Shloka 177

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

Devanagari script

वदेद् यदि महामोहाद् रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत् चित्तेनैव च वित्तेन तथा वाचा च सुव्रताः

Transliteration

vaded yadi mahāmohād rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet cittenaiva ca vittena tathā vācā ca suvratāḥ

Translation

মহামোহে যদি কেউ এমন বাক্য বলে, তবে সে রৌরব নরকে গমন করে। অতএব, হে সুব্রতগণ, চিত্তে, ধনে এবং বাক্যে শুদ্ধতা রক্ষা করো।

Word by Word

• वदेत् (vadet): should speak / speaks

• यदि (yadi): if

• महामोहात् (mahāmohāt): from great delusion

• रौरवम् (rauravam): Raurava (a hell)

• नरकम् (narakam): hell

• व्रजेत् (vrajet): would go / attains

• चित्तेन एव (cittena eva): by the mind alone

• च (ca): and

• वित्तेन (vittena): by wealth / possessions

• तथा (tathā): likewise

• वाचा (vācā): by speech

• च (ca): and

• सुव्रताः (suvratāḥ): O virtuous ones / those of good vows

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s dharma-teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)