Linga Purana — Chapter 85

LiP 85.1

सर्वव्रतेषु सम्पूज्य देवदेवमुमापतिम् जपेत्पञ्चाक्षरीं विद्यां विधिनैव द्विजोत्तमाः

sarvavrateṣu sampūjya devadevamumāpatim japetpañcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ vidhinaiva dvijottamāḥ

In all observances, having worshipped Umā's husband, the god of gods, one should recite the five-syllabled vidyā just as prescribed, O best of the twice-born.

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LiP 85.2

जपादेव न संदेहो व्रतानां वै विशेषतः समाप्तिर्नान्यथा तस्माज् जपेत्पञ्चाक्षरीं शुभाम्

japādeva na saṃdeho vratānāṃ vai viśeṣataḥ samāptirnānyathā tasmāj japetpañcākṣarīṃ śubhām

There is no doubt that it is by recitation alone, above all, that the completion of vows (comes about); not otherwise. Therefore let (one) recite the auspicious five-syllable (mantra).

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LiP 85.3

कथं पञ्चाक्षरी विद्या प्रभावो वा कथं वद क्रमोपायं महाभाग श्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि नः

kathaṃ pañcākṣarī vidyā prabhāvo vā kathaṃ vada kramopāyaṃ mahābhāga śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ

Tell (us): how is the five-syllable knowledge, and how (great) its power? (Tell us) the sequence and the method, greatly fortunate one; for we are eager to hear.

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LiP 85.4

पुरा देवेन रुद्रेण देवदेवेन शंभुना पार्वत्याः कथितं पुण्यं प्रवदामि समासतः

purā devena rudreṇa devadevena śaṃbhunā pārvatyāḥ kathitaṃ puṇyaṃ pravadāmi samāsataḥ

What was formerly told by the god Rudra, the god of gods, Śambhu, to Pārvatī — that holy (teaching) I shall relate in brief.

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LiP 85.5

भगवन्देवदेवेश सर्वलोकमहेश्वर पञ्चाक्षरस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः

bhagavandevadeveśa sarvalokamaheśvara pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ

"O Lord, ruler of the gods of gods, great lord of all the worlds, I wish to hear the greatness of the five-syllable (mantra) as it truly is."

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LiP 85.6

पञ्चाक्षरस्य माहात्म्यं वर्षकोटिशतैरपि न शक्यं कथितुं देवि तस्मात् संक्षेपतः शृणु

pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi na śakyaṃ kathituṃ devi tasmāt saṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu

"The greatness of the five-syllable (mantra) could not be told even in hundreds of tens of millions of years, O goddess; therefore hear it in brief.

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LiP 85.7

प्रलये समनुप्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे नष्टे देवासुरे चैव नष्टे चोरगराक्षसे

pralaye samanuprāpte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame naṣṭe devāsure caiva naṣṭe coragarākṣase

When the dissolution has arrived, when the immobile and the moving have perished, when gods and demons alike have perished, and when serpents and rākṣasas have perished,

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LiP 85.8

सर्वं प्रकृतिमापन्नं त्वया प्रलयमेष्यति एको ऽहं संस्थितो देवि न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कुत्रचित्

sarvaṃ prakṛtimāpannaṃ tvayā pralayameṣyati eko 'haṃ saṃsthito devi na dvitīyo 'sti kutracit

everything, having returned to its original matter, will pass to dissolution along with you. I alone remain, O goddess; there is no second anywhere.

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LiP 85.9

तस्मिन्वेदाश् च शास्त्राणि मन्त्रे पञ्चाक्षरे स्थिताः ते नाशं नैव सम्प्राप्ता मच्छक्त्या ह्यनुपालिताः

tasminvedāś ca śāstrāṇi mantre pañcākṣare sthitāḥ te nāśaṃ naiva samprāptā macchaktyā hyanupālitāḥ

In that five-syllable mantra the Vedas and the scriptures abide; they do not come to destruction, being preserved by my power.

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LiP 85.10

अहमेको द्विधाप्यासं प्रकृत्यात्मप्रभेदतः स तु नारायणः शेते देवो मायामयीं तनुम्

ahameko dvidhāpyāsaṃ prakṛtyātmaprabhedataḥ sa tu nārāyaṇaḥ śete devo māyāmayīṃ tanum

I, being one, became twofold through the division into primal matter and self; and he, the god Nārāyaṇa, lies (there), having assumed a body made of illusion,

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LiP 85.11

आस्थाय योगपर्यङ्कशयने तोयमध्यगः तन्नाभिपङ्कजाज्जातः पञ्चवक्त्रः पितामहः

āsthāya yogaparyaṅkaśayane toyamadhyagaḥ tannābhipaṅkajājjātaḥ pañcavaktraḥ pitāmahaḥ

resting on the couch of yoga, dwelling in the midst of the water. From the lotus of his navel was born the five-faced Grandfather (Brahmā).

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LiP 85.12

सिसृक्षमाणो लोकान्वै त्रीनशक्तो ऽसहायवान् दश ब्रह्मा ससर्जादौ मानसानमितौजसः

sisṛkṣamāṇo lokānvai trīnaśakto 'sahāyavān daśa brahmā sasarjādau mānasānamitaujasaḥ

Wishing to create the three worlds, but unable (to do so) and without a helper, Brahmā first created ten mind-born (sons) of immeasurable brilliance.

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LiP 85.13

तेषां सृष्टिप्रसिद्ध्यर्थं मां प्रोवाच पितामहः मत्पुत्राणां महादेव शक्तिं देहि महेश्वर

teṣāṃ sṛṣṭiprasiddhyarthaṃ māṃ provāca pitāmahaḥ matputrāṇāṃ mahādeva śaktiṃ dehi maheśvara

For the accomplishment of their creating, the Grandfather said to me: "Great god, great lord, grant power to my sons."

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LiP 85.14

इति तेन समादिष्टः पञ्चवक्त्रधरो ह्यहम् पञ्चाक्षरान्पञ्चमुखैः प्रोक्तवान् पद्मयोनये

iti tena samādiṣṭaḥ pañcavaktradharo hyaham pañcākṣarānpañcamukhaiḥ proktavān padmayonaye

Thus instructed by him, I, bearing five faces, uttered the five syllables with my five mouths to the lotus-born one.

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LiP 85.15

तान्पञ्चवदनैर्गृह्णन् ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः वाच्यवाचकभावेन ज्ञातवान्परमेश्वरम्

tānpañcavadanairgṛhṇan brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ vācyavācakabhāvena jñātavānparameśvaram

Receiving them with his five faces, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, came to know the supreme lord through the relation of the signified and the signifier.

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LiP 85.16

वाच्यः पञ्चाक्षरैर्देवि शिवस्त्रैलोक्यपूजितः वाचकः परमो मन्त्रस् तस्य पञ्चाक्षरः स्थितः

vācyaḥ pañcākṣarairdevi śivastrailokyapūjitaḥ vācakaḥ paramo mantras tasya pañcākṣaraḥ sthitaḥ

What is signified by the five syllables, O goddess, is Śiva, worshipped in the three worlds; the signifier is the supreme mantra, his five-syllable (mantra).

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LiP 85.17

ज्ञात्वा प्रयोगं विधिना च सिद्धिं लब्ध्वा तथा पञ्चमुखो महात्मा प्रोवाच पुत्रेषु जगद्धिताय मन्त्रं महार्थं किल पञ्चवर्णम्

jñātvā prayogaṃ vidhinā ca siddhiṃ labdhvā tathā pañcamukho mahātmā provāca putreṣu jagaddhitāya mantraṃ mahārthaṃ kila pañcavarṇam

Having learnt the application according to rule and having thus obtained accomplishment, the five-faced great one declared to his sons, for the welfare of the world, that mantra of great import, of five sounds.

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LiP 85.18

ते लब्ध्वा मन्त्ररत्नं तु साक्षाल्लोकपितामहात् तमाराधयितुं देवं परात्परतरं शिवम्

te labdhvā mantraratnaṃ tu sākṣāllokapitāmahāt tamārādhayituṃ devaṃ parātparataraṃ śivam

And they, having obtained that jewel of a mantra directly from the grandfather of the worlds, (set out) to propitiate that god Śiva, higher than the highest.

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LiP 85.19

ततस्तुतोष भगवान् त्रिमूर्तीनां परः शिवः दत्तवानखिलं ज्ञानम् अणिमादिगुणाष्टकम्

tatastutoṣa bhagavān trimūrtīnāṃ paraḥ śivaḥ dattavānakhilaṃ jñānam aṇimādiguṇāṣṭakam

Then the Lord Śiva, higher than the three forms, was pleased, and gave (them) knowledge entire and the eight qualities beginning with minuteness.

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LiP 85.20

ते ऽपि लब्ध्वा वरान्विप्रास् तदाराधनकाङ्क्षिणः मेरोस्तु शिखरे रम्ये मुञ्जवान्नाम पर्वतः

te 'pi labdhvā varānviprās tadārādhanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ merostu śikhare ramye muñjavānnāma parvataḥ

Those brahmins too, having obtained the boons, desiring to worship him — on the lovely peak of Meru there is a mountain named Muñjavān,

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LiP 85.21

मत्प्रियः सततं श्रीमान् मद्भूतैः परिरक्षितः तस्याभ्याशे तपस्तीव्रं लोकसृष्टिसमुत्सुकाः

matpriyaḥ satataṃ śrīmān madbhūtaiḥ parirakṣitaḥ tasyābhyāśe tapastīvraṃ lokasṛṣṭisamutsukāḥ

always dear to me, glorious, guarded on all sides by my beings. In its vicinity, eager for the creation of the worlds, (they performed) fierce austerity —

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LiP 85.22

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं तु वायुभक्षाः समाचरन् तिष्ठन्तो ऽनुग्रहार्थाय देवि ते ऋषयः पुरा

divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu vāyubhakṣāḥ samācaran tiṣṭhanto 'nugrahārthāya devi te ṛṣayaḥ purā

For a thousand divine years, O Goddess, those seers of old performed (austerity), feeding on air, standing (there) for the sake of (obtaining) favor.

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LiP 85.23

तेषां भक्तिमहं दृष्ट्वा सद्यः प्रत्यक्षतामियाम् पञ्चाक्षरम् ऋषिच्छन्दो दैवतं शक्तिबीजवत्

teṣāṃ bhaktimahaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadyaḥ pratyakṣatāmiyām pañcākṣaram ṛṣicchando daivataṃ śaktibījavat

Seeing their devotion, I at once became visible (to them, and taught) the five-syllable (mantra) with its seer, its meter, its deity, together with its potency and seed-syllable.

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LiP 85.24

न्यासं षडङ्गं दिग्बन्धं विनियोगमशेषतः प्रोक्तवानहमार्याणां लोकानां हितकाम्यया

nyāsaṃ ṣaḍaṅgaṃ digbandhaṃ viniyogamaśeṣataḥ proktavānahamāryāṇāṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

The placement (of syllables), the six limbs, the binding of the directions, and the application in full — all this I declared out of desire for the welfare of the noble worlds.

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LiP 85.25

तच्छ्रुत्वा मन्त्रमाहात्म्यम् ऋषयस्ते तपोधनाः मन्त्रस्य विनियोगं च कृत्वा सर्वमनुष्ठिताः

tacchrutvā mantramāhātmyam ṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ mantrasya viniyogaṃ ca kṛtvā sarvamanuṣṭhitāḥ

Hearing that greatness of the mantra, those seers rich in austerity, having performed the application of the mantra, carried out everything (prescribed).

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LiP 85.26

तन्माहात्म्यात् तदा लोकान् सदेवासुरमानुषान् वर्णान्वर्णविभागांश् च सर्वधर्मांश् च शोभनान्

tanmāhātmyāt tadā lokān sadevāsuramānuṣān varṇānvarṇavibhāgāṃś ca sarvadharmāṃś ca śobhanān

Then, through its greatness, (they heard of) the worlds together with gods, asuras, and men, the classes and the divisions of the classes, and all the excellent duties,

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LiP 85.27

पूर्वकल्पसमुद्भूताञ् छ्रुतवन्तो यथा पुरा पञ्चाक्षरप्रभावाच्च लोका वेदा महर्षयः

pūrvakalpasamudbhūtāñ chrutavanto yathā purā pañcākṣaraprabhāvācca lokā vedā maharṣayaḥ

which had arisen in the earlier kalpa — thus they heard, as of old; and by the power of the five-syllable (mantra) the worlds, the Vedas, the great seers,

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LiP 85.28

तिष्ठन्ति शाश्वता धर्मा देवाः सर्वमिदं जगत् तद् इदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु चावहिताखिलम्

tiṣṭhanti śāśvatā dharmā devāḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat tad idānīṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu cāvahitākhilam

the eternal duties, the gods, this whole universe — (all) stand firm. That I shall now declare; listen, attentive, to the whole of it.

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LiP 85.29

अल्पाक्षरं महार्थं च वेदसारं विमुक्तिदम् आज्ञासिद्धमसंदिग्धं वाक्यमेतच्छिवात्मकम्

alpākṣaraṃ mahārthaṃ ca vedasāraṃ vimuktidam ājñāsiddhamasaṃdigdhaṃ vākyametacchivātmakam

Few in syllables and great in meaning, the essence of the Veda, granting liberation, established by (my) command, free of doubt — this utterance has Śiva as its self.

