नम: प्रमाणमूलाय कवये शास्त्रयोनये । प्रवृत्ताय निवृत्ताय निगमाय नमो नम: ॥ ४४ ॥
namaḥ pramāṇa-mūlāya kavaye śāstra-yonaye pravṛttāya nivṛttāya nigamāya namo namaḥ
- namaḥ
- obeisances
- pramāṇa
- of authoritative evidence
- mūlāya
- to the basis
- kavaye
- to the author
- śāstra
- of the revealed scripture
- yonaye
- to the source
- pravṛttāya
- which encourages sense gratification
- nivṛttāya
- which encourages renunciation
- nigamāya
- to Him who is the origin of both kinds of scripture
- namaḥ namaḥ
- repeated obeisances
We offer our obeisances again and again to You, who are the basis of all authoritative evidence, who are the author and ultimate source of the revealed scriptures, and who have manifested Yourself in those Vedic literatures encouraging sense gratification as well as in those encouraging renunciation of the material world.