Shloka 8
Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi
Condensed Ritual Sequence
Devanagari script
गायत्र्या देवमभ्यर्च्य प्राजापत्यमवाप्नुयात् ब्राह्मं हि प्रणवेनैव वैष्णवं चाभिनन्द्य च
Transliteration
gāyatryā devamabhyarcya prājāpatyamavāpnuyāt brāhmaṃ hi praṇavenaiva vaiṣṇavaṃ cābhinandya ca
Translation
ਗਾਇਤਰੀ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਦੇਵ ਦੀ ਅਰਚਨਾ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਜਾਪਤ੍ਯ ਪਦ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ; ਕੇਵਲ ਪ੍ਰਣਵ (ਓਂ) ਨਾਲ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮ ਪਦ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਭਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਅਭਿਨੰਦਨ-ਸਤੁਤੀ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਵੈਸ਼ਣਵ ਪਦ ਵੀ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
गायत्र्या (gāyatryā)by/with the Gāyatrī-mantra
गायत्र्या (gāyatryā):
देवम् (devam)the Deity, the divine Lord
देवम् (devam):
अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya)having worshipped, having duly adored
अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya):
प्राजापत्यम् (prājāpatyam)the status/power of Prajāpati (progenitive cosmic lordship)
प्राजापत्यम् (prājāpatyam):
अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt)one may attain/obtain
अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt):
ब्राह्मम् (brāhmaṃ)the Brahmā-state, brahmic status
ब्राह्मम् (brāhmaṃ):
हि (hi)indeed
हि (hi):
प्रणवेन (praṇavena)by the Pranava, Oṁ
प्रणवेन (praṇavena):
एव (eva)alone, indeed
एव (eva):
वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavaṃ)the Vaiṣṇava-state, Vishnu-related status
वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavaṃ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya)having praised, having greeted with reverence
अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya):
च (ca)also.
च (ca):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)