तदेव लग्नं तन्नञ्जत्रं तदेव पुण्यमहः ।करणम्य च सा सिद्धिर्यत्र हरिः प्राङ् नमस्क्रियते' इति च ।प्रागित्युपअन्तेऽपि नमस्कारस्य शिष्टैराचरणात् ।नमस्कारलक्षणम्
In plain words
'That is the auspicious hour; that, the star; that, the holy day; that, the right division of time; that, the success itself — the moment in which Hari is bowed to first.' So it is said. And though the verse says 'first', the learned also bow at the close of a work, and their practice settles the point. Now: what a salutation is.
Close to the Sanskrit
'That alone is the auspicious hour, that the asterism, that alone the holy day; and the karaṇa, and that the success — wherein Hari is saluted first' — thus also. Although the word is 'first', the salutation occurs near the end as well, because of the practice of the cultured. The definition of salutation.