Shloka 142
उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः
Devanagari script
राजप्रतिग्रहो घोरो बुद्ध्वा चादौ विषोपमः बुधेन परिहर्तव्यः श्वमांसं चापि वर्जयेत्
Transliteration
rājapratigraho ghoro buddhvā cādau viṣopamaḥ budhena parihartavyaḥ śvamāṃsaṃ cāpi varjayet
Translation
राजप्रतिग्रहो घोरः प्रथमं विषसन्निभः। बुधेन परिहर्तव्यः श्वमांसं चापि वर्जयेत्॥
Word by Word
rājaking
rāja:
pratigrahaḥacceptance (of gifts), receiving
pratigrahaḥ:
ghoraḥterrible, fearsome
ghoraḥ:
buddhvāhaving understood
buddhvā:
caand
ca:
ādauin the beginning, at the outset
ādau:
viṣa-upamaḥcomparable to poison
viṣa-upamaḥ:
budhenaby the wise/discerning person
budhena:
parihartavyaḥshould be avoided
parihartavyaḥ:
śva-māṃsamdog’s meat/flesh
śva-māṃsam:
ca apiand also
ca api:
varjayetshould shun, should abstain
varjayet:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating traditional dharma injunctions to the sages at Naimisharanya)