Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 76
PdP 6 76.1
महादेव उवाच- शृणु सुंदरि वक्ष्यामि स्तोत्रं चाभ्युदयं ततः । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते पापी ब्रह्महा नात्र संशयः
mahādeva uvāca- śṛṇu suṃdari vakṣyāmi stotraṃ cābhyudayaṃ tataḥ | yacchrutvā mucyate pāpī brahmahā nātra saṃśayaḥ
Mahādeva said: Listen, O lovely one, I shall then declare the hymn and (its) prosperity, on hearing which a sinner is freed, even a slayer of a brahmin — there is no doubt here.
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PdP 6 76.2
धाता वै नारदं प्राह तदहं तु ब्रवीमि ते । तमुवाच ततो देवः स्वयंभूरमितद्युतिः
dhātā vai nāradaṃ prāha tadahaṃ tu bravīmi te | tamuvāca tato devaḥ svayaṃbhūramitadyutiḥ
The Creator spoke it to Nārada, and that I now tell you; then the god, the self-born of measureless splendour, said to him:
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PdP 6 76.3
प्रगृह्य रुचिरं बाहुं स्मारयेच्चौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । भगवान्नारायणः श्रीमान्देवश्चक्रायुधोहरिः
pragṛhya ruciraṃ bāhuṃ smārayeccaurdhvadehikam | bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ śrīmāndevaścakrāyudhohariḥ
Taking hold of (his) beautiful arm, one should call to mind that which concerns the departed body: "The Lord Nārāyaṇa, the glorious god, wielder of the discus, Hari;
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PdP 6 76.4
शार्ङ्गधारी हृषीकेशः पुराणपुरुषोत्तमः । अजितः खड्गभृज्जिष्णुः कृष्णश्चैव सनातनः
śārṅgadhārī hṛṣīkeśaḥ purāṇapuruṣottamaḥ | ajitaḥ khaḍgabhṛjjiṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇaścaiva sanātanaḥ
bearer of the Śārṅga bow, Hṛṣīkeśa, the ancient supreme Person, unconquered, sword-bearer, victorious, and Kṛṣṇa the eternal;
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PdP 6 76.5
एकशृंगो वराहस्त्वं भूतभव्यभवात्मकः । अक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यं तु आदौ चांते च राघवः
ekaśṛṃgo varāhastvaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavātmakaḥ | akṣaraṃ brahma satyaṃ tu ādau cāṃte ca rāghavaḥ
you are the one-horned boar, whose self is past, future and present; you are the imperishable Brahman, the truth, and at the beginning and at the end (you are) Rāghava;
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PdP 6 76.6
लोकानां तु परो धर्मो विष्वक्सेनश्चतुर्भुजः । सेनानी रक्षणस्त्वं च वैकुंठस्त्वं जगत्प्रभुः
lokānāṃ tu paro dharmo viṣvaksenaścaturbhujaḥ | senānī rakṣaṇastvaṃ ca vaikuṃṭhastvaṃ jagatprabhuḥ
the highest law of the worlds, Viṣvaksena, the four-armed; you are the army-leader, the protector, and you are Vaikuṇṭha, the lord of the world;
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PdP 6 76.7
प्रभवश्चाव्ययस्त्वं च उपेंद्रो मधुसूदनः । पृश्निगर्भो धृतार्चिस्त्वं पद्मनाभो रणांतकृत्
prabhavaścāvyayastvaṃ ca upeṃdro madhusūdanaḥ | pṛśnigarbho dhṛtārcistvaṃ padmanābho raṇāṃtakṛt
and you are the origin and the imperishable, Upendra, the slayer of Madhu; you are Pṛśnigarbha, the bearer of flame, the lotus-naveled, the maker of the end of battle;
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PdP 6 76.8
शरण्यं शरणं च त्वामाहुः सेन्द्रा महर्षयः । ऋक्सामश्रेष्ठो वेदात्मा शतजिह्वो महर्षयः
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ ca tvāmāhuḥ sendrā maharṣayaḥ | ṛksāmaśreṣṭho vedātmā śatajihvo maharṣayaḥ
the great seers together with Indra call you the refuge worth taking refuge in; (you are) the best of the Ṛk and Sāma, the self of the Veda, the hundred-tongued, the great seers;
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PdP 6 76.9
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोंकारः परंतपः । शतधन्वा वसुः पूर्वं वसूनां त्वं प्रजापतिः
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṃkāraḥ paraṃtapaḥ | śatadhanvā vasuḥ pūrvaṃ vasūnāṃ tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ
You are the sacrifice, you are the vaṣaṭ-call, you are the syllable Oṃ, the scorcher of foes; you are hundred-bowed, the first Vasu among the Vasus, the lord of creatures;
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PdP 6 76.10
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां आदिकर्ता स्वयंप्रभुः । रुद्राणामष्टमो रुद्रः साध्यानामपि पंचमः
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ ādikartā svayaṃprabhuḥ | rudrāṇāmaṣṭamo rudraḥ sādhyānāmapi paṃcamaḥ
(You are) the first maker of all three worlds, lord of yourself; among the Rudras the eighth Rudra, and among the Sādhyas the fifth.
