कार्यभेदे देवविशेषपूजनम्The god proper to each rite
Verse 140
श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । यदुक्तं परमेशानि मातेव हितकारिणि । निःश्रेयसन्तल्लोकानां फलव्यापृतचेतसाम् ॥ १४० ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | yaduktaṁ paramēśāni mātēva hitakāriṇi | niḥśrēyasantallōkānāṁ phalavyāpṛtacētasām || 140 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: O supreme Goddess, kind as a mother, what you have said is for the highest good of people whose minds are busy with the fruit.
Word by word
- yat
- what
- uktaṁ
- is said
- paramēśāni
- O supreme Goddess
- mātā
- a mother
- iva
- like
- hita
- kind
- kāriṇi
- being
- niḥśrēyasaṁ
- the highest good
- tal
- (tat) that
- lōkānāṁ
- of people
- phala
- with the fruit
- vyāpṛta
- busy
- cētasām
- whose minds
Meaning
Śiva praises the question. The commentary glosses "phalavyāpṛtacetasām" as those whose minds are engaged in activity for the sake of its fruit.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Entreated thus, Śrī Sadāśiva said "yad uktam" and the rest. Phalavyāpṛtacetasām: of those whose mind is busied (vyāpṛta, engaged in activity) for the sake of the fruit.