कृतेनास्य फलं नास्ति नाकृतेनापि किल्विषम् । न विघ्नः प्रत्यवायोऽस्य ब्रह्ममन्त्रस्य साधनात् ॥ ९८ ॥
kṛtēnāsya phalaṁ nāsti nākṛtēnāpi kilviṣam | na vighnaḥ pratyavāyō’sya brahmamantrasya sādhanāt || 98 ||
Translation
For him there is no fruit in doing and no sin in not doing; there is no obstacle and no harm for him, through the practice of the Brahma mantra.
Word by word
- kṛtēnāsya
- by what is done, for him
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- nāsti
- there is not
- nākṛtēnāpi
- nor by what is not done
- kilviṣam
- sin
- na
- no
- vighnaḥ
- obstacle
- pratyavāyō’sya
- harm (from omission), for him
- brahmamantrasya
- of the Brahma mantra
- sādhanāt
- through the practice
Meaning
Pratyavāya is the fault that arises from omitting a prescribed rite.