Devanagari
स्वर्गापवर्गद्वाराय नित्यं शुचिषदे नम: ।
नमो हिरण्यवीर्याय चातुर्होत्राय तन्तवे ॥ ३७ ॥
Verse text
svargāpavarga-dvārāya
nityaṁ śuci-ṣade namaḥ
namo hiraṇya-vīryāya
cātur-hotrāya tantave
Synonyms
svarga
—
the heavenly planets
;
apavarga
—
the path of liberation
;
dvārāya
—
unto the door of
;
nityam
—
eternally
;
śuci
—
sade — unto the most purified
;
namaḥ
—
my obeisances unto You
;
namaḥ
—
my obeisances
;
hiraṇya
—
gold
;
vīryāya
—
semen
;
cātuḥ
—
hotrāya — the Vedic sacrifices of the name
;
tantave
—
unto one who expands .
Translation
My Lord, O Aniruddha, You are the authority by which the doors of the higher planetary systems and liberation are opened. You are always within the pure heart of the living entity. Therefore I offer my obeisances unto You. You are the possessor of semen which is like gold, and thus, in the form of fire, You help the Vedic sacrifices, beginning with cātur-hotra. Therefore I offer my obeisances unto You.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
I constantly offer my respects to the sun, the door to Svarga and liberation. I offer respects to Agni, who accomplishes actions of the four priests and expands the fire sacrifice.
I offer respects to Agni (hiraṇya-vīryāya) who accomplishes the actions of the four sacrificial priests. How? He expands the sacrifice (tantave). O devatā of fire! Just as you stimulate other actions, engage my words in chanting the glories of the Lord! (Agni is the deity of the voice.) May my strength, non-different from fire, be purified! I offer my respects to you.
Purport
The word
svarga
indicates a position in the higher or heavenly planetary systems, and the word
apavarga
means “liberation.” Those who are attached to the
karma-kāṇḍīya
activities described in the
Vedas
are actually entangled in the three modes of material nature. The
Bhagavad-gītā
therefore says that one should be above the dominion of fruitive activities. There are different kinds of liberation, or
mukti.
The best
mukti
is engagement in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. Not only does Lord Aniruddha help fruitive actors by elevating them to the higher planetary systems, but He also helps the devotee engage in devotional service by dint of His inexhaustible energy. Just as heat is the source of material energy, the inspiration of Lord Aniruddha is the energy by which one can engage in executing devotional service.