Shiva Purana
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बाह्यादाभ्यंतरं श्रेष्ठं भवेच्छतगुणाधिकम् ॥ असंकरत्वाद्दोषाणां दृष्टानामप्यसम्भवात् ॥ ५६ ॥
The internal worship is hundred times more excellent than the external one in view of the absence of flaws seen and their intermixture avoided.
english translation
bAhyAdAbhyaMtaraM zreSThaM bhavecchataguNAdhikam ॥ asaMkaratvAddoSANAM dRSTAnAmapyasambhavAt ॥ 56 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptशौचमाभ्यंतरं विद्यान्न बाह्यं शौचमुच्यते ॥ अंतः शौचविमुक्तात्मा शुचिरप्यशुचिर्यतः ॥ ५७ ॥
Purity too is the internal one. External purity is not enough. A man though physically pure is not pure if he is devoid of inner purity.
english translation
zaucamAbhyaMtaraM vidyAnna bAhyaM zaucamucyate ॥ aMtaH zaucavimuktAtmA zucirapyazuciryataH ॥ 57 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptबाह्यमाभ्यंर्तरं चैव भजनं भवपूर्वकम् ॥ न भावरहितं देवि विप्रलंभैककारणम् ॥ ५८ ॥
O gentle lady, the adorative service whether external or internal shall be attended with devotion. If devoid of devotion, it is the cause of deceit.
english translation
bAhyamAbhyaMrtaraM caiva bhajanaM bhavapUrvakam ॥ na bhAvarahitaM devi vipralaMbhaikakAraNam ॥ 58 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकृतकृत्यस्य पूतस्य मम किं क्रियते नरैः ॥ बहिर्वाभ्यंतरं वाथ मया भावो हि गृह्यते ॥ ५९ ॥
I am content and pure. What shall be done unto me by men? Externally or internally only devotion is taken into consideration by me.
english translation
kRtakRtyasya pUtasya mama kiM kriyate naraiH ॥ bahirvAbhyaMtaraM vAtha mayA bhAvo hi gRhyate ॥ 59 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptभावैकात्मा क्रिया देवि मम धर्मस्सनातनः ॥ मनसा कर्मणा वाचा ह्यनपेक्ष्य फलं क्वचित् ॥ ६० ॥
That activity the soul of which is devotion, O gentle lady, is my eternal Dharma. It shall be performed without yearning for the fruit thereof mentally, verbally and physically.
english translation
bhAvaikAtmA kriyA devi mama dharmassanAtanaH ॥ manasA karmaNA vAcA hyanapekSya phalaM kvacit ॥ 60 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript