Shloka 178

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

मिथ्या न कारयेद्देवि क्रियया च गुरोः सदा दुर्गुणे ख्यापिते तस्य नैर्गुण्यशतभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

mithyā na kārayeddevi kriyayā ca guroḥ sadā durguṇe khyāpite tasya nairguṇyaśatabhāgbhavet

Translation

Ô Devi, qu’on ne fabrique jamais, par quelque acte feint, un mensonge au sujet du Guru. Si l’on divulgue de prétendus défauts du Guru, on encourt au centuple ce même démérite, accroissant l’impureté et le lien du pāśa.

Word by Word

• मिथ्या: falsely, untruthfully

• न: not

• कारयेत्: should cause/do (make happen)

• देवि: O Goddess

• क्रियया: by an act/deed, by a performed action

• च: and

• गुरोः: of the Guru

• सदा: always

• दुर्गुणे: in (regard to) a fault/vice

• ख्यापिते: when proclaimed, made known, advertised

• तस्य: of that (person)

• नैर्गुण्य: demerit, lack of virtue, moral defect

• शतभाग्: a hundredfold share

• भवेत्: becomes, results

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; verse framed as a Devi-address within the teaching)