यत्पापं भ्रूणहत्यायां मृष्टमांसाशिनां च यत् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
yatpāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyāyāṃ mṛṣṭamāṃsāśināṃ ca yat | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
Wenn ich die Schlange, die unter die Macht meines Blickes geraten ist, nicht niederschlage, so möge die Sünde der Tötung des Ungeborenen und die Sünde derer, die unreines/verbotenes Fleisch essen, auf mich fallen.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a vow-like utterance within the tīrtha episode)
It underscores the gravity of life-destroying and purity-violating acts, using them as benchmarks to stress the seriousness of failing one’s immediate duty.
This is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 29); the specific tīrtha is not named in the provided excerpt.
No direct ritual instruction is present in this verse.