Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

काकोलूककपोतानां पक्षिणामपि घातने शतमष्टोत्तरं जप्त्वा मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

kākolūkakapotānāṃ pakṣiṇāmapi ghātane śatamaṣṭottaraṃ japtvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Mesmo que alguém tenha matado aves como corvos, corujas ou pombos, ao realizar japa cento e oito vezes (do mantra de Śiva prescrito), fica livre desse vínculo—não há dúvida nisso.

Word by Word

• काक (kāka): crow

• उलूक (ulūka): owl

• कपोत (kapota): pigeon/dove

• -आनाम् (-ānām): of (plural, genitive)

• पक्षिणाम् (pakṣiṇām): of birds

• अपि (api): even/also

• घातने (ghātane): in the killing/slaying

• शतम् (śatam): one hundred

• अष्टोत्तरम् (aṣṭottaram): plus eight (i.e., 108)

• जप्त्वा (japtvā): having recited (as japa)

• मुच्यते (mucyate): is released/is liberated (from sin/bondage)

• नात्र (nātra): not here/in this matter (i.e., no)

• संशयः (saṃśayaḥ): doubt.

Speaker

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