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PdP 6 76.11
आश्विनौ चापि कर्णौ ते सूर्यचंद्रौ च चक्षुषी । अंते चादौ च मध्ये च दृश्यसे त्वं परंतपः
āśvinau cāpi karṇau te sūryacaṃdrau ca cakṣuṣī | aṃte cādau ca madhye ca dṛśyase tvaṃ paraṃtapaḥ
The two Aśvins are your ears, and the sun and moon your eyes; at the end, at the beginning, and in the middle you are seen, O scorcher of foes.
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PdP 6 76.12
प्रभवो निधनं चास्य न विदुः को भवानिति । दृश्यसे सर्वलोकेषु गोषु च ब्रह्मणेषु च
prabhavo nidhanaṃ cāsya na viduḥ ko bhavāniti | dṛśyase sarvalokeṣu goṣu ca brahmaṇeṣu ca
(Beings) do not know the origin and the end of this (world), nor who you are; you are seen in all the worlds, and in cows and in brahmins.
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PdP 6 76.13
दिक्षु सर्वासु गगने पर्वतेषु गुहासु च । सहस्रनयनः श्रीमाञ्छतशीर्षः सहस्रपात्
dikṣu sarvāsu gagane parvateṣu guhāsu ca | sahasranayanaḥ śrīmāñchataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt
In all the directions, in the sky, in the mountains and in the caves — (you are) thousand-eyed, glorious, hundred-headed, thousand-footed.
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PdP 6 76.14
त्वं धारयसि भूतानि वसुधां च सपर्वताम् । अंतःपृथिव्यां सलिले सर्वसत्वमहोरगः
tvaṃ dhārayasi bhūtāni vasudhāṃ ca saparvatām | aṃtaḥpṛthivyāṃ salile sarvasatvamahoragaḥ
You uphold the beings and the earth with its mountains; within the earth, in the water, (you are) the great serpent (that bears) all creatures.
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PdP 6 76.15
त्रींल्लोकान्धारयन्नास्ते देवगंधर्वदानवान् । अहं ते हृदयं राम जिह्वा देवी सरस्वती
trīṃllokāndhārayannāste devagaṃdharvadānavān | ahaṃ te hṛdayaṃ rāma jihvā devī sarasvatī
(He) abides upholding the three worlds together with the gods, gandharvas and dānavas. I am your heart, Rāma; your tongue is the goddess Sarasvatī.
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PdP 6 76.16
देवा रोमाणि गात्रेषु निर्मितास्ते स्वमायया । निमिषस्ते स्मृता रात्रिरुन्मेषो दिवसस्तथा
devā romāṇi gātreṣu nirmitāste svamāyayā | nimiṣaste smṛtā rātrirunmeṣo divasastathā
The gods are the hairs fashioned on your limbs by your own māyā; your closing of the eyes is called night, and the opening of them, day.
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PdP 6 76.17
संस्कारस्ते भवेद्देहो न तदस्ति विना त्वया । जगत्सर्वं शरीरे तत्स्थैर्यं च वसुधातलम्
saṃskāraste bhaveddeho na tadasti vinā tvayā | jagatsarvaṃ śarīre tatsthairyaṃ ca vasudhātalam
Your body would be (the ritual) consecration; there is nothing that exists apart from you. The whole world is in your body, and its stability is the surface of the earth.
