Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

पातकी च तदर्धेन शुध्यते वृत्तवान्यदि उपपातकिनः सर्वे तदर्धेनैव सुव्रताः

Transliteration

pātakī ca tadardhena śudhyate vṛttavānyadi upapātakinaḥ sarve tadardhenaiva suvratāḥ

Translation

もし罪ある者が正しい行いに確立するなら、定められた贖罪の半分によってさえ清浄となる。さらに軽罪の者（ウパパータキン）も皆、ああ善き誓いを具える者たちよ、その半分だけで浄められる。

Word by Word

• पातकी: a grievous sinner

• च: and

• तदर्धेन: by half of that (expiation/penance)

• शुध्यते: becomes purified

• वृत्तवान्: endowed with proper conduct/right livelihood

• यदि: if

• उपपातकिनः: minor sinners/secondary offenders

• सर्वे: all

• तदर्धेन एव: by that half alone

• सुव्रताः: O virtuous ones / O you of good vows

Speaker

Suta Goswami