Shloka 14

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघ्नश् च जपेदेवं मानसं वै पितामह संपर्कात्पापिनां पापं तत्समं परिभाषितम्

Transliteration

brahmaghnaś ca japedevaṃ mānasaṃ vai pitāmaha saṃparkātpāpināṃ pāpaṃ tatsamaṃ paribhāṣitam

Translation

Ó Pitāmaha, até mesmo o matador de um brāhmaṇa deve repetir mentalmente o Nome do Senhor Divino; pois se declara que, pelo contato com pecadores, incorre-se em pecado de igual medida. Por isso, o japa interior é prescrito como purificação.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मघ्नः: slayer of a brāhmaṇa

• च: and/even

• जपेत्: should repeat (japa)

• देवं: the Deva, the Divine Lord (Śiva)

• मानसम्: mentally, inwardly

• वै: indeed

• पितामह: O Grandfather (Brahmā)

• संपर्कात्: from association/contact

• पापिनाम्: of sinners

• पापम्: sin

• तत्समम्: equal to that (same measure)

• परिभाषितम्: is declared/defined

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a doctrinal statement within the Purva-Bhaga’s purification discourse)