अतो मन्मतमुत्सृज्य यो यत् कर्म्म समाचरेत् । निष्फलं तद्भवेद्देवि कर्त्ताऽपि नारकी भवेत् ॥ १२ ॥
atō manmatamutsṛjya yō yat karmma samācarēt | niṣphalaṁ tadbhavēddēvi karttā’pi nārakī bhavēt || 12 ||
Translation
So whoever abandons my teaching and performs any rite, that rite is fruitless, O Goddess, and its doer goes to hell.
Word by word
- atō
- therefore
- manmatamutsṛjya
- abandoning my teaching
- yō
- who
- yat
- whatever
- karmma
- rite
- samācarēt
- performs
- niṣphalaṁ
- fruitless
- tadbhavēddēvi
- that becomes, O Goddess
- karttā’pi
- and the doer
- nārakī
- one bound for hell
- bhavēt
- becomes