Shloka 98
उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः
Devanagari script
यावज्जीवं जपेन्नित्यम् अष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम् अनश्नंस्तत्परो भूत्वा स याति परमां गतिम्
Transliteration
yāvajjīvaṃ japennityam aṣṭottarasahasrakam anaśnaṃstatparo bhūtvā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
Translation
ਜੋ ਜੀਵਨ ਭਰ ਨਿੱਤ ਅਸ਼ਟੋੱਤਰ-ਸਹਸ੍ਰ (੧੦੦੮) ਜਪ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਪਵਾਸੀ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਉਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਤਪਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਗਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
yāvat-jīvamas long as one lives
yāvat-jīvam:
japetshould repeat/chant
japet:
nityamdaily/constantly
nityam:
aṣṭottara-sahasrakamthe set of 1008 (names/mantras)
aṣṭottara-sahasrakam:
anaśnannot eating, fasting
anaśnan:
tat-paraḥwholly devoted to That (Śiva)
tat-paraḥ:
bhūtvāhaving become
bhūtvā:
saḥhe
saḥ:
yātigoes/attains
yāti:
paramāmhighest/supreme
paramām:
gatimstate/goal (liberation).
gatim:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)