Shloka 36
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
भक्तिश्रद्धासमायुक्तः स्नात्वान्तर्जलसंस्थितः / अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जपेत्पञ्चदशाक्षरीम्
Transliteration
bhaktiśraddhāsamāyuktaḥ snātvāntarjalasaṃsthitaḥ / aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu japetpañcadaśākṣarīm
Translation
భక్తి శ్రద్ధలతో యుక్తుడై స్నానం చేసి జలమధ్యంలో నిలిచి, పంచదశాక్షరీ మంత్రాన్ని వెయ్యి ఎనిమిది సార్లు జపించాలి।
Word by Word
bhakti-śraddhā-samāyuktaḥendowed with devotion and faith
bhakti-śraddhā-samāyuktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त; सम्-आ-युज् धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); past participle used adjectivally; compound: bhaktiśraddhābhyāṃ samāyuktaḥ (endowed with devotion and faith)
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootsnā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable verbal form; ‘having bathed’
antar-jala-saṃsthitaḥstanding in water
antar-jala-saṃsthitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + jala (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (कृदन्त; सम्-स्था धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; past participle used adjectivally; compound sense: antarjale saṃsthitaḥ (situated in water)
aṣṭottara-sahasramone thousand and eight (times)
aṣṭottara-sahasram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka (Neuter), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana; dvigu compound meaning ‘one thousand and eight’ (=1008)
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha/Avyaya (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (nipāta) indicating emphasis/contrast
japetshould recite (mutter)
japet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjap (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (Optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
pañcadaśa-akṣarīmthe fifteen-syllabled (mantra)
pañcadaśa-akṣarīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpañcadaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + akṣarī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: pañcadaśa akṣarāṇi yasyāḥ sā (a fifteen-syllabled [mantra])