Shloka 57
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
अथवा शङ्करं ध्यायञ्जप्त्वा त्रैय्यंबकं मनुम् / सो ऽहंभावेन तज्ज्ञानान्न दोषैः प्रविलिप्यते
Transliteration
athavā śaṅkaraṃ dhyāyañjaptvā traiyyaṃbakaṃ manum / so 'haṃbhāvena tajjñānānna doṣaiḥ pravilipyate
Translation
Or, meditating on Śaṅkara and reciting the Tryambaka mantra, through that knowledge held in the “so’ham” spirit, one is not smeared by faults.
Word by Word
athavāor else
athavā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootathavā (अव्यय)
FormAlternative particle/conjunction (विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय)
śaṅkaramShankara (Shiva)
śaṅkaram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dhyāyanmeditating (on)
dhyāyan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√dhyai (ध्यै, धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
japtvāhaving recited
japtvā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√jap (जप्, धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त)
traiyyaṃbakamTryambaka (three-eyed one)
traiyyaṃbakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottryambaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
manumthe mantra-formula (manu)
manum:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
aham-bhāvenawith the sense of ‘I am (He)’
aham-bhāvena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tat-jñānātfrom/through that knowledge
tat-jñānāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); sense: ‘from/through the knowledge of that’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
doṣaiḥby faults
doṣaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
pravilipyateis not smeared/tainted
pravilipyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√lip (प्र+लिप्, धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)