Shloka 93

Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)

Devanagari script

ते सर्वे धूतपाप्मानो भवन्तीति परा श्रुति: । अश्वमेध यज्ञ करनेसे भी ब्रह्महत्याका पाप शुद्ध हो जाता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है। जो इस प्रकारके लोग महायज्ञोंमें अवभूथ-स्नान करते हैं, वे सभी पापमुक्त हो जाते हैं--ऐसा श्रुतिका3 कथन है

Transliteration

te sarve dhūtapāpmāno bhavantīti parā śrutiḥ |

Translation

Vyāsa said: “The highest scriptural testimony declares that all such persons become cleansed of sin. Even the grave sin of brahmahatyā is purified by performing the Aśvamedha sacrifice—of this there is no doubt. Those who, in this manner, undertake the great sacrifices and perform the concluding avabhṛtha bath are all freed from sin, as the śruti affirms.”

Word by Word

तेthose

सर्वेall

धूतपाप्मानःhaving their sin washed off / purified from sin

भवन्तिbecome / are

इतिthus (quotative)

पराhighest / supreme

श्रुतिःscriptural testimony / śruti

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Śruti (Vedic revelation)

Aśvamedha-yajña

Avabhṛtha-snāna

Brahmahatyā (sin)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes