Shloka 3

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

Devanagari script

करणं कर्म कर्ता च मोक्ष इत्येव भाविनि । चत्वार एते होतारो यैरिदं जगदावृतम्‌,भाविनि! करण, कर्म, कर्ता और मोक्ष--ये चार होता हैं, जिनके द्वारा यह सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ आवृत है

Transliteration

karaṇaṁ karma kartā ca mokṣa ityeva bhāvini | catvāra ete hotāro yair idaṁ jagad āvṛtam, bhāvini ||

Translation

करणं कर्म कर्ता च मोक्ष इत्येव भाविनि। चत्वार एते होतारो यैरिदं जगदावृतम्॥

Word by Word

करणम्instrument/means

कर्मaction; object (of action)

कर्ताdoer/agent

चand

मोक्षःliberation

इतिthus/so (quotative)

एवindeed/only

भाविनिin the future; in what is to come

चत्वारःfour

एतेthese

होतारःofferers/priests (hotṛs)

यैःby whom/with which

इदम्this

जगत्world/universe

आवृतम्covered/enveloped

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)

भ

भाविनी (addressed woman)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes