Shloka 7

उपलेपनादिकथनम्

Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन वस्त्रपूतं समाचरेत् तद्दानमभयं पुण्यं सर्वदानोत्तमोत्तमम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena vastrapūtaṃ samācaret taddānamabhayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadānottamottamam

Translation

Portanto, com todo esforço, deve-se praticar a dádiva purificada pelo filtramento com pano. Essa caridade concede destemor (abhaya) e é meritória—suprema, a mais elevada entre todas as dádivas.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort

• वस्त्रपूतम्: purified/filtered through cloth

• समाचरेत्: one should practice/perform properly

• तत्: that

• दानम्: gift/charity

• अभयम्: fearlessness/safety

• पुण्यम्: merit, dharma-producing

• सर्वदानोत्तमोत्तमम्: the most excellent among all charities

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching on dana as dharma to the sages of Naimisharanya)