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Shloka 62

रोगार्तो व्याधियुक्तो वा पठन्‌ पापात्‌ प्रमुच्यते । वास्तुमध्ये तु पठत: कुले स्वस्त्ययनं भवेत्‌

rogārto vyādhiyukto vā paṭhan pāpāt pramucyate | vāstumadhye tu paṭhataḥ kule svastyayanaṃ bhavet ||

രോഗപീഡിതനായാലും വ്യാധിഗ്രസ്തനായാലും ഇതു പാരായണം ചെയ്താൽ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകും. ഗൃഹത്തിനകത്ത് പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവന്റെ കുലത്തിൽ ക്ഷേമവും മംഗളവും ഉണ്ടാകും.

रोगार्तःone afflicted by disease
रोगार्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरोगार्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्याधियुक्तःone suffering from illness
व्याधियुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootव्याधियुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पठन्reciting/reading
पठन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपठ्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पापात्from sin
पापात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
प्रमुच्यतेis freed
प्रमुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+मुच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
वास्तुमध्येin the middle of the dwelling/house
वास्तुमध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवास्तुमध्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पठतःof (one) reciting
पठतः:
TypeVerb
Rootपठ्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
कुलेin the family/lineage
कुले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्वस्त्ययनम्well-being, auspiciousness
स्वस्त्ययनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्त्ययन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्would be / may occur
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Potential), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches the purificatory and protective power of recitation: it removes pāpa (moral demerit) and is believed to promote health and auspicious welfare, extending its benefit from the individual to the whole family when performed within the home.

Bhīṣma, in his instruction on dharma and religious observances, describes the fruit (phala) of reciting the referenced sacred names/formula: relief from sin and the arising of svastyayana—well-being and auspiciousness—for one’s household and lineage.