śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ
so ‘pi muktaḥ śubhāṃl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām
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yaḥ api (moreover he who) śraddhāvān (who has faith) anasūyaḥ (who is not envious) naraḥ (a person) śṛṇuyāt (he would listen),
saḥ api muktaḥ (he although liberated) puṇya-karmaṇām (of those whose activities are noble) śubhān lokān (auspicious worlds) prāpnuyāt (he obtains).
| śraddhāvān |
– |
śraddhā-vant 1n.1 m. – who has faith (from: śrat- – in compounds: faith; √dhā – to put [faith]; śraddhā – faith, confidence; -mant / -vant – suffix denoting one who possesses); |
| anasūyaḥ |
– |
an-asūyu 1n.1 m. – who is free from spite, envy, ill-will (√asūya – to be displeased); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| śṛṇuyāt |
– |
√śru (to hear, to listen) Pot. P 1v.1 – he would listen; |
| api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
| yaḥ |
– |
yat sn. 1n.1 m. – he who; |
| naraḥ |
– |
nara 1n.1 m. – a man, a person (from: nṛ – man, mankind); |
| saḥ |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 m. – he; |
| api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
| muktaḥ |
– |
mukta (√muc – to liberate, to release) PP 1n.1 m. – liberated; |
| śubhān |
– |
śubha 2n.3 m. – splendid, pleasant, auspicious, good (from: √śubh – to shine); |
| lokān |
– |
loka 2n.3 m. – worlds; |
| prāpnuyāt |
– |
pra-√āp (to obtain) Pot. P 1v.1 – he would obtain; |
| puṇya-karmaṇām |
– |
puṇya-karman 6n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ karmāṇi puṇyāni santi teṣām – of those whose activities are noble (from: √pū – to purify, or √puṇ – to act piously, puṇya – good, meritorious, virtuous act, purity; √kṛ – to do, karman – activity and its result); |
anasūyaś ca → anasūyuś ca (and non-envious);
prāpnuyāt → āpnuyāt (he would obtain);
atha śrotur idaṃ phalaṃ—
śraddhāvān śraddadhāno’nasūyaś ca asūyā-varjitaḥ san imaṃ granthaṃ sṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ, api-śabdāt kimutārtha-jñānavān, so’pi pāpān muktaḥ śubhān praśastān lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām agnihotrādi-karmavatām
śraddhāvān anasūyuś ca yo naraḥ śṛṇuyād api, tena śravaṇamātreṇa so ‚pi bhaktivirodhipāpebhyo muktaḥ puṇyakarmaṇāṃ madbhaktānāṃ lokān samūhan prāpnuyāt
anyasya japato yo ‚nyaḥ kaścit śṛṇoti tasyāpi phalam āha śraddhāvān iti | yo naraḥ śraddhā-yuktaḥ kevalaṃ śṛṇuyād api śraddhāvān api yaḥ kaścit kim artham uccair japati abaddhaḥ vā japatīti vā doṣa-dṛṣṭiṃ karoti tad-vyāvṛtty-artham āha anasūyaś cāsūya-rahito yaḥ śṛṇuyāt so ‚pi sarvaiḥ pāpair muktaḥ sann aśvamedhādi-puṇya-kṛtāṃ lokān prāpnuyāt
etac-chravaṇa-phalam āha śraddhāvān iti
śrotuḥ phalam āha śraddheti | yaḥ kevalaṃ śraddhayā śṛṇoti anasūyaḥ kim artham uccair aśuddhaṃ vā paṭhatīti doṣa-dṛṣṭim akurvan so ‚pi nikhilaiḥ pāpair muktaḥ puṇya-karmaṇām aśvamedhādi-yājināṃ lokān prāpnuyāt | yad vā puṇya-karmaṇāṃ bhaktimatāṃ lokān dhruva-lokādīn vaikuṇṭha-bhedān ity arthaḥ
