Shloka 45
दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः
Devanagari script
अन्यथा नास्ति संतर्तुं गृहस्थैश् च द्विजोत्तमैः त्यक्त्वा चातिथिपूजां ताम् आत्मनो भुवि शोधनम्
Transliteration
anyathā nāsti saṃtartuṃ gṛhasthaiś ca dvijottamaiḥ tyaktvā cātithipūjāṃ tām ātmano bhuvi śodhanam
Translation
Bagi para grihastha—terutama yang utama dalam kalangan dwija—tiada jalan lain untuk menyeberang dengan selamat. Meninggalkan pemujaan tetamu (atithi-pūjā) itu, di dunia ini, merupakan pencemaran terhadap diri sendiri.
Word by Word
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
na astithere is not
na asti:
saṃtartuṃto cross over, pass beyond (saṃsāra)
saṃtartuṃ:
gṛhasthaiḥby householders
gṛhasthaiḥ:
caand
ca:
dvijottamaiḥby the best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇa-ādi)
dvijottamaiḥ:
tyaktvāhaving abandoned, forsaken
tyaktvā:
caand
ca:
atithi-pūjāmhonoring/worship of the guest
atithi-pūjām:
tāmthat (practice)
tām:
ātmanaḥof oneself, one’s own self
ātmanaḥ:
bhuvion earth, in this world
bhuvi:
śodhanamcleansing/purification (used here in the sense of moral purification
śodhanam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating dharma-teachings within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)