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PdP 6 76.18
अग्निः कोपः प्रसादस्ते शेषः श्रीमांश्च लक्ष्मणः । त्वया लोकास्त्रयः क्रांताः पुराणैर्विक्रमैस्त्रिभिः
agniḥ kopaḥ prasādaste śeṣaḥ śrīmāṃśca lakṣmaṇaḥ | tvayā lokāstrayaḥ krāṃtāḥ purāṇairvikramaistribhiḥ
Fire is your anger, Śeṣa your favour, and the glorious Lakṣmaṇa (too); by you the three worlds were traversed with the three ancient strides.
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PdP 6 76.19
त्वयेंद्रश्च कृतो राजा बलिर्बद्धो महासुरः । लोकान्संहृत्य कालस्त्वं निवेश्यात्मनि केवलम्
tvayeṃdraśca kṛto rājā balirbaddho mahāsuraḥ | lokānsaṃhṛtya kālastvaṃ niveśyātmani kevalam
By you Indra was made king, and the great asura Bali was bound; you are Time, who, withdrawing the worlds and lodging (them) in yourself alone,
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PdP 6 76.20
करोष्येकार्णवं घोरं दृश्यादृश्ये च नान्यथा । त्वया सिंहवपुः कृत्वा परमं दिव्यमुत्तमम्
karoṣyekārṇavaṃ ghoraṃ dṛśyādṛśye ca nānyathā | tvayā siṃhavapuḥ kṛtvā paramaṃ divyamuttamam
make (all) a single dreadful ocean, in the visible and the invisible, and not otherwise. By you, having taken on a lion's body, supreme, divine and highest,
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PdP 6 76.21
भयदः सर्वभूतानां हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः । त्वमश्ववदनो भूत्वा पातालतलमाश्रितः
bhayadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ | tvamaśvavadano bhūtvā pātālatalamāśritaḥ
giving fear to all beings, Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain. You, having become horse-faced, resorted to the floor of the netherworld,
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PdP 6 76.22
संहृतं परमं हव्यं रहस्यं वै पुनः पुनः । यत्परं श्रूयते ज्योतिर्यत्परं श्रूयते परः
saṃhṛtaṃ paramaṃ havyaṃ rahasyaṃ vai punaḥ punaḥ | yatparaṃ śrūyate jyotiryatparaṃ śrūyate paraḥ
(and) the supreme oblation, the secret, was recovered again and again. That which is heard of as the supreme light, that which is heard of as the supreme Beyond,
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PdP 6 76.23
यत्परं परतश्चै वपरमात्मेति कथ्यते । परो मंत्रः परं तेजस्तमेव हि निगद्यसे
yatparaṃ parataścai vaparamātmeti kathyate | paro maṃtraḥ paraṃ tejastameva hi nigadyase
that which is beyond the beyond and is called the supreme Self — the supreme mantra, the supreme radiance: as just that you are declared.
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PdP 6 76.24
हव्यं कव्यं पवित्रं च प्राप्तिः स्वर्गापवर्गयोः । स्थित्युत्पत्तिविनाशांस्ते त्वामाहुः प्रकृतेः परम्
havyaṃ kavyaṃ pavitraṃ ca prāptiḥ svargāpavargayoḥ | sthityutpattivināśāṃste tvāmāhuḥ prakṛteḥ param
(You are) the offering to the gods, the offering to the ancestors, the purifying (rite), and the attainment of heaven and of release; they call you the persistence, the arising, and the destruction (of things), and beyond primal nature.
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PdP 6 76.25
यज्ञश्च यजमानश्च होता चाध्वर्युरेव च । भोक्ता यज्ञफलानां च त्वं वै वेदैश्च गीयसे
yajñaśca yajamānaśca hotā cādhvaryureva ca | bhoktā yajñaphalānāṃ ca tvaṃ vai vedaiśca gīyase
The sacrifice, and the sacrificer, and the hotṛ priest, and the adhvaryu, and the enjoyer of the fruits of sacrifices — you indeed are sung of by the Vedas.