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LiP 85.30

नानासिद्धियुतं दिव्यं लोकचित्तानुरञ्जकम् सुनिश्चितार्थं गंभीरं वाक्यं मे पारमेश्वरम्

nānāsiddhiyutaṃ divyaṃ lokacittānurañjakam suniścitārthaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ vākyaṃ me pārameśvaram

Endowed with various attainments, divine, delighting the minds of the world, its meaning wholly settled, profound — this utterance of mine belongs to the Supreme Lord.

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LiP 85.31

मन्त्रं मुखसुखोच्चार्यम् अशेषार्थप्रसाधकम् तद्बीजं सर्वविद्यानां मन्त्रमाद्यं सुशोभनम्

mantraṃ mukhasukhoccāryam aśeṣārthaprasādhakam tadbījaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ mantramādyaṃ suśobhanam

A mantra easily pronounced by the mouth, accomplishing every purpose — that is the seed of all knowledges, the first and most excellent mantra.

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LiP 85.32

अतिसूक्ष्मं महार्थं च ज्ञेयं तद्वटबीजवत् वेदः स त्रिगुणातीतः सर्वज्ञः सर्वकृत्प्रभुः

atisūkṣmaṃ mahārthaṃ ca jñeyaṃ tadvaṭabījavat vedaḥ sa triguṇātītaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛtprabhuḥ

Extremely subtle yet of great import, it is to be known as like the banyan seed. It is the Veda, beyond the three qualities, all-knowing, the Lord who makes all.

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LiP 85.33

ओमित्येकाक्षरं मन्त्रं स्थितः सर्वगतः शिवः मन्त्रे षडक्षरे सूक्ष्मे पञ्चाक्षरतनुः शिवः

omityekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ sthitaḥ sarvagataḥ śivaḥ mantre ṣaḍakṣare sūkṣme pañcākṣaratanuḥ śivaḥ

As the single-syllable mantra 'Om' abides Śiva, who goes everywhere; in the subtle six-syllable mantra Śiva has the five syllables as his body.

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LiP 85.34

वाच्यवाचकभावेन स्थितः साक्षात्स्वभावतः वाच्यः शिवः प्रमेयत्वान् मन्त्रस्तद्वाचकः स्मृतः

vācyavācakabhāvena sthitaḥ sākṣātsvabhāvataḥ vācyaḥ śivaḥ prameyatvān mantrastadvācakaḥ smṛtaḥ

By the relation of the signified and the signifier he abides directly, by his own nature: Śiva is the signified, since he is what is to be known; the mantra is held to be its signifier.

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LiP 85.35

वाच्यवाचकभावो ऽयम् अनादिः संस्थितस्तयोः वेदे शिवागमे वापि यत्र यत्र षडक्षरः

vācyavācakabhāvo 'yam anādiḥ saṃsthitastayoḥ vede śivāgame vāpi yatra yatra ṣaḍakṣaraḥ

This relation of signified and signifier subsists between the two without beginning; in the Veda or in the Śaiva scripture, wherever the six-syllable (mantra occurs) —

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LiP 85.36

मन्त्रः स्थितः सदा मुख्यो लोके पञ्चाक्षरो मतः किं तस्य बहुभिर् मन्त्रैः शास्त्रैर्वा बहुविस्तृतैः

mantraḥ sthitaḥ sadā mukhyo loke pañcākṣaro mataḥ kiṃ tasya bahubhir mantraiḥ śāstrairvā bahuvistṛtaiḥ

— the mantra stands always foremost; in the world the five-syllable one is held (so). What (need) has such a one of many mantras or of treatises of vast extent?

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LiP 85.37

यस्यैवं हृदि संस्थो ऽयं मन्त्रः स्यात्पारमेश्वरः तेनाधीतं श्रुतं तेन तेन सर्वमनुष्ठितम्

yasyaivaṃ hṛdi saṃstho 'yaṃ mantraḥ syātpārameśvaraḥ tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam

He in whose heart this mantra of the Supreme Lord thus abides — by him it has been studied, by him heard, by him everything performed.

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LiP 85.38

यो विद्वान्वै जपेत्सम्यग् अधीत्यैव विधानतः एतावद्धि शिवज्ञानम् एतावत्परमं पदम्

yo vidvānvai japetsamyag adhītyaiva vidhānataḥ etāvaddhi śivajñānam etāvatparamaṃ padam

The wise man who, having duly studied it, recites it properly according to rule — just this much is knowledge of Śiva, just this much is the supreme state,

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LiP 85.39

एतावद् ब्रह्मविद्या च तस्मान्नित्यं जपेद्बुधः पञ्चाक्षरैः सप्रणवो मन्त्रो ऽयं हृदयं मम

etāvad brahmavidyā ca tasmānnityaṃ japedbudhaḥ pañcākṣaraiḥ sapraṇavo mantro 'yaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama

just this much is knowledge of brahman; therefore let the wise man recite it constantly. This mantra of five syllables together with the praṇava is my heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.40

गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं साक्षान् मोक्षज्ञानम् अनुत्तमम् अस्य मन्त्रस्य वक्ष्यामि ऋषिच्छन्दो ऽधिदैवतम्

guhyādguhyataraṃ sākṣān mokṣajñānam anuttamam asya mantrasya vakṣyāmi ṛṣicchando 'dhidaivatam

It is more secret than the secret, directly the unsurpassed knowledge of liberation. I shall declare the seer, the meter, and the presiding deity of this mantra,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.41

बीजं शक्तिं स्वरं वर्णं स्थानं चैवाक्षरं प्रति वामदेवो नाम ऋषिः पङ्क्तिश्छन्द उदाहृतः

bījaṃ śaktiṃ svaraṃ varṇaṃ sthānaṃ caivākṣaraṃ prati vāmadevo nāma ṛṣiḥ paṅktiśchanda udāhṛtaḥ

the seed, the potency, the vowel, the letter, and the place, syllable by syllable. The seer is named Vāmadeva; the meter is said to be paṅkti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.42

देवता शिव एवाहं मन्त्रस्यास्य वरानने नकारादीनि बीजानि पञ्चभूतात्मकानि च

devatā śiva evāhaṃ mantrasyāsya varānane nakārādīni bījāni pañcabhūtātmakāni ca

The deity of this mantra is Śiva—that is, myself, O fair-faced one; and the seed-syllables beginning with na are constituted of the five elements.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.43

आत्मानं प्रणवं विद्धि सर्वव्यापिनमव्ययम् शक्तिस्त्वमेव देवेशि सर्वदेवनमस्कृते

ātmānaṃ praṇavaṃ viddhi sarvavyāpinamavyayam śaktistvameva deveśi sarvadevanamaskṛte

Know the self to be the praṇava (Oṃ), all-pervading and imperishable; and you alone are the Śakti, O mistress of the gods, honoured by all the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.44

त्वदीयं प्रणवं किंचिन् मदीयं प्रणवं तथा त्वदीयं देवि मन्त्राणां शक्तिभूतं न संशयः

tvadīyaṃ praṇavaṃ kiṃcin madīyaṃ praṇavaṃ tathā tvadīyaṃ devi mantrāṇāṃ śaktibhūtaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

There is your praṇava and likewise my praṇava; yours, O goddess, is that which constitutes the power of the mantras—there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.45

अकारोकारमकारा मदीये प्रणवे स्थिताः उकारं च मकारं च अकारं च क्रमेण वै

akārokāramakārā madīye praṇave sthitāḥ ukāraṃ ca makāraṃ ca akāraṃ ca krameṇa vai

In my praṇava stand a, u, and m; (in yours) u, m, and a, in that order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.46

त्वदीयं प्रणवं विद्धि त्रिमात्रं प्लुतमुत्तमम् ओङ्कारस्य स्वरोदात्त ऋषिर्ब्रह्म सितं वपुः

tvadīyaṃ praṇavaṃ viddhi trimātraṃ plutamuttamam oṅkārasya svarodātta ṛṣirbrahma sitaṃ vapuḥ

Know your praṇava to be of three measures, prolated, supreme. Of the syllable Oṃ the accent is udātta, the seer is Brahmā, its body is white.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.47

छन्दो देवी च गायत्री परमात्माधिदेवता उदात्तः प्रथमस्तद्वच् चतुर्थश् च द्वितीयकः

chando devī ca gāyatrī paramātmādhidevatā udāttaḥ prathamastadvac caturthaś ca dvitīyakaḥ

The metre is the goddess Gāyatrī, and the presiding deity is the Supreme Self. The first is udātta, and likewise the fourth and the second.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.48

पञ्चमः स्वरितश्चैव मध्यमो निषधः स्मृताः नकारः पीतवर्णश् च स्थानं पूर्वमुखं स्मृतम्

pañcamaḥ svaritaścaiva madhyamo niṣadhaḥ smṛtāḥ nakāraḥ pītavarṇaś ca sthānaṃ pūrvamukhaṃ smṛtam

The fifth is svarita, and the middle ones are held to be niṣadha. The syllable na is yellow in colour, and its place is said to be the eastern face.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.49

इन्द्रो ऽधिदैवतं छन्दो गायत्री गौतम ऋषिः मकारः कृष्णवर्णो ऽस्य स्थानं वै दक्षिणामुखम्

indro 'dhidaivataṃ chando gāyatrī gautama ṛṣiḥ makāraḥ kṛṣṇavarṇo 'sya sthānaṃ vai dakṣiṇāmukham

Indra is the presiding deity, the metre Gāyatrī, the seer Gautama. The syllable ma is black in colour, and its place is the southern face.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.50

छन्दो ऽनुष्टुप् ऋषिश्चात्री रुद्रो दैवतमुच्यते शिकारो धूम्रवर्णो ऽस्य स्थानं वै पश्चिमं मुखम्

chando 'nuṣṭup ṛṣiścātrī rudro daivatamucyate śikāro dhūmravarṇo 'sya sthānaṃ vai paścimaṃ mukham

The metre is anuṣṭubh, the seer Atri, and the deity is said to be Rudra. The syllable śi is smoke-coloured, and its place is the western face.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.51

विश्वामित्र ऋषिस्त्रिष्टुप् छन्दो विष्णुस्तु दैवतम् वाकारो हेमवर्णो ऽस्य स्थानं चैवोत्तरं मुखम्

viśvāmitra ṛṣistriṣṭup chando viṣṇustu daivatam vākāro hemavarṇo 'sya sthānaṃ caivottaraṃ mukham

The seer is Viśvāmitra, the metre triṣṭubh, and the deity is Viṣṇu. The syllable vā is gold-coloured, and its place is the northern face.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.52

ब्रह्माधिदैवतं छन्दो बृहती चाङ्गिरा ऋषिः यकारो रक्तवर्णश् च स्थानम् ऊर्ध्वं मुखं विराट्

brahmādhidaivataṃ chando bṛhatī cāṅgirā ṛṣiḥ yakāro raktavarṇaś ca sthānam ūrdhvaṃ mukhaṃ virāṭ

Brahmā is the presiding deity, the metre bṛhatī, and the seer Aṅgiras. The syllable ya is red in colour, its place is the upward face, (its form) virāṭ.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.53

छन्द ऋषिर्भरद्वाजः स्कन्दो दैवतमुच्यते न्यासमस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वसिद्धिकरं शुभम्

chanda ṛṣirbharadvājaḥ skando daivatamucyate nyāsamasya pravakṣyāmi sarvasiddhikaraṃ śubham

The metre (is ...), the seer is Bharadvāja, and the deity is said to be Skanda. I shall declare the placing (nyāsa) of this, auspicious and bringing all attainments.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.54

सर्वपापहरं चैव त्रिविधो न्यास उच्यते उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंहारभेदतस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः

sarvapāpaharaṃ caiva trividho nyāsa ucyate utpattisthitisaṃhārabhedatastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ

And (it is) the remover of all sins. The nyāsa is said to be of three kinds: it is held to be threefold by the division into origination, maintenance, and dissolution.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.55

ब्रह्मचारिगृहस्थानां यतीनां क्रमशो भवेत् उत्पत्तिर्ब्रह्मचारिणां गृहस्थानां स्थितिः सदा

brahmacārigṛhasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ kramaśo bhavet utpattirbrahmacāriṇāṃ gṛhasthānāṃ sthitiḥ sadā

For celibate students, householders, and ascetics it should be in that order: origination for the celibates, maintenance always for the householders,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.56

यतीनां संहृतिर् न्यासः सिद्धिर् भवति नान्यथा अङ्गन्यासः करन्यासो देहन्यास इति त्रिधा

yatīnāṃ saṃhṛtir nyāsaḥ siddhir bhavati nānyathā aṅganyāsaḥ karanyāso dehanyāsa iti tridhā

and for ascetics the nyāsa of dissolution; success comes in no other way. It is threefold thus: placing on the limbs, placing on the hands, placing on the body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.57

उत्पत्त्यादित्रिभेदेन वक्ष्यते ते वरानने न्यसेत्पूर्वं करन्यासं देहन्यासम् अनन्तरम्

utpattyāditribhedena vakṣyate te varānane nyasetpūrvaṃ karanyāsaṃ dehanyāsam anantaram

