Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

मत्स्यगृह्यस्य यत्पापं षण्मासाभ्यन्तरे भवेत् एकाहं तत्समं ज्ञेयम् अपूतं यज्जलं भवेत्

Transliteration

matsyagṛhyasya yatpāpaṃ ṣaṇmāsābhyantare bhavet ekāhaṃ tatsamaṃ jñeyam apūtaṃ yajjalaṃ bhavet

Translation

家の中に魚を飼い置くことで六か月のうちに生ずる罪がいかほどであれ—用いる水が浄められていないなら、その同じ量の罪がただ一日のうちに生ずると知れ。

Word by Word

• मत्स्य-गृह्यस्य: of one who keeps fish in the house

• यत्-पापम्: whatever sin

• षण्मास-अभ्यन्तरे: within six months

• भवेत्: would arise

• एक-अहम्: one day

• तत्-समम्: equal to that

• ज्ञेयम्: should be known/understood

• अपूतम्: unpurified/uncleansed

• यत्-जलम्: whatever water

• भवेत्: is/comes to be

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purana injunctions to the sages of Naimisharanya)