Dattātreyayogaśāstra 55
सुष्ठु लिप्तं गोमयेन सुधया वा प्रयत्नतः |
मत्कुणैर्मशकैर्लूतैर्वर्जितं च प्रयत्नतः ||55||
matkuṇair maśakair lūtair; varjitaṃ ca prayatnataḥ ||55|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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matkuṇaiḥ
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lūtaiḥ
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varjitam
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Metre: Anuṣṭubh
It should be thickly (suṣṭhu) and carefully (prayatnataḥ) smeared (liptam | acc sg n ppp) with cow dung (gomayena | ins sg) or (vā) whitewash (sudhayā | ins sg), and (ca) carefully cleared (varjitam | acc sg n ppp) of bedbugs (matkuṇaiḥ | ins pl), mosquitoes (maśakaiḥ | ins pl), and spiders (lūtaiḥ | ins pl).
The hut should be carefully plastered and kept free of bedbugs, mosquitoes, and spiders.
matkuṇair maśakair lūtair JM2024 ] matkuṇaiḥ maśakaiḥ bhūtaiḥ DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 56
दिने दिने सुसंमृष्टं संमार्जन्याप्यतन्द्रितः |
वासितं च सुगन्धेन धूपितं गुग्गुलादिभिः ||56||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Day after day (dine dine | loc sg), the tireless practitioner (atandritaḥ | nom sg m) should also (api) keep it well swept (susaṃmṛṣṭam | acc sg n ppp) with a broom (saṃmārjanyā | ins sg), scented (vāsitam | acc sg n ppp) with fine fragrance (sugandhena | ins sg), and (ca) fumigated (dhūpitam | acc sg n ppp) with bdellium and similar substances (guggulādibhiḥ | ins pl m).
Every day the hut is swept, pleasantly scented, and purified with fragrant smoke.
susaṃmṛṣṭaṃ saṃmārjanyāpy JM2024 ] susammṛṣṭaṃ sammarjanyā hy DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 57
मलमूत्रादिभिर्वर्गैरष्टादशभिरेव च |
वर्जितं द्वारसम्पन्नं वस्त्रावरणमेव वा ||57||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
It should be free (varjitam | acc sg n ppp) from the eighteen (aṣṭādaśabhiḥ | ins pl m) types (vargaiḥ | ins pl) [of impurity], beginning with faeces and urine (malamūtrādibhiḥ | ins pl m), and (ca) either (vā) have a door (dvāra-sampannam | acc sg n ppp) or be enclosed only (eva) by a cloth (vastrāvaraṇam | acc sg).
It should be free from the eighteen types of impurity and either have a door or be enclosed only by a cloth.
dvārasampannaṃ vastrāvaraṇam JM2024 ] dvārasampannam vastraṃ vājinam DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 58
नात्युन्नतं नातिनीचं परसंगविवर्जितम् |
तस्मिन्मठे समास्तीर्य आसनं निस्तरङ्गकम् ||58||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
It should be neither too high (nātyunnatam | acc sg n) nor too low (nātinīcam | acc sg n), and it should be free from other people’s company (parasaṃgavivarjitam | acc sg n). In that hermitage (tasmin maṭhe | loc sg), having spread [a base] (samāstīrya | abs), he should [lay down] a wrinkle-free mat (āsanaṃ nistaraṅgakam | acc sg n).
The hermitage should be neither too high nor too low and should offer privacy. The yogi spreads out a smooth, wrinkle-free mat there.
nātyunnataṃ nātinīcaṃ parasaṃgavivarjitam JM2024 ] nānyatra staraṇāsīnaḥ parasaṃsargavarjitaḥ DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 59
तत्रोपविश्य मेधावी पद्मासनसमन्वितः |
ऋजुकायः प्राञ्जलिश्च प्रणमेदिष्टदेवताम् ||59||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Having sat down (upaviśya | abs) there (tatra), the wise man (medhāvī | nom sg m) should adopt the lotus posture (padmāsanasamanvitaḥ | nom sg m ppp), keep his body straight (ṛjukāyaḥ | nom sg), join his palms (prāñjaliḥ | nom sg m), and (ca) bow (praṇamet | 3p sg act opt) to his chosen deity (iṣṭadevatām | acc sg).
He sits down in the lotus posture, straightens his body, joins his hands, and bows to his chosen deity.
medhāvī JM2024 ] meghāvī DYŚ
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