It will be told to you according to the threefold division beginning with origination, O fair-faced one. One should first perform the hand-placing, then the body-placing,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.58

अङ्गन्यासं ततः पश्चाद् अक्षराणां विधिक्रमात् मूर्धादिपादपर्यन्तम् उत्पत्तिन्यास उच्यते

aṅganyāsaṃ tataḥ paścād akṣarāṇāṃ vidhikramāt mūrdhādipādaparyantam utpattinyāsa ucyate

and after that the limb-placing, following the prescribed order of the syllables. From the head down to the feet is called the origination-nyāsa;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.59

पादादिमूर्धपर्यन्तं संहारो भवति प्रिये हृदयास्यगलन्यासः स्थितिन्यास उदाहृतः

pādādimūrdhaparyantaṃ saṃhāro bhavati priye hṛdayāsyagalanyāsaḥ sthitinyāsa udāhṛtaḥ

from the feet up to the head is the dissolution (nyāsa), O beloved; the placing on heart, mouth, and throat is declared to be the maintenance-nyāsa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.60

ब्रह्मचारिगृहस्थानां यतीनां चैव शोभने सशिरस्कं ततो देहं सर्वमन्त्रेण संस्पृशेत्

brahmacārigṛhasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ caiva śobhane saśiraskaṃ tato dehaṃ sarvamantreṇa saṃspṛśet

For celibates, householders, and ascetics alike, O lovely one, one should then touch the whole body, including the head, with the entire mantra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.61

स देहन्यास इत्युक्तः सर्वेषां सम एव स दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठमारभ्य वामाङ्गुष्ठान्त एव हि

sa dehanyāsa ityuktaḥ sarveṣāṃ sama eva sa dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhamārabhya vāmāṅguṣṭhānta eva hi

That is called the body-nyāsa; it is the same for all. Beginning from the right thumb and ending at the left thumb,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.62

न्यस्यते यत्तदुत्पत्तिर् विपरीतं तु संहृतिः अङ्गुष्ठादिकनिष्ठान्तं न्यस्यते हस्तयोर् द्वयोः

nyasyate yattadutpattir viparītaṃ tu saṃhṛtiḥ aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntaṃ nyasyate hastayor dvayoḥ

What is deposited (in that order) is 'origination'; the reverse, however, is 'dissolution'. From the thumb to the little finger it is deposited on both hands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.63

अतीव भोगदो देवि स्थितिन्यासः कुटुंबिनाम् करन्यासं पुरा कृत्वा देहन्यासम् अनन्तरम्

atīva bhogado devi sthitinyāsaḥ kuṭuṃbinām karanyāsaṃ purā kṛtvā dehanyāsam anantaram

The placement of 'continuance' (sthiti-nyāsa) is exceedingly bestowing of enjoyment, O Goddess, for householders. Having first performed the placement on the hands, then the placement on the body,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.64

अङ्गन्यासं न्यसेत्पश्चाद् एष साधारणो विधिः ओङ्कारं संपुटीकृत्य सर्वाङ्गेषु च विन्यसेत्

aṅganyāsaṃ nyasetpaścād eṣa sādhāraṇo vidhiḥ oṅkāraṃ saṃpuṭīkṛtya sarvāṅgeṣu ca vinyaset

afterwards one should perform the placement on the limbs — this is the general rule. Having enclosed (the syllables) with Oṃ, one should deposit them on all the limbs,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.65

करयोरुभयोश्चैव दशाग्रांगुलिषु क्रमात् प्रक्षाल्य पादावाचम्य शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः

karayorubhayoścaiva daśāgrāṃguliṣu kramāt prakṣālya pādāvācamya śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

and on the ten fingertips of both hands in order. Having washed the feet and sipped water, having become pure and composed,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.66

प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि न्यासकर्म समाचरेत् स्मरेत् पूर्वम् ऋषिं छन्दो दैवतं बीजमेव च

prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi nyāsakarma samācaret smaret pūrvam ṛṣiṃ chando daivataṃ bījameva ca

facing east or else facing north, he should carry out the rite of placement. He should first call to mind the seer, the metre, the deity, and the seed-syllable,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.67

शक्तिं च परमात्मानं गुरुं चैव वरानने मन्त्रेण पाणी संमृज्य तलयोः प्रणवं न्यसेत्

śaktiṃ ca paramātmānaṃ guruṃ caiva varānane mantreṇa pāṇī saṃmṛjya talayoḥ praṇavaṃ nyaset

and the power (śakti), the supreme Self, and the teacher too, O fair-faced one. Having rubbed the two hands with the mantra, he should place the praṇava (Oṃ) on the palms,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.68

अङ्गुलीनां च सर्वेषां तथा चाद्यन्तपर्वसु सबिन्दुकानि बीजानि पञ्च मध्यमपर्वसु

aṅgulīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ tathā cādyantaparvasu sabindukāni bījāni pañca madhyamaparvasu

and on the first and last joints of all the fingers; the five seed-syllables, with the anusvāra dot, on the middle joints.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.69

उत्पत्त्यादित्रिभेदेन न्यसेदाश्रमतः क्रमात् उभाभ्यामेव पाणिभ्याम् आपादतलमस्तकम्

utpattyāditribhedena nyasedāśramataḥ kramāt ubhābhyāmeva pāṇibhyām āpādatalamastakam

He should deposit them by the three modes, beginning with 'origination', in order according to his stage of life; with both hands, from the soles of the feet to the head,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.70

मन्त्रेण संस्पृशेद्देहं प्रणवेनैव संपुटम् मूर्ध्नि वक्त्रे च कण्ठे च हृदये गुह्यके तथा

mantreṇa saṃspṛśeddehaṃ praṇavenaiva saṃpuṭam mūrdhni vaktre ca kaṇṭhe ca hṛdaye guhyake tathā

he should touch the body with the mantra enclosed by the praṇava: on the head, on the face, on the throat, on the heart, and likewise on the genitals;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.71

पादयोर् उभयोश्चैव गुह्ये च हृदये तथा कण्ठे च मुखमध्ये च मूर्ध्नि च प्रणवादिकम्

pādayor ubhayoścaiva guhye ca hṛdaye tathā kaṇṭhe ca mukhamadhye ca mūrdhni ca praṇavādikam

and on both feet, on the genitals, and likewise on the heart, on the throat, in the middle of the mouth, and on the head — (the mantra) preceded by the praṇava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.72

हृदये गुह्यके चैव पादयोर्मूर्ध्नि वाचि वा कण्ठे चैव न्यसेदेव प्रणवादित्रिभेदतः

hṛdaye guhyake caiva pādayormūrdhni vāci vā kaṇṭhe caiva nyasedeva praṇavāditribhedataḥ

On the heart, on the genitals, on the feet, on the head, or on the mouth, and on the throat he should indeed deposit (them), by the three modes beginning with the praṇava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.73

कृत्वाङ्गन्यासमेवं हि मुखानि परिकल्पयेत् पूर्वादि चोर्ध्वपर्यन्तं नकारादि यथाक्रमम्

kṛtvāṅganyāsamevaṃ hi mukhāni parikalpayet pūrvādi cordhvaparyantaṃ nakārādi yathākramam

Having thus performed the placement on the limbs, he should assign the faces, beginning with the east and ending with the upward (direction), beginning with the letter 'na', in due order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.74

षडङ्गानि न्यसेत्पश्चाद् यथास्थानं च शोभनम् नमः स्वाहा वषड्ढुं च वौषट्फट्कारकैः सह

ṣaḍaṅgāni nyasetpaścād yathāsthānaṃ ca śobhanam namaḥ svāhā vaṣaḍḍhuṃ ca vauṣaṭphaṭkārakaiḥ saha

Afterwards he should deposit the six limbs, each in its proper place, beautifully: with namaḥ, svāhā, vaṣaṭ and huṃ, together with the utterances vauṣaṭ and phaṭ.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.75

प्रणवं हृदयं विद्यान् नकारः शिर उच्यते शिखा मकार आख्यातः शिकारः कवचं तथा

praṇavaṃ hṛdayaṃ vidyān nakāraḥ śira ucyate śikhā makāra ākhyātaḥ śikāraḥ kavacaṃ tathā

He should know the praṇava as the heart; the letter 'na' is called the head; the letter 'ma' is declared the tuft; the letter 'śi' likewise is the armour;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.76

आकारो नेत्रमस्त्रं तु यकारः परिकीर्तितः इत्थमङ्गानि विन्यस्य ततो वै बन्धयेद्दिशः

ākāro netramastraṃ tu yakāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ itthamaṅgāni vinyasya tato vai bandhayeddiśaḥ

the letter 'ā' is the eye, and the letter 'ya' is proclaimed the weapon. Having thus deposited the limbs, he should then bind the directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.77

विघ्नेशो मातरो दुर्गा क्षेत्रज्ञो देवता दिशः आग्नेयादिषु कोणेषु चतुर्ष्वपि यथाक्रमम्

vighneśo mātaro durgā kṣetrajño devatā diśaḥ āgneyādiṣu koṇeṣu caturṣvapi yathākramam

Vighneśa, the Mothers, Durgā, the knower of the field, the deity, the directions — in the four corners beginning with the south-east, in due order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.78

अङ्गुष्ठतर्जन्यग्राभ्यां संस्थाप्य सुमुखं शुभम् रक्षध्वमिति चोक्त्वा तु नमस्कुर्यात्पृथक्पृथक्

aṅguṣṭhatarjanyagrābhyāṃ saṃsthāpya sumukhaṃ śubham rakṣadhvamiti coktvā tu namaskuryātpṛthakpṛthak

Having established the auspicious 'well-faced' (gesture) with the tips of thumb and forefinger, and having said 'Protect!', he should make obeisance to each one separately.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.79

गले मध्ये तथाङ्गुष्ठे तर्जन्याद्याङ्गुलीषु च अङ्गुष्ठेन करन्यासं कुर्यादेव विचक्षणः

gale madhye tathāṅguṣṭhe tarjanyādyāṅgulīṣu ca aṅguṣṭhena karanyāsaṃ kuryādeva vicakṣaṇaḥ

On the neck, in the middle, likewise on the thumb, and on the fingers beginning with the forefinger — the discerning one should indeed perform the placement on the hand with the thumb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.80

एवं न्यासमिमं प्रोक्तं सर्वपापहरं शुभम् सर्वसिद्धिकरं पुण्यं सर्वरक्षाकरं शिवम्

evaṃ nyāsamimaṃ proktaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham sarvasiddhikaraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvarakṣākaraṃ śivam

Thus this placement has been declared: auspicious, removing all sins, producing all attainments, meritorious, affording all protection, benign.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.81

न्यस्ते मन्त्रे ऽथ सुभगे शङ्करप्रतिमो भवेत् जन्मान्तरकृतं पापम् अपि नश्यति तत्क्षणात्

nyaste mantre 'tha subhage śaṅkarapratimo bhavet janmāntarakṛtaṃ pāpam api naśyati tatkṣaṇāt

And when the mantra has been deposited, O fortunate one, he becomes the likeness of Śaṅkara; even sin committed in another birth perishes that very instant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.82

एवं विन्यस्य मेधावी शुद्धकायो दृढव्रतः जपेत्पञ्चाक्षरं मन्त्रं लब्ध्वाचार्यप्रसादतः

evaṃ vinyasya medhāvī śuddhakāyo dṛḍhavrataḥ japetpañcākṣaraṃ mantraṃ labdhvācāryaprasādataḥ

Having thus placed (the mantra), the wise man, pure in body and firm in his vows, should recite the five-syllable mantra, having received it by the grace of a teacher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.83

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि मन्त्रसंग्रहणं शुभे यं विना निष्फलं नित्यं येन वा सफलं भवेत्

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi mantrasaṃgrahaṇaṃ śubhe yaṃ vinā niṣphalaṃ nityaṃ yena vā saphalaṃ bhavet

Next I shall declare, O auspicious one, the acquiring of the mantra, without which it is always fruitless, and by which it becomes fruitful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.84

आज्ञाहीनं क्रियाहीनं श्रद्धाहीनम् अमानसम् आज्ञप्तं दक्षिणाहीनं सदा जप्तं च निष्फलम्

ājñāhīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ śraddhāhīnam amānasam ājñaptaṃ dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ sadā japtaṃ ca niṣphalam

(A mantra) lacking (the teacher's) authorization, lacking the rite, lacking faith, not (taken) to heart, (though) commanded, lacking the (teacher's) fee — even when constantly recited, it is fruitless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.85

आज्ञासिद्धं क्रियासिद्धं श्रद्धासिद्धं सुमानसम् एवं च दक्षिणासिद्धं मन्त्रं सिद्धं यतस्ततः

ājñāsiddhaṃ kriyāsiddhaṃ śraddhāsiddhaṃ sumānasam evaṃ ca dakṣiṇāsiddhaṃ mantraṃ siddhaṃ yatastataḥ

Perfected by authorization, perfected by rite, perfected by faith, well taken to heart, and likewise perfected by the fee — such a mantra is effective in every way.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.86

उपागम्य गुरुं विप्रं मन्त्रतत्त्वार्थवेदिनम् ज्ञानिनं सद्गुणोपेतं ध्यानयोगपरायणम्

upāgamya guruṃ vipraṃ mantratattvārthavedinam jñāninaṃ sadguṇopetaṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇam

Having approached a brahmin teacher who knows the true meaning of mantras, who is wise, endowed with good qualities, and devoted to meditation and yoga—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.87

तोषयेत्तं प्रयत्नेन भावशुद्धिसमन्वितः वाचा च मनसा चैव कायेन द्रविणेन च

toṣayettaṃ prayatnena bhāvaśuddhisamanvitaḥ vācā ca manasā caiva kāyena draviṇena ca

—he should satisfy him with effort, possessed of purity of intention, by speech, by mind, by body, and by wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.88

आचार्यं पूजयेच्छिष्यः सर्वदातिप्रयत्नतः हस्त्यश्वरथरत्नानि क्षेत्राणि च गृहाणि च

ācāryaṃ pūjayecchiṣyaḥ sarvadātiprayatnataḥ hastyaśvaratharatnāni kṣetrāṇi ca gṛhāṇi ca

The pupil should honour the teacher always with utmost effort: elephants, horses, chariots, jewels, fields and houses,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.89

भूषणानि च वासांसि धान्यानि विविधानि च एतानि गुरवे दद्याद् भक्त्या च विभवे सति

bhūṣaṇāni ca vāsāṃsi dhānyāni vividhāni ca etāni gurave dadyād bhaktyā ca vibhave sati

and ornaments and garments and grains of various kinds — these he should give to the teacher with devotion, when he has the means.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.90

वित्तशाठ्यं न कुर्वीत यदीच्छेत्सिद्धिमात्मनः पश्चान्निवेदयेद्देवि आत्मानं सपरिच्छदम्

vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kurvīta yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ paścānnivedayeddevi ātmānaṃ saparicchadam

He should not practise stinginess with money, if he desires perfection for himself; afterwards, O goddess, he should offer himself along with his belongings.

