-नागः: a raging (wild) elephant

• शरभः: śarabha (a fierce mythical beast)

• वा अपि: or even

• दुर्मदः: intoxicated with pride/musth, violently arrogant

Speaker

Suta Goswami