Shloka 27

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा कृतघ्नो ऽपि ब्रह्महा भ्रूणहा तथा वीरहा गुरुघाती च मित्रविश्वासघातकः

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā kṛtaghno 'pi brahmahā bhrūṇahā tathā vīrahā gurughātī ca mitraviśvāsaghātakaḥ

Translation

Kapag nagawa ito, kahit ang taong walang utang-na-loob—mamatay-tao ng brāhmaṇa, pumatay ng sanggol sa sinapupunan, pumatay ng bayani, pumatay sa guru, o nagtaksil sa tiwala ng kaibigan—ay napapailalim sa pinakamabigat na gapos ng pāpa, na nagbubuklod sa paśu (kaluluwa) sa saṃsāra at humahadlang sa paglapit kay Pati, Panginoong Śiva.

Word by Word

• एवं: thus

• कृत्वा: having done/acted

• कृतघ्नः: ungrateful person

• अपि: even

• ब्रह्महा: slayer of a brāhmaṇa

• भ्रूणहा: killer of an embryo/foetus

• तथा: and also

• वीरहा: killer of a hero/warrior

• गुरुघाती: killer of one’s teacher (guru)

• च: and

• मित्र-विश्वास-घातकः: destroyer of a friend’s trust (betrayer)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)