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LiP 85.91

एवं सम्पूज्य विधिवद् यथाशक्ति त्ववञ्चयन् आददीत गुरोर्मन्त्रं ज्ञानं चैव क्रमेण तु

evaṃ sampūjya vidhivad yathāśakti tvavañcayan ādadīta gurormantraṃ jñānaṃ caiva krameṇa tu

Having thus worshipped (him) according to rule, to the best of his ability and without deceiving (him), he should receive from the teacher the mantra and knowledge as well, in due order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.92

एवं तुष्टो गुरुः शिष्यं पूजितं वत्सरोषितम् शुश्रूषुम् अनहङ्कारम् उपवासकृशं शुचिम्

evaṃ tuṣṭo guruḥ śiṣyaṃ pūjitaṃ vatsaroṣitam śuśrūṣum anahaṅkāram upavāsakṛśaṃ śucim

The teacher, thus pleased, (takes) the pupil who has been honoured (by him), who has dwelt (with him) a year, who is obedient, without egotism, thin from fasting, and pure,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.93

स्नापयित्वा तु शिष्याय ब्राह्मणानपि पूज्य च समुद्रतीरे नद्यां च गोष्ठे देवालये ऽपि वा

snāpayitvā tu śiṣyāya brāhmaṇānapi pūjya ca samudratīre nadyāṃ ca goṣṭhe devālaye 'pi vā

and having bathed (him) for the pupil's sake, and having also honoured brahmins, on the seashore, or by a river, or in a cow-pen, or even in a temple,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.94

शुचौ देशे गृहे वापि काले सिद्धिकरे तिथौ नक्षत्रे शुभयोगे च सर्वदा दोषवर्जिते

śucau deśe gṛhe vāpi kāle siddhikare tithau nakṣatre śubhayoge ca sarvadā doṣavarjite

in a pure place or in a house, at a time that brings success, on a (proper) lunar day, asterism, and auspicious conjunction, in every way free of fault,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.95

अनुगृह्य ततो दद्याच् छिवज्ञानम् अनुत्तमम् स्वरेणोच्चारयेत् सम्यग् एकान्ते ऽपि प्रसन्नधीः

anugṛhya tato dadyāc chivajñānam anuttamam svareṇoccārayet samyag ekānte 'pi prasannadhīḥ

then, showing favour, he should impart the unsurpassed knowledge of Śiva; with a clear mind he should pronounce it aloud correctly, and in private too.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.96

उच्चार्योच्चारयित्वा तु आचार्यः सिद्धिदः स्वयम् शिवं चास्तु शुभं चास्तु शोभनो ऽस्तु प्रियो ऽस्त्विति

uccāryoccārayitvā tu ācāryaḥ siddhidaḥ svayam śivaṃ cāstu śubhaṃ cāstu śobhano 'stu priyo 'stviti

Having pronounced it and made (the pupil) pronounce it, the teacher himself is the giver of success, (saying): "May it be blessed, may it be auspicious, may it be fair, may it be dear."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.97

एवं लब्ध्वा परं मन्त्रं ज्ञानं चैव गुरोस्ततः जपेन्नित्यं ससंकल्पं पुरश्चरणमेव च

evaṃ labdhvā paraṃ mantraṃ jñānaṃ caiva gurostataḥ japennityaṃ sasaṃkalpaṃ puraścaraṇameva ca

Having thus obtained from the teacher the supreme mantra and knowledge as well, he should recite it daily with the resolve, and also the preliminary observance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.98

यावज्जीवं जपेन्नित्यम् अष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम् अनश्नंस्तत्परो भूत्वा स याति परमां गतिम्

yāvajjīvaṃ japennityam aṣṭottarasahasrakam anaśnaṃstatparo bhūtvā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

As long as he lives he should recite daily one thousand and eight (times); fasting and devoted to that, he goes to the highest state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.99

जपेदक्षरलक्षं वै चतुर्गुणितमादरात् नक्ताशी संयमी यश् च पौरश्चरणिकः स्मृतः

japedakṣaralakṣaṃ vai caturguṇitamādarāt naktāśī saṃyamī yaś ca pauraścaraṇikaḥ smṛtaḥ

He should recite reverently a hundred thousand for each syllable, four times over; and he who eats only at night and is self-restrained is called one performing the preliminary observance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.100

पुरश्चरणजापी वा अपि वा नित्यजापकः अचिरात्सिद्धिकाङ्क्षी तु तयोरन्यतरो भवेत्

puraścaraṇajāpī vā api vā nityajāpakaḥ acirātsiddhikāṅkṣī tu tayoranyataro bhavet

Either a reciter of the preliminary observance or else a daily reciter — he who desires success quickly should become one of these two.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.101

यः पुरश्चरणं कृत्वा नित्यजापी भवेन्नरः तस्य नास्ति समो लोके स सिद्धः सिद्धिदो वशी

yaḥ puraścaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nityajāpī bhavennaraḥ tasya nāsti samo loke sa siddhaḥ siddhido vaśī

The man who, having performed the preliminary observance, becomes a daily reciter — there is none equal to him in the world; he is perfected, a giver of perfection, a master (of himself).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.102

आसनं रुचिरं बद्ध्वा मौनी चैकाग्रमानसः प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि जपेन्मन्त्रमनुत्तमम्

āsanaṃ ruciraṃ baddhvā maunī caikāgramānasaḥ prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi japenmantramanuttamam

Having settled into a pleasant posture, silent and with one-pointed mind, facing east or else facing north, he should recite the unsurpassed mantra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.103

आद्यान्तयोर् जपस्यापि कुर्याद्वै प्राणसंयमान् तथा चान्ते जपेद्बीजं शतमष्टोत्तरं शुभम्

ādyāntayor japasyāpi kuryādvai prāṇasaṃyamān tathā cānte japedbījaṃ śatamaṣṭottaraṃ śubham

At the beginning and at the end of the recitation he should perform breath-restraints, and likewise at the end he should recite the auspicious seed-syllable a hundred and eight times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.104

चत्वारिंशत्समावृत्ति प्राणानायम्य संस्मरेत् पञ्चाक्षरस्य मन्त्रस्य प्राणायाम उदाहृतः

catvāriṃśatsamāvṛtti prāṇānāyamya saṃsmaret pañcākṣarasya mantrasya prāṇāyāma udāhṛtaḥ

Restraining the breaths, he should meditate (on the mantra) through forty repetitions: that is declared to be the breath-control (prāṇāyāma) of the five-syllable mantra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.105

प्राणायामाद्भवेत्क्षिप्रं सर्वपापपरिक्षयः इन्द्रियाणां वशित्वं च तस्मात्प्राणांश् च संयमेत्

prāṇāyāmādbhavetkṣipraṃ sarvapāpaparikṣayaḥ indriyāṇāṃ vaśitvaṃ ca tasmātprāṇāṃś ca saṃyamet

From breath-control there quickly comes the complete destruction of all sins, and mastery over the senses; therefore let one restrain the breaths.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.106

गृहे जपः समं विद्याद् गोष्ठे शतगुणं भवेत् नद्यां शतसहस्रं तु अनन्तः शिवसन्निधौ

gṛhe japaḥ samaṃ vidyād goṣṭhe śataguṇaṃ bhavet nadyāṃ śatasahasraṃ tu anantaḥ śivasannidhau

Recitation in the house one should know to be of equal (i.e. single) value; in a cow-pen it becomes a hundredfold; by a river a hundred thousandfold; but in the presence of Śiva it is endless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.107

समुद्रतीरे देवह्रदे गिरौ देवालयेषु च पुण्याश्रमेषु सर्वेषु जपः कोटिगुणो भवेत्

samudratīre devahrade girau devālayeṣu ca puṇyāśrameṣu sarveṣu japaḥ koṭiguṇo bhavet

On the seashore, at a god's pool, on a mountain, in temples, and in all holy hermitages, recitation becomes ten-millionfold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.108

शिवस्य संनिधाने च सूर्यस्याग्रे गुरोरपि दीपस्य गोर्जलस्यापि जपकर्म प्रशस्यते

śivasya saṃnidhāne ca sūryasyāgre gurorapi dīpasya gorjalasyāpi japakarma praśasyate

In the presence of Śiva, before the sun, and before the teacher too, before a lamp, a cow, or water, the act of recitation is commended.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.109

अङ्गुलीजपसंख्यानम् एकमेकं शुभानने रेखैरष्टगुणं प्रोक्तं पुत्रजीवफलैर् दश

aṅgulījapasaṃkhyānam ekamekaṃ śubhānane rekhairaṣṭaguṇaṃ proktaṃ putrajīvaphalair daśa

Counting the recitation on the fingers (counts) one for one, fair-faced one; with marks (drawn) it is said to be eightfold, with putrajīva seeds tenfold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.110

शतं वै शङ्खमणिभिः प्रवालैश् च सहस्रकम् स्फाटिकैर् दशसाहस्रं मौक्तिकैर्लक्षमुच्यते

śataṃ vai śaṅkhamaṇibhiḥ pravālaiś ca sahasrakam sphāṭikair daśasāhasraṃ mauktikairlakṣamucyate

With conch beads a hundredfold, with corals a thousandfold, with crystal ten thousandfold, with pearls it is said to be a hundred thousandfold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.111

पद्माक्षैर्दशलक्षं तु सौवर्णैः कोटिरुच्यते कुशग्रन्थ्या च रुद्राक्षैर् अनन्तगुणमुच्यते

padmākṣairdaśalakṣaṃ tu sauvarṇaiḥ koṭirucyate kuśagranthyā ca rudrākṣair anantaguṇamucyate

With lotus-seeds a millionfold, with golden (beads) it is said to be ten-millionfold; and with a knot of kuśa grass and with rudrākṣa beads it is said to be endlessly multiplied.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.112

पञ्चविंशति मोक्षार्थं सप्तविंशति पौष्टिकम् त्रिंशच्च धनसंपत्त्यै पञ्चाशच्चाभिचारिकम्

pañcaviṃśati mokṣārthaṃ saptaviṃśati pauṣṭikam triṃśacca dhanasaṃpattyai pañcāśaccābhicārikam

Twenty-five (beads) for the sake of liberation, twenty-seven for nourishing, and thirty for the attainment of wealth, and fifty for hostile magic.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.113

तत्पूर्वाभिमुखं वश्यं दक्षिणं चाभिचारिकम् पश्चिमं धनदं विद्याद् उत्तरं शान्तिकं भवेत्

tatpūrvābhimukhaṃ vaśyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cābhicārikam paścimaṃ dhanadaṃ vidyād uttaraṃ śāntikaṃ bhavet

That (rosary) facing east is for subjugation, facing south for hostile magic; facing west one should know it as wealth-giving, and facing north it is for appeasement.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.114

अङ्गुष्ठं मोक्षदं विद्यात् तर्जनी शत्रुनाशनी मध्यमा धनदा शान्तिं करोत्येषा ह्य् अनामिका

aṅguṣṭhaṃ mokṣadaṃ vidyāt tarjanī śatrunāśanī madhyamā dhanadā śāntiṃ karotyeṣā hy anāmikā

One should know the thumb to be liberation-giving, the index finger destroys enemies, the middle finger gives wealth, and this ring finger brings about peace.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.115