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PdP 6 76.26
सीतालक्ष्मीर्भवान्विष्णुर्देवः कृष्णः प्रजापतिः । वधार्थं रावणस्य त्वं प्रविष्टो मानुषीं तनुम्
sītālakṣmīrbhavānviṣṇurdevaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ | vadhārthaṃ rāvaṇasya tvaṃ praviṣṭo mānuṣīṃ tanum
Sītā is Lakṣmī, you are Viṣṇu, the god, Kṛṣṇa, the lord of creatures; for the killing of Rāvaṇa you entered a human body.
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PdP 6 76.27
तदिदं च त्वया कार्यं कृतं धर्मभृतां वर । निहतो रावणो राम प्रहृष्टा देवताः कृताः
tadidaṃ ca tvayā kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara | nihato rāvaṇo rāma prahṛṣṭā devatāḥ kṛtāḥ
And this task has been accomplished by you, best of the upholders of dharma: Rāvaṇa has been slain, Rāma, and the gods have been made glad.
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PdP 6 76.28
अमोघं देववीर्यं ते न ते मोघः पराक्रमः । अमोघदर्शनं राम न च मोघस्तव स्तवः
amoghaṃ devavīryaṃ te na te moghaḥ parākramaḥ | amoghadarśanaṃ rāma na ca moghastava stavaḥ
Your divine valour is not in vain, your prowess is not in vain; the sight of you is not in vain, Rāma, and praise of you is not in vain.
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PdP 6 76.29
अमोघास्ते भविष्यंति भक्तिमंतो नरा भुवि । ये च त्वां देव संभक्ताःपुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम्
amoghāste bhaviṣyaṃti bhaktimaṃto narā bhuvi | ye ca tvāṃ deva saṃbhaktāḥpurāṇaṃ puruṣottamam
Those men on earth who possess devotion will not be in vain, and those who are wholly devoted to you, O god, the ancient one, the supreme person —
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PdP 6 76.30
इममार्षस्तवं पुण्यमितिहासं पुरातनम् । ये नराः कीर्तयिष्यंति नास्ति तेषां पराभवः
imamārṣastavaṃ puṇyamitihāsaṃ purātanam | ye narāḥ kīrtayiṣyaṃti nāsti teṣāṃ parābhavaḥ
Those men who will recite this holy hymn of the sage, this ancient tale — for them there is no defeat.
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PdP 6 76.31
कथमिह हि पराभवं व्रजेयुः पुरुषवराः पुरुषोत्तमे हि भक्ताः । नहि जगति चतुर्भुजप्रियाणां त्रिदश इहास्ति वरप्रदो विशिष्टः
kathamiha hi parābhavaṃ vrajeyuḥ puruṣavarāḥ puruṣottame hi bhaktāḥ | nahi jagati caturbhujapriyāṇāṃ tridaśa ihāsti varaprado viśiṣṭaḥ
How indeed could such best of men come to defeat, who are devoted to the Supreme Person? For in this world there is no god more excellent as a granter of boons to those dear to the four-armed one.
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PdP 6 76.32
स्तोत्राणां प्रवरं स्तोत्रं राघवस्य महात्मनः । त्रिकाले यः पठेन्नित्यं महापातकवानपि
stotrāṇāṃ pravaraṃ stotraṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ | trikāle yaḥ paṭhennityaṃ mahāpātakavānapi
This hymn is the foremost of hymns to the great-souled descendant of Raghu; whoever recites it constantly at the three junctures of the day, even one guilty of a great sin (is freed).
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PdP 6 76.33
संध्याकाले द्विजश्रेष्ठैः श्राद्धकाले विशेषतः । पठनीयं प्रयत्नेन भक्तिभावेन चेतसा
saṃdhyākāle dvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ śrāddhakāle viśeṣataḥ | paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnena bhaktibhāvena cetasā
At the twilight hour it is to be recited by the best of the twice-born, and especially at the time of the śrāddha, with effort and with a mind full of devotion.
