Shloka 45
दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः
Devanagari script
अन्यथा नास्ति संतर्तुं गृहस्थैश् च द्विजोत्तमैः त्यक्त्वा चातिथिपूजां ताम् आत्मनो भुवि शोधनम्
Transliteration
anyathā nāsti saṃtartuṃ gṛhasthaiś ca dvijottamaiḥ tyaktvā cātithipūjāṃ tām ātmano bhuvi śodhanam
Translation
गृहस्थों—विशेषकर द्विजोत्तमों—के लिए तरने का और कोई उपाय नहीं; उस अतिथि-पूजा को छोड़ना इस लोक में अपने ही आत्मा का कलुष है।
Word by Word
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
na astithere is not
na asti:
saṃtartuṃto cross over, pass beyond (saṃsāra)
saṃtartuṃ:
gṛhasthaiḥby householders
gṛhasthaiḥ:
caand
ca:
dvijottamaiḥby the best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇa-ādi)
dvijottamaiḥ:
tyaktvāhaving abandoned, forsaken
tyaktvā:
caand
ca:
atithi-pūjāmhonoring/worship of the guest
atithi-pūjām:
tāmthat (practice)
tām:
ātmanaḥof oneself, one’s own self
ātmanaḥ:
bhuvion earth, in this world
bhuvi:
śodhanamcleansing/purification (used here in the sense of moral purification
śodhanam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating dharma-teachings within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)