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Chapter 12.305 - Verse 5

Sanskrit Text

ग्रीवायास्तमृषिश्रेष्ठं नरमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमम् विश्वेदेवान्मुखेनाथ दिशः श्रोत्रेण चाप्नुयात्

English Translation

If through the neck, the man goes to the excellent region of that foremost of ascetics known as Nara. If through the mouth, the man acquires the region of the Vishvedevas, and if through the ears, to the region of the gods presiding over the several points of the horizon.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ग्रीवा + तद् | ऋषि + श्रेष्ठ | नरम् | आप् + अनुत्तम
विश्वेदेव + मुख + अथ | दिशः | श्रोत्रेण | च + आप्