Shloka 184

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

मत्प्रियार्थमिदं कार्यं मद्भक्तैर्विधिपूर्वकम् ये न कुर्वन्ति ते भक्ता न भवन्ति न संशयः

Transliteration

matpriyārthamidaṃ kāryaṃ madbhaktairvidhipūrvakam ye na kurvanti te bhaktā na bhavanti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ਇਹ ਕਰਮ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ ਲਈ, ਮੇਰੇ ਭਗਤਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਜੋ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ, ਉਹ (ਸੱਚੇ) ਭਗਤ ਨਹੀਂ—ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ।

Word by Word

• मत् (mat): of me, my

• प्रियार्थम् (priyārtham): for what is dear/pleasing (to the Lord)

• इदम् (idam): this

• कार्यम् (kāryam): act/duty to be done

• मद्भक्तैः (madbhaktaiḥ): by my devotees

• विधिपूर्वकम् (vidhipūrvakam): according to rule/rite, in due procedure

• ये (ye): those who

• न (na): not

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti): do/perform

• ते (te): they

• भक्ताः (bhaktāḥ): devotees

• न भवन्ति (na bhavanti): do not become/are not

• न संशयः (na saṃśayaḥ): no doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s injunction within the chapter’s teaching on proper observance)