Shloka 92

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

श्राद्धे वा दैविके कार्ये यज्ञे वावभृथान्तिके कीर्तयेद्वा सतां मध्ये स याति ब्रह्मणो ऽन्तिकम्

Transliteration

śrāddhe vā daivike kārye yajñe vāvabhṛthāntike kīrtayedvā satāṃ madhye sa yāti brahmaṇo 'ntikam

Translation

Whether at a śrāddha rite, in a sacred offering to the Devas, in a yajña, near the concluding avabhṛtha bath, or even while reciting among the virtuous—one who proclaims the Lord’s praise attains nearness to Brahman (Pati), the Supreme Reality.

Word by Word

• श्राद्धे: in śrāddha/ancestral rite

• वा: or

• दैविके: in a divine (Deva-related) rite

• कार्ये: act/ceremony

• यज्ञे: in a sacrifice

• वा: or

• अवभृथ-अन्तिके: near the avabhṛtha conclusion (final bath) of a yajña

• कीर्तयेत्: should praise/recite aloud

• वा: or

• सताम्: of the good/saints

• मध्ये: in the midst

• सः: he

• याति: goes/attains

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman/the Supreme

• अन्तिकम्: proximity/nearness.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)