कार्यभेदे देवविशेषपूजनम्The god proper to each rite
Verse 139
क्रमव्यत्ययकर्माणि बह्वायासकृतान्यपि । न यच्छन्ति फलं सम्यक् नृणां कर्मानुजीविनाम् ॥ १३९ ॥
kramavyatyayakarmāṇi bahvāyāsakṛtānyapi | na yacchanti phalaṁ samyak nṛṇāṁ karmānujīvinām || 139 ||
Translation
Rites done in the wrong order, even when made with great labour, do not give men who live by works their fruit in full.
Word by word
- krama
- of order
- vyatyaya
- with a reversal
- karmāṇi
- rites
- bahu
- (bahu) great
- āyāsa
- labour
- kṛtāni
- made with
- api
- even
- na
- not
- yacchanti
- give
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- samyak
- in full
- nṛṇāṁ
- to men
- karma
- by works
- anujīvinām
- (anujīvinām) who live
Meaning
"Karmānujīvin", one who lives by works, means one who performs rites for their fruit. For such a person the order matters: done out of sequence the rite does not yield its reward.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 138.