Shloka 56
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
इदं विष्णुरिति मन्त्रेण सप्तवाराभिमन्त्रितम् / सो ऽहंभावेन तद्ध्यात्वा भुक्त्वा दोषैर्न लिप्यते
Transliteration
idaṃ viṣṇuriti mantreṇa saptavārābhimantritam / so 'haṃbhāvena taddhyātvā bhuktvā doṣairna lipyate
Translation
Food consecrated seven times with the mantra “idaṃ viṣṇur iti”—meditated upon in the spirit of “so’ham” and then eaten—does not stain one with faults.
Word by Word
idamthis (thing/food)
idam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd—प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
viṣṇuḥVishnu
viṣṇuḥ:
Sambandha/Predicate (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Vacana-sūcaka (वचनसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
mantreṇaby the mantra
mantreṇa:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
saptavāra-abhimantritamconsecrated/enchanted seven times
saptavāra-abhimantritam:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptavāra (सप्त+वार, प्रातिपदिक) + abhimantrita (अभि√मन्त्र् (धातु) + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd—प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); compound: सप्तवारैः अभिमन्त्रितम् (instrumental-tatpurusha sense)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
aham-bhāvenawith the sense of ‘I am (He)’ / by I-identity
aham-bhāvena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); compound: अहम्-भावः = ‘I’-sense/ego-identification
tatthat (Vishnu/that reality)
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dhyātvāhaving meditated (on)
dhyātvā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√dhyai (ध्यै, धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त), indeclinable verbal (अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण)
bhuktvāhaving eaten
bhuktvā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√bhuj (भुज्, धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त)
doṣaiḥby faults (impurities)
doṣaiḥ:
Karana/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootdoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
lipyateis tainted/smeared
lipyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√lip (लिप्, धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि-प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)