अनंतफलदः स स्यादित्युवाच पितामहः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कश्चिद्बाह्यो विजानता
anaṃtaphaladaḥ sa syādityuvāca pitāmahaḥ | tasmātsarvaprayatnena kaścidbāhyo vijānatā
وہ بے انتہا پھل دینے والا ہو جاتا ہے—یہ پِتامہہ برہما نے فرمایا۔ لہٰذا ہر طرح کی کوشش کے ساتھ، دانا شخص کو کوئی نہ کوئی ظاہری نِیَم (نمایاں ورت) اختیار کرنا چاہیے۔
Sūta (reporting Brahmā’s statement)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (assembled sages)
Scene: Sūta cites Brahmā (‘Pitāmaha’) declaring that any discipline during Viṣṇu’s sacred sleep yields endless fruit; the sages are stirred to adopt a visible vow.
Seasonal restraint and visible discipline, undertaken knowingly, yields inexhaustible spiritual merit—validated by Brahmā’s authority.
The verse belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative chain within Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Undertake some ‘external/visible’ niyama (bāhya observance) with full effort during the period under discussion (the Lord’s sacred sleep/Cāturmāsya).