Shloka 10

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

अयुताघोरमभ्यस्य मुच्यते नात्र संशयः सुरापो लक्षमात्रेण बुद्ध्याबुद्ध्यापि वै प्रभो

Transliteration

ayutāghoramabhyasya mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ surāpo lakṣamātreṇa buddhyābuddhyāpi vai prabho

Translation

অঘোর-মন্ত্র অযুত (দশ হাজার) জপ করলে মুক্তি হয়—এতে সন্দেহ নেই। হে প্রভো, সুরাপায়ীও এক লক্ষ (জপ) করলে, জেনে বা না জেনে, মুক্ত হয়।

Word by Word

• अयुत (ayuta): ten thousand

• अघोरम् (aghoram): the Aghora-mantra / the Aghora-form of Shiva

• अभ्यस्य (abhyasya): by practising, repeating (japa)

• मुच्यते (mucyate): is released, is liberated

• न (na): not

• अत्र (atra): here, in this matter

• संशयः (saṃśayaḥ): doubt

• सुरापः (surāpaḥ): a drinker of surā (intoxicant)

• लक्षमात्रेण (lakṣa-mātreṇa): by the measure of one lakh (100,000)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā): with conscious intent/understanding

• अबुद्ध्या (abuddhyā): without conscious intent/understanding

• अपि (api): even

• वै (vai): indeed

• प्रभो (prabho): O Lord

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating traditional Shaiva expiations and mantra-power to the sages of Naimisharanya)