Shloka 3

Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः

Devanagari script

कथं वाग्निं जुहुयां पूजये वा कस्मिन्‌ काले केन धर्मो न नश्येत्‌ । एतत्‌ सर्व सुभगे प्रब्रवीहि यथा लोकान्‌ विरजा: संचरेयम्‌,मैं कैसे और किस समय अग्निमें हवन अथवा उसका पूजन करूँ? क्या करनेसे धर्मका नाश नहीं होता है? सुभगे! तुम ये सारी बातें मुझसे बताओ। जिससे मैं रजोगुणरहित होकर सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें विचरण करूँ

Transliteration

takṣya uvāca |

kathaṁ vāgnim juhuyāṁ pūjaye vā kasmin kāle kena dharmo na naśyet |

etat sarvaṁ subhage prabravīhi yathā lokān virajāḥ sañcareyam ||

Translation

Takṣya said: “How should I offer oblations into the sacred fire, or worship it—and at what time? By doing what does dharma not perish? O auspicious lady, tell me all this, so that, freed from the dust of passion, I may move through all the worlds in purity.”

Word by Word

• {'katham': 'how?', 'vā': 'or', 'agnim (vahnīm)': 'the fire

• the sacred ritual fire (Agni)', 'juhuyām': 'should I offer (oblations) into (the fire)

• perform homa', 'pūjaye': 'should I worship

• honor with rites', 'kasmin kāle': 'at what time

• in which proper occasion', 'kena': 'by what (means)

• through what practice', 'dharmaḥ': 'dharma

• righteous order, duty, right conduct', 'na naśyet': 'would not be destroyed

• would not decline', 'etat sarvam': 'all this', 'subhage': 'O auspicious one

• fair lady', 'prabravīhi': 'tell (me) clearly

• explain', 'yathā': 'so that

• in such a way that', 'lokān': 'worlds

• realms of beings', 'virajāḥ': 'free from rajas (passion/dust)

• stainless, pure', 'sañcareyam': 'I may wander/move about

Speaker

ताक्ष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Takṣya
• Agni (sacred fire)