कनिष्ठा रक्षणीया सा जपकर्मणि शोभने अङ्गुष्ठेन जपेज्जप्यम् अन्यैरङ्गुलिभिः सह

kaniṣṭhā rakṣaṇīyā sā japakarmaṇi śobhane aṅguṣṭhena japejjapyam anyairaṅgulibhiḥ saha

The little finger is to be protected in the act of recitation, fair one; with the thumb, together with the other fingers, one should recite what is to be recited.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.116

अङ्गुष्ठेन विना कर्म कृतं तदफलं यतः शृणुष्व सर्वयज्ञेभ्यो जपयज्ञो विशिष्यते

aṅguṣṭhena vinā karma kṛtaṃ tadaphalaṃ yataḥ śṛṇuṣva sarvayajñebhyo japayajño viśiṣyate

Since an act performed without the thumb is fruitless — listen: the sacrifice of recitation is superior to all sacrifices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.117

हिंसया ते प्रवर्तन्ते जपयज्ञो न हिंसया यावन्तः कर्मयज्ञाः स्युः प्रदानानि तपांसि च

hiṃsayā te pravartante japayajño na hiṃsayā yāvantaḥ karmayajñāḥ syuḥ pradānāni tapāṃsi ca

They (the other sacrifices) proceed by injury; the sacrifice of recitation is not by injury. However many sacrifices of ritual action there may be, and gifts and austerities —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.118

सर्वे ते जपयज्ञस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् माहात्म्यं वाचिकस्यैव जपयज्ञस्य कीर्तितम्

sarve te japayajñasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm māhātmyaṃ vācikasyaiva japayajñasya kīrtitam

all of them do not equal a sixteenth part of the sacrifice of recitation. (Thus) the greatness of the sacrifice of recitation that is merely spoken aloud has been proclaimed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.119

तस्माच्छतगुणोपांशुः सहस्रो मानसः स्मृतः यद् उच्चनीचस्वरितैः शब्दैः स्पष्टपदाक्षरैः

tasmācchataguṇopāṃśuḥ sahasro mānasaḥ smṛtaḥ yad uccanīcasvaritaiḥ śabdaiḥ spaṣṭapadākṣaraiḥ

A hundred times better than that is the whispered, and the mental is held to be a thousand times (better). When with sounds high, low and accented, with words and syllables distinct,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.120

मन्त्रमुच्चारयेद्वाचा जपयज्ञः स वाचिकः शनैरुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रम् ईषद् ओष्ठौ तु चालयेत्

mantramuccārayedvācā japayajñaḥ sa vācikaḥ śanairuccārayenmantram īṣad oṣṭhau tu cālayet

one utters the mantra with the voice, that sacrifice of recitation is 'spoken'. When one utters the mantra softly, moving the lips only a little,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.121

किंचित् कर्णान्तरं विद्याद् उपांशुः स जपः स्मृतः धिया यदक्षरश्रेण्या वर्णाद्वर्णं पदात्पदम्

kiṃcit karṇāntaraṃ vidyād upāṃśuḥ sa japaḥ smṛtaḥ dhiyā yadakṣaraśreṇyā varṇādvarṇaṃ padātpadam

so that one perceives it somewhat within one's own ear — that is held to be the 'whispered' recitation. When with the mind, by the series of syllables, from letter to letter, from word to word,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.122

शब्दार्थं चिन्तयेद्भूयः स तूक्तो मानसो जपः त्रयाणां जपयज्ञानां श्रेयान् स्यादुत्तरोत्तरः

śabdārthaṃ cintayedbhūyaḥ sa tūkto mānaso japaḥ trayāṇāṃ japayajñānāṃ śreyān syāduttarottaraḥ

(If) one further reflects on the meaning of the word, that is called the mental recitation. Of the three recitation-sacrifices, each successive one is the better.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.123

भवेद्यज्ञविशेषेण वैशिष्ट्यं तत्फलस्य च जपेन देवता नित्यं स्तूयमाना प्रसीदति

bhavedyajñaviśeṣeṇa vaiśiṣṭyaṃ tatphalasya ca japena devatā nityaṃ stūyamānā prasīdati

By the distinction of the sacrifice there comes to be a distinction of its fruit as well. Being constantly praised by recitation, the deity becomes favourable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.125

प्रसन्ना विपुलान् भोगान् दद्यान्मुक्तिं च शाश्वतीम् यक्षरक्षःपिशाचाश् च ग्रहाः सर्वे च भीषणाः जापिनं नोपसर्पन्ति भयभीताः समन्ततः ॥ लिप्_१,८५।१२४ जपेन पापं शमयेदशेषं यत्तत्कृतं जन्मपरंपरासु ।* जपेन भोगान् जयते च मृत्युं जपेन सिद्धिं लभते च मुक्तिम्

prasannā vipulān bhogān dadyānmuktiṃ ca śāśvatīm yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācāś ca grahāḥ sarve ca bhīṣaṇāḥ jāpinaṃ nopasarpanti bhayabhītāḥ samantataḥ // LiP_1,85.124 japena pāpaṃ śamayedaśeṣaṃ yattatkṛtaṃ janmaparaṃparāsu /* japena bhogān jayate ca mṛtyuṃ japena siddhiṃ labhate ca muktim

Being favourable, (she/he) would grant abundant enjoyments and everlasting release. Yakṣas, rākṣasas and piśācas, and all the terrifying planets, do not approach the reciter, being frightened with fear on all sides. // By recitation one may quell sin without remainder, whatever was done in successions of births; by recitation one wins enjoyments and conquers death; by recitation one obtains attainment and release.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.126

एवं लब्ध्वा शिवं ज्ञानं ज्ञात्वा जपविधिक्रमम्

evaṃ labdhvā śivaṃ jñānaṃ jñātvā japavidhikramam

Having thus obtained the auspicious (Śiva) knowledge, and having learned the sequence of the rules of recitation,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.127

सदाचारी जपन्नित्यं ध्यायन् भद्रं समश्नुते सदाचारं प्रवक्ष्यामि सम्यग्धर्मस्य साधनम्

sadācārī japannityaṃ dhyāyan bhadraṃ samaśnute sadācāraṃ pravakṣyāmi samyagdharmasya sādhanam

one of good conduct, reciting constantly and meditating, attains what is good. I shall declare good conduct, the right means of dharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.128

यस्मादाचारहीनस्य साधनं निष्फलं भवेत् आचारः परमो धर्म आचारः परमं तपः

yasmādācārahīnasya sādhanaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet ācāraḥ paramo dharma ācāraḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ

For the means (of dharma) of one devoid of conduct would be fruitless. Conduct is the highest dharma; conduct is the highest austerity;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.129

आचारः परमा विद्या आचारः परमा गतिः सदाचारवतां पुंसां सर्वत्राप्यभयं भवेत्

ācāraḥ paramā vidyā ācāraḥ paramā gatiḥ sadācāravatāṃ puṃsāṃ sarvatrāpyabhayaṃ bhavet

conduct is the highest knowledge; conduct is the highest goal. For men possessed of good conduct there would be fearlessness everywhere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.130

तद्वदाचारहीनानां सर्वत्रैव भयं भवेत् सदाचारेण देवत्वम् ऋषित्वं च वरानने

tadvadācārahīnānāṃ sarvatraiva bhayaṃ bhavet sadācāreṇa devatvam ṛṣitvaṃ ca varānane

Likewise for those devoid of conduct there would be fear everywhere. By good conduct (men attain) godhood and the state of a seer, O fair-faced one;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.131

उपयान्ति कुयोनित्वं तद्वद् आचारलङ्घनात् आचारहीनः पुरुषो लोके भवति निन्दितः

upayānti kuyonitvaṃ tadvad ācāralaṅghanāt ācārahīnaḥ puruṣo loke bhavati ninditaḥ

likewise, from transgressing conduct, they come to birth in evil wombs. A man devoid of conduct becomes blamed in the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.132

तस्मात्संसिद्धिमन्विच्छन् सम्यगाचारवान् भवेत् दुर्वृत्तः शुद्धिभूयिष्ठः पापीयान् ज्ञानदूषकः

tasmātsaṃsiddhimanvicchan samyagācāravān bhavet durvṛttaḥ śuddhibhūyiṣṭhaḥ pāpīyān jñānadūṣakaḥ

Therefore one who seeks perfection should be rightly possessed of conduct. One of bad conduct, (even) if abounding in purifications, is very sinful, a defiler of knowledge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.133

वर्णाश्रमविधानोक्तं धर्मं कुर्वीत यत्नतः

varṇāśramavidhānoktaṃ dharmaṃ kurvīta yatnataḥ

One should with effort perform the dharma stated in the rules for classes and life-stages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.134

यस्य यद्विहितं कर्म तत्कुर्वन्मत्प्रियः सदा संध्योपासनशीलः स्यात् सायं प्रातः प्रसन्नधीः

yasya yadvihitaṃ karma tatkurvanmatpriyaḥ sadā saṃdhyopāsanaśīlaḥ syāt sāyaṃ prātaḥ prasannadhīḥ

Whoever has whatever act enjoined for him, performing that he is always dear to me. He should be devoted to the worship at the junctures (of day), at evening and morning, with a serene mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.135

उदयास्तमयात्पूर्वम् आरम्य विधिना शुचिः कामान्मोहाद्भयाल्लोभात् संध्यां नातिक्रमेद्द्विजः

udayāstamayātpūrvam āramya vidhinā śuciḥ kāmānmohādbhayāllobhāt saṃdhyāṃ nātikrameddvijaḥ

Beginning before sunrise and before sunset, pure, according to the rule — the twice-born should not neglect the twilight worship out of desire, delusion, fear, or greed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.136

संध्यातिक्रमणाद्विप्रो ब्राह्मण्यात्पतते यतः असत्यं न वदेत् किंचिन् न सत्यं च परित्यजेत्

saṃdhyātikramaṇādvipro brāhmaṇyātpatate yataḥ asatyaṃ na vadet kiṃcin na satyaṃ ca parityajet

Since by neglecting the twilight worship a brahmin falls from brahminhood. He should not speak anything untrue, nor should he abandon truth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.137

यत्सत्यं ब्रह्म इत्याहुर् असत्यं ब्रह्मदूषणम् अनृतं परुषं शाठ्यं पैशुन्यं पापहेतुकम्

yatsatyaṃ brahma ityāhur asatyaṃ brahmadūṣaṇam anṛtaṃ paruṣaṃ śāṭhyaṃ paiśunyaṃ pāpahetukam

For they say truth is brahman; the untrue is a defiling of brahman. Falsehood, harshness, deceit and slander are causes of sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.138

परदारान्परद्रव्यं परहिंसां च सर्वदा क्वचिच्चापि न कुर्वीत वाचा च मनसा तथा

paradārānparadravyaṃ parahiṃsāṃ ca sarvadā kvaciccāpi na kurvīta vācā ca manasā tathā

Another's wife, another's property, and injury to another — one should never anywhere do these, nor in speech nor in mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.139

शूद्रान्नं यातयामान्नं नैवेद्यं श्राद्धमेव च गणान्नं समुदायान्नं राजान्नं च विवर्जयेत्

śūdrānnaṃ yātayāmānnaṃ naivedyaṃ śrāddhameva ca gaṇānnaṃ samudāyānnaṃ rājānnaṃ ca vivarjayet

He should avoid the food of a śūdra, stale food, food offered (to a deity), and indeed funeral food, food of a group, food of a collective, and the food of a king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.140

अन्नशुद्धौ सत्त्वशुद्धिर् न मृदा न जलेन वै सत्त्वशुद्धौ भवेत्सिद्धिस् ततो ऽन्नं परिशोधयेत्

annaśuddhau sattvaśuddhir na mṛdā na jalena vai sattvaśuddhau bhavetsiddhis tato 'nnaṃ pariśodhayet

On the purity of food (depends) the purity of one's being — not by earth nor by water indeed. On purity of being there would be attainment; therefore one should purify one's food.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.141

राजप्रतिग्रहैर् दग्धान् ब्राह्मणान् ब्रह्मवादिनः स्विन्नानामपि बीजानां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते

rājapratigrahair dagdhān brāhmaṇān brahmavādinaḥ svinnānāmapi bījānāṃ punarjanma na vidyate

The expounders of brahman (call) brahmins burnt by acceptances of gifts from a king; for seeds that have been boiled there is no rebirth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.142

राजप्रतिग्रहो घोरो बुद्ध्वा चादौ विषोपमः बुधेन परिहर्तव्यः श्वमांसं चापि वर्जयेत्

rājapratigraho ghoro buddhvā cādau viṣopamaḥ budhena parihartavyaḥ śvamāṃsaṃ cāpi varjayet

Accepting gifts from a king is dreadful; understanding it from the outset to be like poison, the wise man should shun it, and should also avoid dog's flesh.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.143

अस्नात्वा न च भुञ्जीयाद् अजपो ऽग्निमपूज्य च पर्णपृष्ठे न भुञ्जीयाद् रात्रौ दीपं विना तथा

asnātvā na ca bhuñjīyād ajapo 'gnimapūjya ca parṇapṛṣṭhe na bhuñjīyād rātrau dīpaṃ vinā tathā

One should not eat without having bathed, nor without muttering (the prayers), nor without having worshipped the fire; one should not eat on a leaf-plate, nor at night without a lamp.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.144

