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Shloka 189

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

तेषां तु दशसाहस्रं होममायुष्यवर्धनम् अश्वत्थवृक्षमाश्रित्य जपेल्लक्षद्वयं सुधीः

teṣāṃ tu daśasāhasraṃ homamāyuṣyavardhanam aśvatthavṛkṣamāśritya japellakṣadvayaṃ sudhīḥ

ในบรรดาสิ่งเหล่านี้ โหมะด้วยการบูชาไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์หนึ่งหมื่นอาหุติย่อมเพิ่มพูนอายุ เมื่ออาศัยใต้ต้นอัศวัตถะ (โพธิ์/ไทรศักดิ์สิทธิ์) ผู้มีปัญญาพึงทำชปะสองลักษะครั้ง

teṣāmamong those (rites/observances)
teṣām:
tuindeed
tu:
daśa-sāhasramten thousand
daśa-sāhasram:
homamfire-offering, oblations (homa)
homam:
āyuṣya-vardhanamthat which increases lifespan and vital longevity
āyuṣya-vardhanam:
aśvattha-vṛkṣamthe aśvattha tree (sacred fig)
aśvattha-vṛkṣam:
āśrityahaving resorted to, taking shelter of
āśritya:
japetshould repeat (mantra), should do japa
japet:
lakṣa-dvayamtwo lakṣas (200,000)
lakṣa-dvayam:
sudhīḥthe wise one, discerning practitioner
sudhīḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and vrata/homa procedures to the sages of Naimisharanya)