क्रियमाणे कर्मणीदं दैवे पित्र्येऽथ मानुषे । यत्र यत्रानुकीर्त्येत तत् तेषां सुकृतं विदु: ॥ ३१ ॥
kriyamane karmanidam daive pitrye ’tha manuse yatra yatranukirtyeta tat tesam sukrtam viduh
- kriyamane
- upon the performance
- karmani
- of a ritualistic ceremony
- idam
- this description of the characteristics of Vamanadeva
- daive
- to please the demigods
- pitrye
- or to please the forefathers, as in a sraddha ceremony
- atha
- either
- manuse
- for the pleasure of human society, as in marriages
- yatra
- wherever
- yatra
- whenever
- anukirtyeta
- is described
- tat
- that
- tesam
- for them
- sukrtam
- auspicious
- viduh
- everyone should understand
Whenever the activities of Vamanadeva are described in the course of a ritualistic ceremony, whether the ceremony be performed to please the demigods, to please one’s forefathers in Pitrloka, or to celebrate a social event like a marriage, that ceremony should be understood to be extremely auspicious.