Shloka 37
The Glory of the Divine Name and the Doctrine of Name-Offenses
Nāma-aparādha
दद्याद्यो पुस्तकं भक्त्या सगच्छेद्धरिमंदिरम् । कुर्वंति विधिनानेन संपूर्णं पुस्तकं च ये । तेषां नामानि लिंपेत चित्रगुप्तोऽर्चनाद्द्विज
dadyādyo pustakaṃ bhaktyā sagaccheddharimaṃdiram | kurvaṃti vidhinānena saṃpūrṇaṃ pustakaṃ ca ye | teṣāṃ nāmāni liṃpeta citragupto'rcanāddvija
من يتصدّق بكتابٍ بإخلاصٍ يبلغ معبد هاري ومقامه. وأمّا الذين، أيها المولودُ مرتين، يصنعون كتابًا كاملًا ويقدّمونه وفق هذا الطقس المقرّر، فإن تشتراغوبتا يدوّن أسماءهم بسبب ذلك العمل التعبّدي.
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Concept: Vidya-dāna (donation of sacred knowledge) offered with bhakti becomes arcana and yields Hari-prāpti; righteous acts are karmically audited and remembered.
Application: Support preservation/printing/teaching of dharma texts; donate books to temples, schools, and sādhus with humility; keep a personal practice of sharing knowledge without pride.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: temple
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: dadyādyo → dadyāt yaḥ; sagaccheddharimaṃdiram → sa gacchet hari-mandiram; vidhinānena → vidhinā anena; citragupto'rcanāddvija → citraguptaḥ arcanāt dvija (visarga + a → o; arcanāt + dvija → arcanād dvija).
FAQs
It praises donating a book (pustaka-dāna)—especially a complete, properly prepared book—done with devotion as a meritorious act akin to worship.
The verse states that the donor attains Hari’s abode/temple (harimandira), indicating a Vaishnava-oriented heavenly or salvific reward.
Citragupta, the cosmic record-keeper associated with Yama, is said to inscribe the names of such donors, symbolizing that the merit of this worshipful charity is formally recorded.