Shloka 48

दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः

Devanagari script

सर्व एव स्वयं साक्षाद् अतिथिर्यत्पिनाकधृक् तस्मादतिथये दत्त्वा आत्मानमपि पूजय

Transliteration

sarva eva svayaṃ sākṣād atithiryatpinākadhṛk tasmādatithaye dattvā ātmānamapi pūjaya

Translation

जानो कि प्रत्येक अतिथि साक्षात् पिनाकधारी प्रभु ही है; इसलिए अतिथि को अर्पण करके अपने भीतर स्थित आत्म-स्वरूप का भी पूजन करो।

Word by Word

• सर्वे (sarve): all (beings/people)

• एव (eva): indeed

• स्वयं (svayam): by Himself/itself

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt): directly, manifestly

• अतिथिः (atithiḥ): guest

• यत् (yat): because/that which

• पिनाकधृक् (pinākadhṛk): the bearer of the bow Pināka (Śiva)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• अतिथये (atithaye): to the guest

• दत्त्वा (dattvā): having given/offered

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam): the Self/one’s own inner being

• अपि (api): also

• पूजय (pūjaya): worship, honor

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-dharma teachings within the Linga Purana)