Shloka 142

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

राजप्रतिग्रहो घोरो बुद्ध्वा चादौ विषोपमः बुधेन परिहर्तव्यः श्वमांसं चापि वर्जयेत्

Transliteration

rājapratigraho ghoro buddhvā cādau viṣopamaḥ budhena parihartavyaḥ śvamāṃsaṃ cāpi varjayet

Translation

Königliche Gaben anzunehmen ist schrecklich—wisse, dass es von Anfang an wie Gift ist. Darum soll der Einsichtige solches Annehmen meiden; und auch Hundefleisch vermeiden.

Word by Word

• rāja: king

• pratigrahaḥ: acceptance (of gifts), receiving

• ghoraḥ: terrible, fearsome

• buddhvā: having understood

• ca: and

• ādau: in the beginning, at the outset

• viṣa-upamaḥ: comparable to poison

• budhena: by the wise/discerning person

• parihartavyaḥ: should be avoided

• śva-māṃsam: dog’s meat/flesh

• ca api: and also

• varjayet: should shun, should abstain

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating traditional dharma injunctions to the sages at Naimisharanya)