Shloka 46

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

काकोलूककपोतानां पक्षिणामपि घातने शतमष्टोत्तरं जप्त्वा मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

kākolūkakapotānāṃ pakṣiṇāmapi ghātane śatamaṣṭottaraṃ japtvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Même si l’on a tué des oiseaux tels que corbeaux, hiboux ou pigeons, en accomplissant le japa cent huit fois (du mantra de Śiva prescrit), on est délivré de ce lien — il n’y a là aucun doute.

Word by Word

• काक (kāka): crow

• उलूक (ulūka): owl

• कपोत (kapota): pigeon/dove

• -आनाम् (-ānām): of (plural, genitive)

• पक्षिणाम् (pakṣiṇām): of birds

• अपि (api): even/also

• घातने (ghātane): in the killing/slaying

• शतम् (śatam): one hundred

• अष्टोत्तरम् (aṣṭottaram): plus eight (i.e., 108)

• जप्त्वा (japtvā): having recited (as japa)

• मुच्यते (mucyate): is released/is liberated (from sin/bondage)

• नात्र (nātra): not here/in this matter (i.e., no)

• संशयः (saṃśayaḥ): doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s prāyaścitta teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)