Shloka 171

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

तथैव गुरुसंपर्कात् पापं त्यजति मानवः यथा वह्निसमीपस्थो घृतकुंभो विलीयते

Transliteration

tathaiva gurusaṃparkāt pāpaṃ tyajati mānavaḥ yathā vahnisamīpastho ghṛtakuṃbho vilīyate

Translation

Do mesmo modo, pelo contato com o Guru, o ser humano abandona o pecado—como um pote cheio de ghee que, posto perto do fogo, se derrete.

Word by Word

• तथा एव (tathā eva): just so, in the same manner

• गुरु-संपर्कात् (guru-saṃparkāt): from association/contact with the Guru

• पापम् (pāpam): sin, demerit, impurity

• त्यजति (tyajati): abandons, gives up, casts off

• मानवः (mānavaḥ): a human being (the pashu bound by pasha)

• यथा (yathā): just as

• वह्नि-समीप-स्थः (vahni-samīpa-sthaḥ): situated near fire

• घृत-कुंभः (ghṛta-kumbhaḥ): a ghee-pot (pot containing clarified butter)

• विलीयते (vilīyate): melts, dissolves away

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)