प्रवृत्ताय निवृत्ताय पितृदेवाय कर्मणे । नमोऽधर्मविपाकाय मृत्यवे दु:खदाय च ॥ ४१ ॥
pravrttaya nivrttaya pitr-devaya karmane namo ’dharma-vipakaya mrtyave duhkha-daya ca
- pravrttaya
- inclination
- nivrttaya
- disinclination
- pitr-devaya
- unto the master of Pitrloka
- karmane
- unto the resultant action of fruitive activities
- namah
- offering respects
- adharma
- irreligious
- vipakaya
- unto the result
- mrtyave
- unto death
- duhkha-daya
- the cause of all kinds of miserable conditions
- ca
- also.
My dear Lord, You are the viewer of the results of pious activities. You are inclination, disinclination and their resultant activities. You are the cause of the miserable conditions of life caused by irreligion, and therefore You are death. I offer You my respectful obeisances.