Upodghata Pada Adhyaya 7 Shloka 71 - Brahmanda Purana | English | Vedapath

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Shloka 71

Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame

Devanagari script

स्त्रीणामर्धार्धकॢप्तिः स्यात्कारयेद्वा द्विजैरपि / अन्तर्जले सहस्रं वा जपेच्छुद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

strīṇāmardhārdhakḷptiḥ syātkārayedvā dvijairapi / antarjale sahasraṃ vā japecchuddhimavāpnuyāt

Translation

For women, the measure is set as half of a half; or it may be performed even by dvijas on their behalf. Standing within water and reciting a thousand times, one attains purification.

Word by Word

स्त्रीणाम्of women

अर्ध-अर्ध-कॢप्तिःa half-of-a-half arrangement (quarter measure)

स्यात्should be

कारयेत्should cause (to be done)

वाor

द्विजैःby/through twice-born (Brāhmaṇas)

अपिalso/even

अन्तर्जलेin water / within water

सहस्रम्a thousand (times)

वाor

जपेत्should recite

शुद्धिम्purity

अवाप्नुयात्would obtain