Shloka 8
Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti
Devanagari script
चतुर्गुणं बुद्धिपूर्वे क्रोधादष्टगुणं स्मृतम् वीरहा लक्षमात्रेण भ्रूणहा कोटिमभ्यसेत्
Transliteration
caturguṇaṃ buddhipūrve krodhādaṣṭaguṇaṃ smṛtam vīrahā lakṣamātreṇa bhrūṇahā koṭimabhyaset
Translation
あらかじめ思慮して行った行為には贖罪が四倍と説かれ、怒りによって犯したなら八倍と記憶される。勇士を殺した者は十万の量にて修すべく、胎児を殺した者は千万の量にて修すべし。
Word by Word
चतुर्गुणम्fourfold
चतुर्गुणम्:
बुद्धिपूर्वेwhen preceded by deliberation/intent
बुद्धिपूर्वे:
क्रोधात्from anger
क्रोधात्:
अष्टगुणम्eightfold
अष्टगुणम्:
स्मृतम्is declared/remembered (in Smṛti)
स्मृतम्:
वीरहाslayer of a hero/valiant man
वीरहा:
लक्षमात्रेणby the measure of one lakh (100,000)
लक्षमात्रेण:
भ्रूणहाslayer of an embryo (bhrūṇa)
भ्रूणहा:
कोटिम्ten million (a koṭi)
कोटिम्:
अभ्यसेत्should practice/undertake repeatedly (the expiation)
अभ्यसेत्:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating traditional dharma and prāyaścitta standards to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)