Shloka 40
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
क्रमाद्दशांशतो ऽघं स्याच्छुद्धिः पूर्वोक्तमार्गतः
Transliteration
kramāddaśāṃśato 'ghaṃ syācchuddhiḥ pūrvoktamārgataḥ
Translation
In due order, each one’s share of sin is a tenth; and purification is attained by the path described earlier.
Word by Word
kramātsuccessively
kramāt:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative used adverbially: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī, Ekavacana; ‘successively’
daśāṃśataḥby tenths
daśāṃśataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdaśāṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTasil-derivative adverb (तस्-प्रत्यय): ‘by tenths / in tenth parts’
aghamsin/evil
agham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
syātwould be
syāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (Optative), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada; ‘would be/becomes’
śuddhiḥpurification
śuddhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
pūrva-ukta-mārgataḥaccording to the previously stated path
pūrva-ukta-mārgataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त; वच् धातु, past participle) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTasil-derivative adverb (तस्-प्रत्यय) from compound: pūrvokta-mārga (the previously stated path) + -taḥ; meaning ‘according to/from the previously stated method’