Shloka 16

Devas Praise Śiva; Gaṇeśa Manifests as Vighneśvara and Receives the Primacy of Worship

Devanagari script

यज्ञश् च दक्षिणाहीनः कृतो येन महीतले तस्य धर्मस्य विघ्नं च कुरु स्वर्गपथे स्थितः

Transliteration

yajñaś ca dakṣiṇāhīnaḥ kṛto yena mahītale tasya dharmasya vighnaṃ ca kuru svargapathe sthitaḥ

Translation

जो कोणी पृथ्वीवर विधिपूर्वक दक्षिणा न देता यज्ञ करतो, हे स्वर्गपथावर स्थित देव, त्याच्या त्या धर्मफलास विघ्न घाल।

Word by Word

• यज्ञः: sacrifice

• च: and

• दक्षिणा-हीनः: lacking the sacrificial fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)

• कृतः: performed

• येन: by whom

• महीतले: on the earth

• तस्य: of that person

• धर्मस्य: of merit/righteous duty (dharma)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle/impediment

• च: and

• कुरु: do/make

• स्वर्ग-पथे: on the path to heaven

• स्थितः: being situated/standing

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal injunction/command within the story)