Shloka 92
The Procedure for Offering Piṇḍa (Funerary Rice-balls) — Gayā-māhātmya
आनम्य पितृभिः सार्द्धं स्वं नयेद्वैष्णवं पदम् । ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय नमः संकर्षणाय च ॥ ९२ ॥
ānamya pitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ svaṃ nayedvaiṣṇavaṃ padam | oṃ namo vāsudevāya namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca || 92 ||
প্রণাম করে মানুষ নিজের সঙ্গে পিতৃগণকেও বৈষ্ণব পদে (পরম ধামে) নিয়ে যাক। (জপ করুক:) “ওঁ নমো বাসুদেবায়, নমঃ সংকর্ষণায় চ।”
Narada (teaching in a Vaishnava-mahatmya context; dialogue framework traditionally linked with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that sincere Vaiṣṇava devotion—expressed through reverent bowing and mantra-recitation—can uplift not only the practitioner but also their ancestral line, leading toward the Lord’s supreme abode (vaiṣṇava-pada).
Bhakti is shown as practical sādhanā: humility (ānamya) and nāma/mantra-japa focused on Viṣṇu’s vyūhas—Vāsudeva and Saṃkarṣaṇa—by which liberation is approached as communion with the Lord’s realm.
Mantra-prayoga (applied sacred recitation) and correct devotional usage of a Vaiṣṇava mantra are emphasized—more aligned with ritual application (Kalpa/ācāra) than technical grammar or astrology in this specific verse.