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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

Sa mga ito, ang homa—sampung libong paghahandog sa banal na apoy—ay nagiging ritwal na nagpapahaba ng buhay. Sa pagkanlong sa punong aśvattha (banal na igos), dapat magsagawa ang marunong ng japa na umaabot sa dalawang lakh (200,000 ulit).

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)