शौचमाचमनं स्नानं न तु चोदनया चरेत् । अन्यांश्च नियमाञ्ज्ञानी यथाहं लीलयेश्वर: ॥ ३६ ॥
śaucam ācamanaṁ snānaṁ na tu codanayā caret anyāṁś ca niyamāñ jñānī yathāhaṁ līlayeśvaraḥ
- śaucam
- general cleanliness
- ācamanam
- purifying the hands with water
- snānam
- taking bath
- na
- not
- tu
- indeed
- codanayā
- by force
- caret
- one should perform
- anyān
- other
- ca
- also
- niyamān
- regular duties
- jñānī
- one who has realized knowledge of Me
- yathā
- just as
- aham
- I
- līlayā
- by My own desire
- īśvaraḥ
- the Supreme Lord
Just as I, the Supreme Lord, execute regulative duties by My own free will, similarly, one who has realized knowledge of Me should maintain general cleanliness, purify his hands with water, take bath and execute other regulative duties not by force but by his own free will.