भिन्नभाण्डे च रथ्यायां पतितानां च संनिधौ शूद्रशेषं न भुञ्जीयात् सहान्नं शिशुकैरपि

bhinnabhāṇḍe ca rathyāyāṃ patitānāṃ ca saṃnidhau śūdraśeṣaṃ na bhuñjīyāt sahānnaṃ śiśukairapi

One should not eat in a broken vessel, nor in the street, nor in the presence of the fallen; nor what is left over by a śūdra, nor food together with little children.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.145

शुद्धान्नं स्निग्धम् अश्नीयात् संस्कृतं चाभिमन्त्रितम् भोक्ता शिव इति स्मृत्वा मौनी चैकाग्रमानसः

śuddhānnaṃ snigdham aśnīyāt saṃskṛtaṃ cābhimantritam bhoktā śiva iti smṛtvā maunī caikāgramānasaḥ

He should eat pure, unctuous food, properly prepared and consecrated with mantras, silent and with mind one-pointed, remembering "Śiva is the eater."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.146

आस्येन न पिबेत्तोयं तिष्ठन्नञ्जलिनापि वा वामहस्तेन शय्यायां तथैवान्यंकरेण वा

āsyena na pibettoyaṃ tiṣṭhannañjalināpi vā vāmahastena śayyāyāṃ tathaivānyaṃkareṇa vā

One should not drink water with the mouth (directly), nor standing, nor even from the cupped hands, nor with the left hand, nor on a bed, nor likewise with the other hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.147

विभीतकार्ककारञ्जस्नुहिच्छायां न चाश्रयेत् स्तंभदीपमनुष्याणाम् अन्येषां प्राणिनां तथा

vibhītakārkakārañjasnuhicchāyāṃ na cāśrayet staṃbhadīpamanuṣyāṇām anyeṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā

One should not resort to the shade of the vibhītaka, arka, karañja, or snuhi trees, nor (to the shadow) of a post, a lamp, of men, or likewise of other living beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.148

एको न गच्छेदध्वानं बाहुभ्यां नोत्तरेन्नदीम् नावरोहेत कूपादिं नारोहेदुच्चपादपान्

eko na gacchedadhvānaṃ bāhubhyāṃ nottarennadīm nāvaroheta kūpādiṃ nāroheduccapādapān

One should not travel a road alone, should not cross a river with (only) the arms, should not descend into a well or the like, should not climb tall trees.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.149

सूर्याग्निजलदेवानां गुरूणां विमुखः शुभे न कुर्यादिह कार्याणि जपकर्म शुभानि वा

sūryāgnijaladevānāṃ gurūṇāṃ vimukhaḥ śubhe na kuryādiha kāryāṇi japakarma śubhāni vā

Turned away from the sun, fire, water, the gods and the teachers, one should not here perform (ritual) acts, the act of muttering, or auspicious rites.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.150

अग्नौ न तापयेत्पादौ हस्तं पद्भ्यां न संस्पृशेत् अग्नेर्नोच्छ्रयम् आसीत नाग्नौ किंचिन् मलं त्यजेत्

agnau na tāpayetpādau hastaṃ padbhyāṃ na saṃspṛśet agnernocchrayam āsīta nāgnau kiṃcin malaṃ tyajet

One should not warm the feet at the fire, should not touch the hand with the feet, should not sit higher than the fire, should not throw any filth into the fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.151

न जलं ताडयेत्पद्भ्यां नांभस्यङ्गमलं त्यजेत् मलं प्रक्षालयेत् तीरे प्रक्षाल्य स्नानमाचरेत्

na jalaṃ tāḍayetpadbhyāṃ nāṃbhasyaṅgamalaṃ tyajet malaṃ prakṣālayet tīre prakṣālya snānamācaret

One should not strike the water with the feet, nor cast bodily dirt into the water; one should wash off the dirt on the bank, and having washed, perform the bath.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.152

नखाग्रकेशनिर्धूतस्नानवस्त्रघटोदकम् अश्रीकरं मनुष्याणाम् अशुद्धं संस्पृशेद्यदि

nakhāgrakeśanirdhūtasnānavastraghaṭodakam aśrīkaraṃ manuṣyāṇām aśuddhaṃ saṃspṛśedyadi

Water from a jar (used for) bathing-cloth, shaken off from the tips of the nails and the hair, is destructive of prosperity for men — if, being impure, one touches it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.153

अजाश्वानखुरोष्ट्राणां मार्जनात् तुषरेणुकान् संस्पृशेद् यदि मूढात्मा श्रियं हन्ति हरेरपि

ajāśvānakhuroṣṭrāṇāṃ mārjanāt tuṣareṇukān saṃspṛśed yadi mūḍhātmā śriyaṃ hanti harerapi

If a foolish person touches the husks and dust (raised) by the brushing down of goats, horses, dogs, mules and camels, he destroys the prosperity even of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.154

मार्जारश् च गृहे यस्य सो ऽप्यन्त्यजसमो नरः भोजयेद्यस्तु विप्रेन्द्रान् मार्जारसंनिधौ यदि

mārjāraś ca gṛhe yasya so 'pyantyajasamo naraḥ bhojayedyastu viprendrān mārjārasaṃnidhau yadi

And the man in whose house there is a cat — he too is equal to an outcaste; and if someone feeds the best of brahmins in the presence of a cat,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.155

तच्चाण्डालसमं ज्ञेयं नात्र कार्या विचारणा स्फिग्वातं शूर्पवातं च वातं प्राणमुखानिलम्

taccāṇḍālasamaṃ jñeyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā sphigvātaṃ śūrpavātaṃ ca vātaṃ prāṇamukhānilam

that is to be known as equal to (feeding) a caṇḍāla; no deliberation is to be made here. The wind from the buttocks, the wind from a winnowing basket, and the wind of the breath from the mouth —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.156

सुकृतानि हरन्त्येते संस्पृष्टाः पुरुषस्य तु उष्णीषी कञ्चुकी नग्नो मुक्तकेशो मलावृतः

sukṛtāni harantyete saṃspṛṣṭāḥ puruṣasya tu uṣṇīṣī kañcukī nagno muktakeśo malāvṛtaḥ

these, when they touch a man, carry off his merits. Wearing a turban, wearing a jacket, naked, with hair loose, covered with dirt,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.157

अपवित्रकरो ऽशुद्धः प्रलपन्न जपेत् क्वचित् क्रोधो मदः क्षुधा तन्द्रा निष्ठीवनविजृम्भणे

apavitrakaro 'śuddhaḥ pralapanna japet kvacit krodho madaḥ kṣudhā tandrā niṣṭhīvanavijṛmbhaṇe

acting impurely, unclean, chattering — one should never mutter (mantras). Anger, intoxication, hunger, drowsiness, spitting and yawning,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.158

श्वनीचदर्शनं निद्रा प्रलापास्ते जपद्विषः एतेषां संभवे वापि कुर्यात्सूर्यादिदर्शनम्

śvanīcadarśanaṃ nidrā pralāpāste japadviṣaḥ eteṣāṃ saṃbhave vāpi kuryātsūryādidarśanam

the sight of a dog or a low person, sleep, idle talk — these are the enemies of muttering. Even if these occur, one should look at the sun and so forth,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.159

आचम्य वा जपेच्छेषं कृत्वा वा प्राणसंयमम् सूर्यो ऽग्निश्चन्द्रमाश्चैव ग्रहनक्षत्रतारकाः

ācamya vā japeccheṣaṃ kṛtvā vā prāṇasaṃyamam sūryo 'gniścandramāścaiva grahanakṣatratārakāḥ

or, having sipped water, one should mutter the remainder, or having performed restraint of the breath. The sun, fire, the moon, the planets, the lunar mansions and the stars —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.160

एते ज्योतींषि प्रोक्तानि विद्वद्भिर् ब्राह्मणैस् तथा प्रसार्य पादौ न जपेत् कुक्कुटासन एव च

ete jyotīṃṣi proktāni vidvadbhir brāhmaṇais tathā prasārya pādau na japet kukkuṭāsana eva ca

these are declared to be the luminaries by learned brahmins. One should not mutter with the feet stretched out, nor in the "cock" posture,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.161

अनासनः शयानो वा रथ्यायां शूद्रसन्निधौ रक्तभूम्यां च खट्वायां न जपेज्जापकस् तथा

anāsanaḥ śayāno vā rathyāyāṃ śūdrasannidhau raktabhūmyāṃ ca khaṭvāyāṃ na japejjāpakas tathā

nor without a seat, nor lying down, nor in the street, nor in the presence of a śūdra, nor on red ground, nor on a cot should the mutterer mutter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.162

आसनस्थो जपेत्सम्यक् मन्त्रार्थगतमानसः कौशेयं व्याघ्रचर्मं वा चैलं तौलमथापि वा

āsanastho japetsamyak mantrārthagatamānasaḥ kauśeyaṃ vyāghracarmaṃ vā cailaṃ taulamathāpi vā

Seated on a seat he should mutter properly, his mind fixed on the meaning of the mantra; silk, or a tiger-skin, or cloth, or a woollen (cover),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.163

दारवं तालपर्णं वा आसनं परिकल्पयेत् त्रिसंध्यं तु गुरोः पूजा कर्तव्या हितमिच्छता

dāravaṃ tālaparṇaṃ vā āsanaṃ parikalpayet trisaṃdhyaṃ tu guroḥ pūjā kartavyā hitamicchatā

Or he should arrange a seat of wood or of palm-leaf; and by one who desires his own good, worship of the teacher should be performed at the three junctures of the day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.164

यो गुरुः स शिवः प्रोक्तो यः शिवः स गुरुः स्मृतः यथा शिवस् तथा विद्या यथा विद्या तथा गुरुः

yo guruḥ sa śivaḥ prokto yaḥ śivaḥ sa guruḥ smṛtaḥ yathā śivas tathā vidyā yathā vidyā tathā guruḥ

He who is the guru is declared to be Śiva, and he who is Śiva is held to be the guru; as Śiva is, so is the sacred knowledge, and as the knowledge is, so is the guru.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.165

शिवविद्यागुरोस्तस्माद् भक्त्या च सदृशं फलम् सर्वदेवमयो देवि सर्वशक्तिमयो हि सः

śivavidyāgurostasmād bhaktyā ca sadṛśaṃ phalam sarvadevamayo devi sarvaśaktimayo hi saḥ

Therefore the fruit from devotion to Śiva, to the sacred knowledge, and to the guru is the same; for he, O goddess, consists of all the gods and of all the powers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.166

सगुणो निर्गुणो वापि तस्याज्ञां शिरसा वहेत् श्रेयो ऽर्थी यस्तु गुर्वाज्ञां मनसापि न लङ्घयेत्

saguṇo nirguṇo vāpi tasyājñāṃ śirasā vahet śreyo 'rthī yastu gurvājñāṃ manasāpi na laṅghayet

Whether (the guru be) with qualities or without qualities, one should bear his command upon one's head; and he who seeks welfare should not transgress the guru's command even in thought.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.167

गुर्वाज्ञापालकः सम्यक् ज्ञानसंपत्तिमश्नुते गच्छंस्तिष्ठन्स्वपन् भुञ्जन् यद्यत्कर्म समाचरेत्

gurvājñāpālakaḥ samyak jñānasaṃpattimaśnute gacchaṃstiṣṭhansvapan bhuñjan yadyatkarma samācaret

One who properly keeps the guru's command attains the wealth of knowledge; whatever act he may perform — going, standing, sleeping, eating —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.168

समक्षं यदि तत्सर्वं कर्तव्यं गुर्वनुज्ञया गुरोर्देवसमक्षं वा न यथेष्टासनो भवेत्

samakṣaṃ yadi tatsarvaṃ kartavyaṃ gurvanujñayā gurordevasamakṣaṃ vā na yatheṣṭāsano bhavet

if it is in (the guru's) presence, all that is to be done with the guru's permission; and in the presence of the guru or of the god one should not sit as one pleases.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.169

गुरुर्देवो यतः साक्षात् तद्गृहं देवमन्दिरम् पापिना च यथासंगात् तत्पापैः पतनं भवेत्

gururdevo yataḥ sākṣāt tadgṛhaṃ devamandiram pāpinā ca yathāsaṃgāt tatpāpaiḥ patanaṃ bhavet

Since the guru is the god in visible form, his house is a temple of the god; and just as, through association with a sinner, one's fall comes about through that man's sins,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.170

तद्वदाचार्यसंगेन तद्धर्मफलभाग्भवेत् यथैव वह्निसंपर्कान् मलं त्यजति काञ्चनम्

tadvadācāryasaṃgena taddharmaphalabhāgbhavet yathaiva vahnisaṃparkān malaṃ tyajati kāñcanam

so through association with the teacher one becomes a sharer in the fruit of his merit. Just as gold gives up its impurity through contact with fire,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.171

तथैव गुरुसंपर्कात् पापं त्यजति मानवः यथा वह्निसमीपस्थो घृतकुंभो विलीयते

tathaiva gurusaṃparkāt pāpaṃ tyajati mānavaḥ yathā vahnisamīpastho ghṛtakuṃbho vilīyate

so through contact with the guru a man gives up sin. As a pot of ghee placed near fire melts,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.172

