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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)

अव्यावृत्तभजनात् avyāvṛttabhajanāt

The line

From worship that does not turn back.

नेपालीमा

नफर्किने भजनबाट।

Where it sits

A further source in the same list of means.

Split: avyāvṛttabhajanāt (अव्यावृत्तभजनात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
avyāvṛttabhajanāt (अव्यावृत्तभजनात्)ablative singular, neuterfrom worship that does not turn back. vyāvṛtta (व्यावृत्त) is turned away. The opening a denies that turning. bhajana (भजन) is worship. Ablative of source, continuing the previous line. Read from the end.

The phrases

Another ablative of source, beside the two of the previous line. The subject tat is carried.

Sanskrit in this line

a plus vyāvṛtta (व्यावृत्त) plus bhajana is one ablative. The doubled t belongs to vyāvṛtta (व्यावृत्त), the past participle. The dental n of bhajana is the n the line prints.

Say it back

From what kind of worship?