Chapter 23
क्रियमाणे कर्मणीदं दैवे पित्र्येऽथ मानुषे । यत्र यत्रानुकीर्त्येत तत् तेषां सुकृतं विदु: ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
kriyamāṇe karmaṇīdaṁ daive pitrye ’tha mānuṣe yatra yatrānukīrtyeta tat teṣāṁ sukṛtaṁ viduḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
kriyamāṇe — upon the performance; karmaṇi — of a ritualistic ceremony; idam — this description of the characteristics of Vāmanadeva; daive — to please the demigods; pitrye — or to please the forefathers, as in a śrāddha ceremony; atha — either; mānuṣe — for the pleasure of human society, as in marriages; yatra — wherever; yatra — whenever; anukīrtyeta — is described; tat — that; teṣām — for them; sukṛtam — auspicious; viduḥ — everyone should understand.
Translation
“Whenever the activities of Vāmanadeva are described in the course of a ritualistic ceremony, whether the ceremony be performed to please the demigods, to please one’s forefathers in Pitṛloka, or to celebrate a social event like a marriage, that ceremony should be understood to be extremely auspicious.”