तथा पापं विलीयेत आचार्यस्य समीपतः यथा प्रज्वलितो वह्निर् विष्ठां काष्ठं च निर्दहेत्

tathā pāpaṃ vilīyeta ācāryasya samīpataḥ yathā prajvalito vahnir viṣṭhāṃ kāṣṭhaṃ ca nirdahet

so sin would melt away in the vicinity of the teacher. As a blazing fire burns up dung and wood,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.173

गुरुस्तुष्टो दहत्येवं पापं तन्मन्त्रतेजसा ब्रह्मा हरिस् तथा रुद्रो देवाश् च मुनयस् तथा

gurustuṣṭo dahatyevaṃ pāpaṃ tanmantratejasā brahmā haris tathā rudro devāś ca munayas tathā

so a pleased guru burns up sin by the power of that mantra. Brahmā, Hari and likewise Rudra, and the gods and the sages too,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.174

कुर्वन्त्यनुग्रहं तुष्टा गुरौ तुष्टे न संशयः कर्मणा मनसा वाचा गुरोः क्रोधं न कारयेत्

kurvantyanugrahaṃ tuṣṭā gurau tuṣṭe na saṃśayaḥ karmaṇā manasā vācā guroḥ krodhaṃ na kārayet

being pleased, bestow their grace when the guru is pleased — there is no doubt. By act, by mind, by speech, one should not provoke the guru's anger.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.175

तस्य क्रोधेन दह्यन्ते आयुःश्रीज्ञानसत्क्रियाः तत्क्रोधं ये करिष्यन्ति तेषां यज्ञाश् च निष्फलाः

tasya krodhena dahyante āyuḥśrījñānasatkriyāḥ tatkrodhaṃ ye kariṣyanti teṣāṃ yajñāś ca niṣphalāḥ

By his anger, long life, prosperity, knowledge and good works are burned up; and those who will provoke his anger — their sacrifices too are fruitless,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.176

जपान्यनियमाश्चैव नात्र कार्या विचारणा गुरोर्विरुद्धं यद्वाक्यं न वदेत्सर्वयत्नतः

japānyaniyamāścaiva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā gurorviruddhaṃ yadvākyaṃ na vadetsarvayatnataḥ

and their recitations and other observances as well; no deliberation is to be made about this. One should with every effort not utter a word that goes against the guru.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.177

वदेद् यदि महामोहाद् रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत् चित्तेनैव च वित्तेन तथा वाचा च सुव्रताः

vaded yadi mahāmohād rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet cittenaiva ca vittena tathā vācā ca suvratāḥ

If out of great delusion he should utter it, he would go to the Raurava hell. With mind, with wealth, and with speech, O you of good vows,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.178

मिथ्या न कारयेद्देवि क्रियया च गुरोः सदा दुर्गुणे ख्यापिते तस्य नैर्गुण्यशतभाग्भवेत्

mithyā na kārayeddevi kriyayā ca guroḥ sadā durguṇe khyāpite tasya nairguṇyaśatabhāgbhavet

one should never, O goddess, act falsely toward the guru, nor in deed. When a fault (of his) is proclaimed, one becomes a sharer in a hundredfold worthlessness;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.179

गुणे तु ख्यापिते तस्य सार्वगुण्यफलं भवेत् गुरोर्हितं प्रियं कुर्याद् आदिष्टो वा न वा सदा

guṇe tu khyāpite tasya sārvaguṇyaphalaṃ bhavet gurorhitaṃ priyaṃ kuryād ādiṣṭo vā na vā sadā

but when a virtue of his is proclaimed, one obtains the fruit of all virtues. One should always do what is beneficial and pleasing to the guru, whether instructed to or not.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.180

असमक्षं समक्षं वा गुरोः कार्यं समाचरेत् गुरोर्हितं प्रियं कुर्यान् मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः

asamakṣaṃ samakṣaṃ vā guroḥ kāryaṃ samācaret gurorhitaṃ priyaṃ kuryān manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ

Whether out of his sight or in his presence, one should carry out the guru's business; one should do what is beneficial and pleasing to the guru with the acts of mind, speech and body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.181

कुर्वन्पतत्यधो गत्वा तत्रैव परिवर्तते तस्मात्स सर्वदोपास्यो वन्दनीयश् च सर्वदा

kurvanpatatyadho gatvā tatraiva parivartate tasmātsa sarvadopāsyo vandanīyaś ca sarvadā

(Doing otherwise) he falls, and having gone below he revolves there itself; therefore he (the guru) is always to be served and always to be saluted.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.182

समीपस्थो ऽप्यनुज्ञाप्य वदेत्तद्विमुखो गुरुम् एवमाचारवान् भक्तो नित्यं जपपरायणः

samīpastho 'pyanujñāpya vadettadvimukho gurum evamācāravān bhakto nityaṃ japaparāyaṇaḥ

Even when standing close by, having asked leave he should speak to the guru, turned away from him; one of such conduct, devoted, ever intent on recitation,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.183

गुरुप्रियकरो मन्त्रं विनियोक्तुं ततो ऽर्हति विनियोगं प्रवक्ष्यामि सिद्धमन्त्रप्रयोजनम्

gurupriyakaro mantraṃ viniyoktuṃ tato 'rhati viniyogaṃ pravakṣyāmi siddhamantraprayojanam

One who does what pleases the guru is thereafter fit to apply the mantra. I shall declare the application (viniyoga), the employment of the perfected mantra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.184

दौर्बल्यं याति तन्मन्त्रं विनियोगमजानतः यस्य येन वियुञ्जीत कार्येण तु विशेषतः

daurbalyaṃ yāti tanmantraṃ viniyogamajānataḥ yasya yena viyuñjīta kāryeṇa tu viśeṣataḥ

For one who does not know the application, that mantra grows weak. For which purpose one should apply which (mantra) — specifically that —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.185

विनियोगः स विज्ञेय ऐहिकामुष्मिकं फलम् विनियोगजमायुष्यम् आरोग्यं तनुनित्यता

viniyogaḥ sa vijñeya aihikāmuṣmikaṃ phalam viniyogajamāyuṣyam ārogyaṃ tanunityatā

is to be known as the application; (its) fruit is both in this world and the next. Born of the application are long life, health, and constancy of the body,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.186

राज्यैश्वर्यं च विज्ञानं स्वर्गो निर्वाण एव च प्रोक्षणं चाभिषेकं च अघमर्षणमेव च

rājyaiśvaryaṃ ca vijñānaṃ svargo nirvāṇa eva ca prokṣaṇaṃ cābhiṣekaṃ ca aghamarṣaṇameva ca

kingship and lordship, and knowledge, heaven, and even liberation. And the sprinkling and the consecration, and likewise the effacing of sin —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.187

स्नाने च संध्ययोश्चैव कुर्यादेकादशेन वै शुचिः पर्वतमारुह्य जपेल्लक्षमतन्द्रितः

snāne ca saṃdhyayoścaiva kuryādekādaśena vai śuciḥ parvatamāruhya japellakṣamatandritaḥ

at bathing and at both twilights he should perform (it) with eleven (repetitions); purified, having climbed a mountain, he should recite a hundred thousand undistractedly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.188

महानद्यां द्विलक्षं तु दीर्घमायुरवाप्नुयात् दूर्वाङ्कुरास्तिला वाणी गुडूची घुटिका तथा

mahānadyāṃ dvilakṣaṃ tu dīrghamāyuravāpnuyāt dūrvāṅkurāstilā vāṇī guḍūcī ghuṭikā tathā

But (reciting) two hundred thousand at a great river he would obtain long life. Dūrvā shoots, sesame, vāṇī, guḍūcī, and likewise ghuṭikā —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.189

तेषां तु दशसाहस्रं होममायुष्यवर्धनम् अश्वत्थवृक्षमाश्रित्य जपेल्लक्षद्वयं सुधीः

teṣāṃ tu daśasāhasraṃ homamāyuṣyavardhanam aśvatthavṛkṣamāśritya japellakṣadvayaṃ sudhīḥ

an oblation of ten thousand of these increases lifespan. Resorting to an aśvattha tree, the wise man should recite two hundred thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.190

शनैश्चरदिने स्पृष्ट्वा दीर्घायुष्यं लभेन्नरः शनैश्चरदिने ऽश्वत्थं पाणिभ्यां संस्पृशेत्सुधीः

śanaiścaradine spṛṣṭvā dīrghāyuṣyaṃ labhennaraḥ śanaiścaradine 'śvatthaṃ pāṇibhyāṃ saṃspṛśetsudhīḥ

Having touched (it) on Saturn's day, a man obtains long life; on Saturn's day the wise man should touch the aśvattha with both hands

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.191

जपेदष्टोत्तरशतं सोममृत्युहरो भवेत् आदित्याभिमुखो भूत्वा जपेल्लक्षमनन्यधीः

japedaṣṭottaraśataṃ somamṛtyuharo bhavet ādityābhimukho bhūtvā japellakṣamananyadhīḥ

(and) should recite a hundred and eight: he becomes one who wards off an untimely death. Facing the sun, he should recite a hundred thousand with undivided mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.192

अर्कैरष्टशतं जप्त्वा जुह्वन्व्याधेर्विमुच्यते समस्तव्याधिशान्त्यर्थं पलाशसमिधैर् नरः

arkairaṣṭaśataṃ japtvā juhvanvyādhervimucyate samastavyādhiśāntyarthaṃ palāśasamidhair naraḥ

Having recited a hundred and eight, offering with arka (sticks), he is freed from disease. For the quelling of all diseases a man, with palāśa firewood,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.193

हुत्वा दशसहस्रं तु निरोगी मनुजो भवेत् नित्यमष्टशतं जप्त्वा पिबेद् अम्भो ऽर्कसन्निधौ

hutvā daśasahasraṃ tu nirogī manujo bhavet nityamaṣṭaśataṃ japtvā pibed ambho 'rkasannidhau

having offered ten thousand, becomes free of disease. Reciting a hundred and eight daily, he should drink water in the presence of the sun:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.194

औदर्यैर्व्याधिभिः सर्वैर् मासेनैकेन मुच्यते एकादशेन भुञ्जीयाद् अन्नं चैवाभिमन्त्रितम्

audaryairvyādhibhiḥ sarvair māsenaikena mucyate ekādaśena bhuñjīyād annaṃ caivābhimantritam

in a single month he is freed from all abdominal diseases. With eleven (repetitions) he should eat food that has been consecrated by the mantra;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.195

भक्ष्यं चान्यत्तथा पेयं विषमप्यमृतं भवेत् जपेल् लक्षं तु पूर्वाह्णे हुत्वा चाष्टशतेन वै

bhakṣyaṃ cānyattathā peyaṃ viṣamapyamṛtaṃ bhavet japel lakṣaṃ tu pūrvāhṇe hutvā cāṣṭaśatena vai

and other food and drink likewise — even poison becomes nectar. He should recite a hundred thousand in the forenoon, and having offered with a hundred and eight,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.196

सूर्यं नित्यमुपस्थाय सम्यगारोग्यमाप्नुयात् नदीतोयेन सम्पूर्णं घटं संस्पृश्य शोभनम्

sūryaṃ nityamupasthāya samyagārogyamāpnuyāt nadītoyena sampūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ saṃspṛśya śobhanam

daily attending upon the sun, he would obtain perfect health. Having touched a fine pot filled with river water,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.197

जप्त्वायुतं च तत्स्नानाद् रोगाणां भेषजं भवेत् अष्टाविंशज्जपित्वान्नम् अश्नीयाद् अन्वहं शुचिः

japtvāyutaṃ ca tatsnānād rogāṇāṃ bheṣajaṃ bhavet aṣṭāviṃśajjapitvānnam aśnīyād anvahaṃ śuciḥ

and having recited ten thousand, by bathing with that it becomes a medicine for diseases. Having recited twenty-eight (times), purified, he should eat food each day;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.198

हुत्वा च तावत्पालाशैर् एवं वारोग्यम् अश्नुते चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे पूर्वम् उपोष्य विधिना शुचिः

hutvā ca tāvatpālāśair evaṃ vārogyam aśnute candrasūryagrahe pūrvam upoṣya vidhinā śuciḥ

and having offered just that many (oblations) with palāśa (sticks), thus indeed he attains health. At an eclipse of the moon or the sun, having first fasted according to rule, purified,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.199

यावद्ग्रहणमोक्षं तु तावन्नद्यां समाहितः जपेत्समुद्रगामिन्यां विमोक्षे ग्रहणस्य तु

yāvadgrahaṇamokṣaṃ tu tāvannadyāṃ samāhitaḥ japetsamudragāminyāṃ vimokṣe grahaṇasya tu

he should recite, concentrated, at a river that flows to the sea, for as long as until the release from the eclipse; and at the release of the eclipse,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.200

अष्टोत्तरसहस्रेण पिबेद्ब्राह्मीरसं द्विजाः ऐहिकां लभते मेधां सर्वशास्त्रधरां शुभाम्

aṣṭottarasahasreṇa pibedbrāhmīrasaṃ dvijāḥ aihikāṃ labhate medhāṃ sarvaśāstradharāṃ śubhām

with a thousand and eight (repetitions) he should drink brāhmī juice, O twice-born; he gains in this life an auspicious intelligence that holds all the scriptures.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.201

