Shloka 21
यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्
Ascetic Atonements and Discipline
Devanagari script
अभोज्यानि यतीनां तु प्रत्यक्षलवणानि च एकैकातिक्रमात्तेषां प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते
Transliteration
abhojyāni yatīnāṃ tu pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca ekaikātikramātteṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate
Translation
यतियों के लिए कुछ भोज्य निषिद्ध हैं—विशेषतः प्रत्यक्ष लवणयुक्त पदार्थ। इनमें से किसी एक नियम का भी अतिक्रमण हो जाए तो उसके लिए प्रायश्चित्त विधान है—नियमभंग की शुद्धि और शिवानुग्रह हेतु।
Word by Word
abhojyānifoods that must not be eaten/forbidden foods
abhojyāni:
yatīnāmof renunciants (ascetics)
yatīnām:
tuindeed/and
tu:
pratyakṣa-lavaṇānihaving salt that is directly perceptible (openly salted)
pratyakṣa-lavaṇāni:
caalso
ca:
ekaika-atikramātby violating even one (rule) individually
ekaika-atikramāt:
teṣāmfor them/of those (ascetics)
teṣām:
prāyaścittamexpiation/atonement
prāyaścittam:
vidhīyateis enjoined/is prescribed
vidhīyate:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the dharma and prāyaścitta rules to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)