प्रायश: प्राकृताश्चापि स्त्रियं रहसि बिभ्रति । अयं महाव्रतधरो बिभर्ति सदसि स्त्रियम् ॥ ८ ॥
prayasah prakrtas capi striyam rahasi bibhrati ayam maha-vrata-dharo bibharti sadasi striyam
- prayasah
- generally
- prakrtah
- conditioned souls
- ca
- also
- api
- although
- striyam
- a woman
- rahasi
- in a solitary place
- bibhrati
- embrace
- ayam
- this (Lord Siva)
- maha-vrata-dharah
- the master of great vows and austerities
- bibharti
- enjoys
- sadasi
- in an assembly of great saintly persons
- striyam
- his wife.
Ordinary conditioned persons generally embrace their wives and enjoy their company in solitary places. How wonderful it is that Lord Mahadeva, although a great master of austerity, is embracing his wife openly in the midst of an assembly of great saints.