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PdP 6 76.34
इदं गोप्यं हि परमं नाख्येयं कर्हिचित्क्वचित् । पठनान्मुक्तिमाप्नोति सात्त्वतः स भवेद्ध्रुवम्
idaṃ gopyaṃ hi paramaṃ nākhyeyaṃ karhicitkvacit | paṭhanānmuktimāpnoti sāttvataḥ sa bhaveddhruvam
This is indeed supremely secret; it is never to be told to anyone anywhere. By reciting it one attains liberation; he surely becomes one possessed of goodness.
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PdP 6 76.35
प्रथमं पिंडपूजांते ब्राह्मणैर्द्विजसत्तमैः । पठितव्यमिदं स्तोत्रं श्राद्धमक्षयमाप्नुयात्
prathamaṃ piṃḍapūjāṃte brāhmaṇairdvijasattamaiḥ | paṭhitavyamidaṃ stotraṃ śrāddhamakṣayamāpnuyāt
First, at the conclusion of the piṇḍa-worship, this hymn is to be recited by brahmins, the best of the twice-born; (thereby) one would obtain an imperishable śrāddha.
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PdP 6 76.36
इदं पवित्रं परमं जनानां मुक्तिदायकम् । लिखित्वा वै गृहे यस्तु धारयेत्सुसमाधिना
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ janānāṃ muktidāyakam | likhitvā vai gṛhe yastu dhārayetsusamādhinā
This is supremely purifying, granting liberation to men; whoever writes it down and keeps it in his house with careful attention —
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PdP 6 76.37
आयुः श्रीश्च बलं तस्य वृद्धिं याति दिनेदिने । लिखित्वा ब्राह्मणे दद्याद्धीमान्यो वै कदाचन
āyuḥ śrīśca balaṃ tasya vṛddhiṃ yāti dinedine | likhitvā brāhmaṇe dadyāddhīmānyo vai kadācana
his lifespan, prosperity and strength increase day by day. And whoever, being wise, ever writes it down and gives it to a brahmin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 76.38
विमुक्ताः पूर्वजास्तस्य यांति विष्णोः परं पदम् । चतुर्णां चैव वेदानां पाठे चैव तु यत्फलम्
vimuktāḥ pūrvajāstasya yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | caturṇāṃ caiva vedānāṃ pāṭhe caiva tu yatphalam
his forefathers, released, go to the highest station of Viṣṇu. And whatever fruit there is in the recitation of the four Vedas,
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PdP 6 76.39
समवाप्नोति जापेन नरः स्तोत्रं पठन्जपन् । धृत्वा वै शंखचक्रादि ब्राह्मणैर्वेदतत्परैः
samavāpnoti jāpena naraḥ stotraṃ paṭhanjapan | dhṛtvā vai śaṃkhacakrādi brāhmaṇairvedatatparaiḥ
that a man obtains fully by the murmured repetition, reciting and muttering this hymn. And when it is worn — the conch, discus and the rest — by brahmins intent on the Veda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 76.40
श्राद्धकाले महादेवि अक्षयं तद्भवेद्ध्रुवम् । कंठे पद्माक्षमालां च शंखचक्रादिधारणम्
śrāddhakāle mahādevi akṣayaṃ tadbhaveddhruvam | kaṃṭhe padmākṣamālāṃ ca śaṃkhacakrādidhāraṇam
at the time of the śrāddha, O great goddess, that surely becomes imperishable: (also) a rosary of lotus-seeds on the neck, and the wearing of the conch, discus and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 76.41
ततः श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत इदं स्तोत्रं पठन्जपन् । विधिना भक्तिभावेन पूर्णं भवति नान्यथा
tataḥ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta idaṃ stotraṃ paṭhanjapan | vidhinā bhaktibhāvena pūrṇaṃ bhavati nānyathā
Then let him perform the śrāddha, reciting and muttering this hymn; done according to rule and with a devoted heart it becomes complete, not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 76.42
अतो भक्तिमता पुंसा पठनीयं प्रयत्नतः । पठनात्सर्वमाप्नोति स नरः सुखमेधते
ato bhaktimatā puṃsā paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ | paṭhanātsarvamāpnoti sa naraḥ sukhamedhate
Therefore it is to be recited diligently by a devout man; by reciting it that man obtains everything and prospers in happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition