Shloka 14

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा सुदुष्टात्मा भिन्नवृत्तो व्रताच्च्युतः भूयो निर्वेदमापन्नश् चरेच्चान्द्रायणं व्रतम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā suduṣṭātmā bhinnavṛtto vratāccyutaḥ bhūyo nirvedamāpannaś careccāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam

Translation

এনেদৰে কৰি দুষ্টচিত্ত, আচৰণ ভাঙি ব্ৰতচ্যুত হোৱা ব্যক্তি—সত্য অনুতাপে পুনৰ ‘চান্দ্ৰায়ণ’ ব্ৰত পালন কৰক, যাতে পশু (বদ্ধ আত্মা)ৰ পাশ শিথিল হৈ পতি শিৱৰ পথলৈ ঘূৰে।

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus/in this manner

• kṛtvā: having done

• su-duṣṭa-ātmā: one of very wicked/corrupted mind

• bhinna-vṛttaḥ: whose conduct/observance is broken

• vrata-āt-cyutaḥ: fallen from the vow

• bhūyaḥ: again

• nirvedam āpannaḥ: having attained remorse/dispassion (repentance)

• caret: should practice/undertake

• cāndrāyaṇam: the Cāndrāyaṇa expiatory observance (moon-related fasting discipline)

• vratam: vow/penance

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating śāstric injunctions within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)