Shloka 8
The Churning of the Ocean
Milk Ocean Episode: Kālakūṭa, Hari-nāma, and Alakṣmī/Jyeṣṭhā
योजपेत्प्रयतो भक्त्या प्रणवाद्यं नमोंऽतिकम् । विषभोगाग्निजं तस्य नास्ति मृत्योर्भयं तथा
yojapetprayato bhaktyā praṇavādyaṃ namoṃ'tikam | viṣabhogāgnijaṃ tasya nāsti mṛtyorbhayaṃ tathā
जो संयमी होऊन भक्तीने प्रणव (ॐ) ने आरंभ होऊन ‘नमो’ ने समाप्त होणाऱ्या या पवित्र नमस्कार-मंत्राचा जप/प्रयोग करतो, त्याला विष, सर्प व अग्नीजन्य मृत्यूचे भय राहत नाही.
Unspecified (contextual narrator/speaker not provided in the input verse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: योजपेत्प्रयतो = योजपेत् + प्रयतः; नमोंऽतिकम् = नमः + अतिकम् (विसर्ग-सन्धि: नमोऽ); नास्ति = न + अस्ति; मृत्योर्भयम् = मृत्योः + भयम् (विसर्ग-सन्धि: -ोः + भ-)
FAQs
Devotional, disciplined repetition or undertaking of a sacred salutation-mantra that begins with Oṁ (Praṇava) and concludes with “namaḥ”.
It states freedom from fear of death caused by poison, serpents, and fire (i.e., deadly hazards associated with these).
That sincere bhakti joined with disciplined practice of a sacred mantra is portrayed as a powerful protective and faith-strengthening means against existential fear, symbolized as fear of death.