Shloka 51
महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्
Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī
Devanagari script
आपत्स्वात्मार्थके चापि हत्वा मेध्यानि भक्षयेत्
Transliteration
āpatsvātmārthake cāpi hatvā medhyāni bhakṣayet
Translation
В бедствии, даже ради собственной нужды, дозволено убить и вкушать животных, считающихся чистыми (медхья).
Word by Word
āpatsuin emergencies
āpatsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāpad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th), Plural
ātma-arthakefor one’s own sake
ātma-arthake:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeAdjective
Rootātman + arthaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular — ‘for one’s own sake’ (context-locative)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle — ‘also/even’
hatvāhaving killed
hatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothan (हन् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal (अव्ययकृदन्त) — ‘having killed’
medhyānipure/fit (for sacrifice)
medhyāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmedhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Plural — qualifying implied ‘animals/food’
bhakṣayetshould eat
bhakṣayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhakṣ (भक्ष् धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; parasmaipada