त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचपाठफलम्The fruit of reciting the armour
Verse 69
सहस्रावृत्तपाठेन वर्मणोऽस्य पुरस्क्रिया । पुरश्चरणसम्पन्नं यथोक्तफलदं भवेत् ॥ ६९ ॥
sahasrāvṛttapāṭhēna varmaṇō’sya puraskriyā | puraścaraṇasampannaṁ yathōktaphaladaṁ bhavēt || 69 ||
Translation
The preparatory rite of this armour is reciting it a thousand times; accomplished with its preparatory rite, it gives the fruits described.
Word by word
- sahasra
- a thousand
- āvṛtta
- times repeated
- pāṭhēna
- by reciting
- varmaṇō
- (varmaṇaḥ) of armour
- asya
- this
- puraskriyā
- the preparatory rite
- puraścaraṇa
- with its preparatory rite
- sampannaṁ
- accomplished
- yathā
- as
- ukta
- described
- phala
- the fruits
- daṁ
- gives
- bhavēt
- it
Meaning
The armour's puraścaraṇa is a thousand recitations (the hymn's was a hundred and eight). Varman, as the commentary notes, is another word for kavaca, armour. Only after this course does it give the fruits just described.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Varmaṇaḥ: of the armour (varman, a word for kavaca). (This explanation covers verses 69 and 70.)