namastārāyai
śrutvā śāstramudāraṁ niścitya pāramārthikaṁ tattvam|
mṛdvāsanopaviṣṭaḥ saśraddho yogamārabhed [yogī]||1||
namas=obeisance; tārāyai=D. sg. to [godess] Tārā
śrutvā=hearing; śāstram=recitation; udāraṁ=excelent; niścitya=being convinced; pāramārthikaṁ=N. sg. one who cares for truth; tattvam=Ac. sg. the truth (N. sg. the real);
mṛdv-āsana-upaviṣṭaḥ=N sg. soft-sitting-seated; saśraddho=N. sg. confident; yogam=Ac. sg. yoga [teaching]; ārabhed=opt. 3 sg. [he] should undertake [yogī] =N. sg. [the yogi]
Obeisance to [goddess] Tārā
[After] hearing the excellent recitation (śāstram) [and] being convinced, the real (tattvam) [yogi] who cares for truth (pāramārthikaṁ) [being] seated on a soft seat (mṛdvāsanopaviṣṭaḥ), confident should undertake yoga [practice].
Note: For this translation exercise I used the text from Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon
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