Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

अपूतोदकपाने तु जपेच्च शतपञ्चकम् अघोरलक्षणं मन्त्रं ततः शुद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

apūtodakapāne tu japecca śatapañcakam aghoralakṣaṇaṃ mantraṃ tataḥ śuddhimavāpnuyāt

Translation

Si l’on a bu une eau non purifiée, qu’on répète alors cent vingt-cinq fois, en japa, le mantra marqué d’Aghora ; ensuite on obtient la purification.

Word by Word

• अपूत-उदक-पाने: upon drinking unpurified water

• तु: then/indeed

• जपेत्: one should repeat (japa)

• च: and

• शत-पञ्चकम्: one hundred and twenty-five (5×25)

• अघोर-लक्षणम्: characterized by (the form/mantra) Aghora

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra

• ततः: thereafter

• शुद्धिम्: purity/ritual cleansing

• अवाप्नुयात्: one attains/obtains.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic injunctions to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)