सारस्वती भवेद्देवी तस्य वागतिमानुषी ग्रहनक्षत्रपीडासु जपेद्भक्त्यायुतं नरः

sārasvatī bhaveddevī tasya vāgatimānuṣī grahanakṣatrapīḍāsu japedbhaktyāyutaṃ naraḥ

The goddess Sārasvatī comes to be his speech, more than human. In afflictions from planets and stars a man should recite ten thousand with devotion,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.202

हुत्वा चाष्टसहस्रं तु ग्रहपीडां व्यपोहति दुःस्वप्नदर्शने स्नात्वा जपेद्वै चायुतं नरः

hutvā cāṣṭasahasraṃ tu grahapīḍāṃ vyapohati duḥsvapnadarśane snātvā japedvai cāyutaṃ naraḥ

and having offered eight thousand he drives away the affliction of the planets. On seeing a bad dream, a man should bathe and recite ten thousand;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.203

घृतेनाष्टशतं हुत्वा सद्यः शान्तिर्भविष्यति चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे लिङ्गं समभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि

ghṛtenāṣṭaśataṃ hutvā sadyaḥ śāntirbhaviṣyati candrasūryagrahe liṅgaṃ samabhyarcya yathāvidhi

Having offered eight hundred (oblations) with ghee, peace will come at once. At an eclipse of the moon or sun, having duly worshipped the liṅga —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.204

यत् किंचित् प्रार्थयेद् देवि जपेदयुतमादरात् संनिधावस्य देवस्य शुचिः संयतमानसः

yat kiṃcit prārthayed devi japedayutamādarāt saṃnidhāvasya devasya śuciḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ

— whatever he may ask for, O Goddess, let him recite (the mantra) ten thousand times with reverence, pure and with restrained mind, in the presence of this god.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.205

सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति पुरुषो नात्र संशयः गजानां तुरगाणां तु गोजातीनां विशेषतः

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti puruṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ gajānāṃ turagāṇāṃ tu gojātīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ

A man obtains all his desires — there is no doubt here — and especially (this holds) for elephants, horses, and the kinds of cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.206

व्याध्यागमे शुचिर्भूत्वा जुहुयात्समिधाहुतिम् मासमभ्यर्च्य विधिना-युतं भक्तिसमन्वितः

vyādhyāgame śucirbhūtvā juhuyātsamidhāhutim māsamabhyarcya vidhinā-yutaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ

When disease comes upon (them), having become pure, he should offer an oblation of firewood; having worshipped for a month according to the rule, (reciting) ten thousand (times), filled with devotion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.207

तेषामृद्धिश् च शान्तिश् च भविष्यति न संशयः उत्पाते शत्रुबाधायां जुहुयादयुतं शुचिः

teṣāmṛddhiś ca śāntiś ca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ utpāte śatrubādhāyāṃ juhuyādayutaṃ śuciḥ

For them there will be prosperity and peace, no doubt. In (the case of) a portent or affliction by enemies, one should, being pure, offer ten thousand oblations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.208

पालाशसमिधैर् देवि तस्य शान्तिर्भविष्यति आभिचारिकबाधायाम् एतद्देवि समाचरेत्

pālāśasamidhair devi tasya śāntirbhaviṣyati ābhicārikabādhāyām etaddevi samācaret

— tr. refused: cyber

LiP 85.209

प्रत्यग् भवति तच्छक्तिः शत्रोः पीडा भविष्यति विद्वेषणार्थं जुहुयाद् वैभीतसमिधाष्टकम्

pratyag bhavati tacchaktiḥ śatroḥ pīḍā bhaviṣyati vidveṣaṇārthaṃ juhuyād vaibhītasamidhāṣṭakam

— tr. refused: cyber

LiP 85.210

अक्षरप्रतिलोम्येन आर्द्रेण रुधिरेण वा विषेण रुधिराभ्यक्तो विद्वेषणकरं नृणाम्

akṣarapratilomyena ārdreṇa rudhireṇa vā viṣeṇa rudhirābhyakto vidveṣaṇakaraṃ nṛṇām

— tr. refused: cyber

LiP 85.211

प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापविशुद्धये पापशुद्धिर्यथा सम्यक् कर्तुमभ्युद्यतो नरः

prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapāpaviśuddhaye pāpaśuddhiryathā samyak kartumabhyudyato naraḥ

I shall declare the expiation for the complete purification of all sins, and how the purification of sin (is accomplished) rightly by a man who has set himself to perform (it).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.212

पापशुद्धिर् यतः सम्यग् ज्ञानसंपत्तिहैतुकी पापशुद्धिर्न चेत्पुंसः क्रियाः सर्वाश्चनिष्फलाः

pāpaśuddhir yataḥ samyag jñānasaṃpattihaitukī pāpaśuddhirna cetpuṃsaḥ kriyāḥ sarvāścaniṣphalāḥ

Since purification of sin is truly the cause of the attainment of knowledge — if a man has no purification of sin, all his rites are fruitless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.213

ज्ञानं च हीयते तस्मात् कर्तव्यं पापशोधनम् विद्यालक्ष्मीविशुद्ध्यर्थं मां ध्यात्वाञ्जलिना शुभे

jñānaṃ ca hīyate tasmāt kartavyaṃ pāpaśodhanam vidyālakṣmīviśuddhyarthaṃ māṃ dhyātvāñjalinā śubhe

And knowledge too is lost; therefore the cleansing of sin must be done. In order to purify learning and prosperity, having meditated upon me, with a cupped handful (of water), O auspicious one—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.214

शिवेनैकादशेनाद्भिर् अभिषिञ्चेत्समन्ततः अष्टोत्तरशतेनैव स्नायात्पापविशुद्धये

śivenaikādaśenādbhir abhiṣiñcetsamantataḥ aṣṭottaraśatenaiva snāyātpāpaviśuddhaye

—one should sprinkle (oneself) all over with water using the eleven-fold Śiva (mantra); with just one hundred and eight (repetitions) one should bathe, for the purification of sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.215

सर्वतीर्थफलं तच्च सर्वपापहरं शुभम् संध्योपासनविच्छेदे जपेदष्टशतं नरः

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tacca sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham saṃdhyopāsanavicchede japedaṣṭaśataṃ naraḥ

And that yields the fruit of all sacred fords; it is auspicious and removes all sins. When there is a break in the performance of the twilight worship, a man should recite (the mantra) one hundred and eight times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.216

विड्वराहैश् च चाण्डालैर् दुर्जनैः कुक्कुटैरपि स्पृष्टमन्नं न भुञ्जीत भुक्त्वा चाष्टशतं जपेत्

viḍvarāhaiś ca cāṇḍālair durjanaiḥ kukkuṭairapi spṛṣṭamannaṃ na bhuñjīta bhuktvā cāṣṭaśataṃ japet

He should not eat food that has been touched by dung-eating pigs, by Caṇḍālas, by wicked men, or by cocks; and if he has eaten (it), he should recite (the mantra) one hundred and eight times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.217

ब्रह्महत्याविशुद्ध्यर्थं जपेल्लक्षायुतं नरः पातकानां तदर्धं स्यान् नात्र कार्या विचारणा

brahmahatyāviśuddhyarthaṃ japellakṣāyutaṃ naraḥ pātakānāṃ tadardhaṃ syān nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

For purification from the killing of a brahmin, a man should recite (the mantra) ten thousand times a hundred thousand; for the (other) mortal sins it should be half of that — no deliberation is to be made about this.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.218

उपपातकदुष्टानां तदर्धं परिकीर्तितम् शेषाणामपि पापानां जपेत्पञ्चसहस्रकम्

upapātakaduṣṭānāṃ tadardhaṃ parikīrtitam śeṣāṇāmapi pāpānāṃ japetpañcasahasrakam

For those defiled by the secondary sins, half of that is declared; and for the remaining sins one should recite five thousand (times).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.219

आत्मबोधपरं गुह्यं शिवबोधप्रकाशकम् शिवः स्यात्स जपेन्मन्त्रं पञ्चलक्षम् अनाकुलः

ātmabodhaparaṃ guhyaṃ śivabodhaprakāśakam śivaḥ syātsa japenmantraṃ pañcalakṣam anākulaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

LiP 85.220

पञ्चवायुजयं भद्रे प्राप्नोति मनुजः सुखम् जपेच्च पञ्चलक्षं तु विगृहीतेन्द्रियः शुचिः

pañcavāyujayaṃ bhadre prāpnoti manujaḥ sukham japecca pañcalakṣaṃ tu vigṛhītendriyaḥ śuciḥ

(Thereby), O good lady, a man easily attains mastery of the five vital winds. And let him recite five hundred thousand (repetitions), pure, with his senses held in check.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.221

पञ्चेन्द्रियाणां विजयो भविष्यति वरानने ध्यानयुक्तो जपेद्यस्तु पञ्चलक्षमनाकुलः

pañcendriyāṇāṃ vijayo bhaviṣyati varānane dhyānayukto japedyastu pañcalakṣamanākulaḥ

There will be victory over the five senses, O fair-faced one. And he who, joined to meditation and undistracted, recites five lakhs —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.222

विषयाणां च पञ्चानां जयं प्राप्नोति मानवः चतुर्थं पञ्चलक्षं तु यो जपेद्भक्तिसंयुतः

viṣayāṇāṃ ca pañcānāṃ jayaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ caturthaṃ pañcalakṣaṃ tu yo japedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ

— that man attains mastery over the five objects (of sense). And he who, possessed of devotion, recites the fourth five lakhs —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.223

भूतानामिह पञ्चानां विजयं मनुजो लभेत् चतुर्लक्षं जपेद्यस्तु मनः संयम्य यत्नतः

bhūtānāmiha pañcānāṃ vijayaṃ manujo labhet caturlakṣaṃ japedyastu manaḥ saṃyamya yatnataḥ

A man would gain victory over the five elements here; and whoever, restraining the mind with effort, should recite four hundred thousand —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.224

सम्यग्विजयमाप्नोति करणानां वरानने पञ्चविंशतिलक्षाणां जपेन कमलानने

samyagvijayamāpnoti karaṇānāṃ varānane pañcaviṃśatilakṣāṇāṃ japena kamalānane

— he attains complete victory over the organs, O fair-faced one; by the recitation of two million five hundred thousand, O lotus-faced one —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.225

पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वानां विजयं मनुजो लभेत् मध्यरात्रे ऽतिनिर्वाते जपेदयुतमादरात्

pañcaviṃśatitattvānāṃ vijayaṃ manujo labhet madhyarātre 'tinirvāte japedayutamādarāt

— a man would gain victory over the twenty-five principles. Let him recite ten thousand at midnight, in a place quite free of wind, with reverence:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.226

ब्रह्मसिद्धिमवाप्नोति व्रतेनानेन सुंदरि जपेल्लक्षमनालस्यो निर्वाते ध्वनिवर्जिते

brahmasiddhimavāpnoti vratenānena suṃdari japellakṣamanālasyo nirvāte dhvanivarjite

by this observance he attains the accomplishment of brahman, O beautiful one. Let him, free of sloth, recite a hundred thousand in a windless place free of noise:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.227

मध्यरात्रे च शिवयोः पश्यत्येव न संशयः अन्धकारविनाशश् च दीपस्येव प्रकाशनम्

madhyarātre ca śivayoḥ paśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ andhakāravināśaś ca dīpasyeva prakāśanam

and at midnight he verily sees the two, Śiva (and Umā) — there is no doubt; and there is destruction of darkness and an illumination as of a lamp,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 85.228

हृदयान्तर्बहिर्वापि भविष्यति न संशयः सर्वसंपत्समृद्ध्यर्थं जपेदयुतमात्मवान्

hṛdayāntarbahirvāpi bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ sarvasaṃpatsamṛddhyarthaṃ japedayutamātmavān

within the heart or outside as well — it will be so, there is no doubt. For the sake of the increase of all prosperity, let the self-possessed man recite ten thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.229

सबीजसंपुटं मन्त्रं शतलक्षं जपेच्छुचिः मत्सायुज्यमवाप्नोति भक्तिमान् किमतः परम्

sabījasaṃpuṭaṃ mantraṃ śatalakṣaṃ japecchuciḥ matsāyujyamavāpnoti bhaktimān kimataḥ param

Let the pure man recite ten million times the mantra enclosed within the seed-syllable; the devotee attains union with me — what is higher than this?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.230

इति ते सर्वमाख्यातं पञ्चाक्षरविधिक्रमम् यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स याति परमां गतिम्

iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ pañcākṣaravidhikramam yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Thus the whole sequence of the rite of the five syllables has been declared to you; whoever recites or hears it goes to the highest goal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 85.231

श्रावयेच्च द्विजाञ्छुद्धान् पञ्चाक्षरविधिक्रमम् दैवे कर्मणि पित्र्ये वा शिवलोके महीयते

śrāvayecca dvijāñchuddhān pañcākṣaravidhikramam daive karmaṇi pitrye vā śivaloke mahīyate

And he should have the sequence of the rite of the five syllables heard by pure twice-born men, at a rite for the gods or for the ancestors; he is honoured in the world of Śiva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition