Shloka 38

ग्रहसंख्यावर्णनम् — ध्रुवस्य तपोबलात् ध्रुवस्थानप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

नमस्कारसमायुक्तं भगवच्छब्दसंयुतम् जपेदेवं हि यो विद्वान् ध्रुवं स्थानं प्रपद्यते

Transliteration

namaskārasamāyuktaṃ bhagavacchabdasaṃyutam japedevaṃ hi yo vidvān dhruvaṃ sthānaṃ prapadyate

Translation

このように、恭敬の礼拝（ナマスカーラ）を伴い、「バガヴァーン（Bhagavān）」の語を添えてジャパを行う賢者は、必ずや不動にして揺るがぬ境地に到達する。

Word by Word

• नमस्कार-समायुक्तम्: endowed with salutations/prostration

• भगवत्-शब्द-संयुतम्: conjoined with the word “Bhagavān” (the Blessed Lord)

• जपेत्: should repeat/recite (as japa)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner

• हि: indeed

• यः: whoever

• विद्वान्: the wise/knower

• ध्रुवम्: certainly/firmly

• स्थानम्: state/abode/plane

• प्रपद्यते: attains, reaches, takes refuge in

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga teaching on Shaiva japa to the sages of Naimisharanya)