Shloka 128

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

यस्मादाचारहीनस्य साधनं निष्फलं भवेत् आचारः परमो धर्म आचारः परमं तपः

Transliteration

yasmādācārahīnasya sādhanaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet ācāraḥ paramo dharma ācāraḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

কাৰণ আচারহীন ব্যক্তিৰ সকলো সাধনা নিষ্ফল হয়। আচারেই পৰম ধৰ্ম, আচারেই পৰম তপ—যিয়ে পাশবন্ধন গলাই পশুক পতি শিৱৰ দিশে নিবলৈ সহায় কৰে।

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because/for this reason

• आचारहीनस्य: of one lacking proper conduct

• साधनम्: spiritual practice/means

• निष्फलम्: fruitless

• भवेत्: becomes

• आचारः: right conduct/discipline

• परमो: highest/supreme

• धर्मः: dharma/righteous order

• परमम्: supreme

• तपः: austerity/inner heat of discipline

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)