Shloka 116

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

Devanagari script

अङ्गुष्ठेन विना कर्म कृतं तदफलं यतः जपयज्ञ शृणुष्व सर्वयज्ञेभ्यो जपयज्ञो विशिष्यते

Transliteration

aṅguṣṭhena vinā karma kṛtaṃ tadaphalaṃ yataḥ japayajña śṛṇuṣva sarvayajñebhyo japayajño viśiṣyate

Translation

Un acte rituel accompli sans le geste juste du pouce devient sans fruit ; écoute donc le japa-yajña, le sacrifice du japa. Parmi tous les yajña, le japa-yajña est le plus éminent.

Word by Word

• अङ्गुष्ठेन (aṅguṣṭhena): with the thumb / by the thumb-gesture

• विना (vinā): without

• कर्म (karma): ritual act, prescribed rite

• कृतम् (kṛtam): performed

• तत् (tat): that

• अफलम् (aphalam): fruitless, without result

• यतः (yataḥ): because, therefore

• जपयज्ञम् (japayajñam): the sacrifice in the form of mantra-repetition

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva): listen (imperative)

• सर्वयज्ञेभ्यः (sarvayajñebhyaḥ): than all sacrifices

• जपयज्ञः (japayajñaḥ): japa-yajña

• विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate): excels, is distinguished as superior

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya, conveying the scripture’s praise of japa)