Namaste Sarvage (Brahma Purāṇa)
Namaste Sarvage · namaste sarva-ge, “salutation to you who go everywhere”
Namaste sarvage, “salutation to you who go everywhere”, is the mantra with which the pilgrim bows to Devī Subhadrā, beside Saṅkarshaṇa and Śrī Kṛshṇa, in the temple of Purushottama-kshetra. It is found in the Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 57, in the rules of the pañcatīrtha, the round of holy places of the kshetra, which Brahmā gives to the munis. One who worships Subhadrā with mantras and bows to her with it goes in a vimāna that moves at will to the city of Bhagavān Vishṇu and in the end attains mukti.
Its place in the rite
Answering the munis’ question on the pañcatīrtha, Brahmā tells the fruit of bathing and giving dāna in the five tīrthas and of seeing the deities there. The pilgrim bathes three times in the Mārkaṇḍeya pool and worships Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara; goes round the kalpa-vṛksha, the banyan that is Bhagavān Vishṇu in the form of a tree; bows to the mūrti of Garuḍa standing before Śrī Kṛshṇa; then enters the temple of Bhagavān Vishṇu and worships Saṅkarshaṇa with seven namaskāras and Śrī Kṛshṇa with the twelve-syllable mantra, praying to be saved from the ocean of saṃsāra. One who sees the banyan and Garuḍa and then sees Purushottama, Saṅkarshaṇa and Subhadrā goes to the supreme goal.
After that, the pilgrim worships Subhadrā, who is tender to her devotees (bhakta-vatsalā), with mantras, and bows to her with the mantra namaste sarvage, “salutation to you who go everywhere”.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 57
The phala
One who worships and bows to Subhadrā in this way goes in a kāmaga vimāna, a celestial chariot that moves at will, to Vishṇupura, the city of Bhagavān Vishṇu, and delights there until the pralaya. Then he is born a brāhmaṇa who knows the Veda, gains Vishṇu-yoga and attains mukti.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 57
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 57