ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 52
अष्टोत्तरशतावृत्त्या पुरश्चर्याऽस्य गीयते । पुरस्क्रियान्वितं स्तोत्रं सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदम् ॥ ५२ ॥
aṣṭōttaraśatāvṛttyā puraścaryā’sya gīyatē | puraskriyānvitaṁ stōtraṁ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradam || 52 ||
Translation
Its preparatory rite is said to be a hundred and eight recitations; joined with the preparatory rite, the hymn gives every fruit desired.
Word by word
- aṣṭōttara
- and eight
- śata
- a hundred
- āvṛttyā
- by recitations
- puraścaryā
- the preparatory rite
- asya
- its
- gīyatē
- is said
- puraskriyā
- with the preparatory rite
- anvitaṁ
- joined
- stōtraṁ
- the hymn
- sarva
- every
- abhīṣṭa
- desired
- phala
- fruit
- pradam
- gives
Meaning
Every mantra and hymn has a puraścaraṇa, a preparatory course of recitation that "awakens" it before it is used. For this hymn it is a hundred and eight recitations (aṣṭottara-śata-āvṛtti). Once that is done, the hymn gives every desired fruit. The commentary covers verses 52 to 54 together, as concerning "this hymn of a hundred names".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Asya: of the hymn of a hundred names. (This explanation covers verses 52 to 54.)