महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-11, verse-138
अपालनवधाद्गोश्च शुध्येदष्टोपवासतः ।
बाहुजाद्या विशुध्येयुः पादन्यूनक्रमात् प्रिये ॥१३८॥
बाहुजाद्या विशुध्येयुः पादन्यूनक्रमात् प्रिये ॥१३८॥
138. apālanavadhādgośca śudhyedaṣṭopavāsataḥ ,
bāhujādyā viśudhyeyuḥ pādanyūnakramāt priye.
bāhujādyā viśudhyeyuḥ pādanyūnakramāt priye.
138.
apālanavadhāt goḥ ca śuddhyet aṣṭopavāsataḥ
bāhujādyāḥ viśuddhyeyuḥ pādanūnakramāt priye
bāhujādyāḥ viśuddhyeyuḥ pādanūnakramāt priye
138.
priye apālanavadhāt goḥ ca aṣṭopavāsataḥ
śuddhyet bāhujādyāḥ pādanūnakramāt viśuddhyeyuḥ
śuddhyet bāhujādyāḥ pādanūnakramāt viśuddhyeyuḥ
138. O beloved, one is purified from the sin of killing a cow through neglect by observing eight fasts. The other social classes, starting with the bāhuja (kṣatriya), become purified in descending order by a quarter less.
Words meanings summery:
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- अपालनवधात् (apālanavadhāt) - from the killing through lack of protection, from the slaughter through neglect
- गोः (goḥ) - of a cow, of cattle
- च (ca) - and
- शुद्ध्येत् (śuddhyet) - one should be purified, he would become clean
- अष्टोपवासतः (aṣṭopavāsataḥ) - by means of eight fasts, through eight days of fasting
- बाहुजाद्याः (bāhujādyāḥ) - the classes originating from the arms and others (kṣatriyas, etc.)
- विशुद्ध्येयुः (viśuddhyeyuḥ) - they should be completely purified
- पादनूनक्रमात् (pādanūnakramāt) - in a successively quarter-less order, by decreasing each by a quarter
- प्रिये (priye) - O beloved one
Words meanings and morphology
अपालनवधात् (apālanavadhāt) - from the killing through lack of protection, from the slaughter through neglect
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of apālanavadha
apālanavadha - killing through lack of protection, slaughter through neglect
A tatpurusha compound of apālana (lack of protection) and vadha (killing).
Compound type : tatpurusha (apālana+vadha)
- apālana – lack of protection, failure to guard
noun (neuter)
a + pālana
Root: pāl (class 10) - vadha – killing, slaughter
noun (masculine)
Root: vadh (class 1)
गोः (goḥ) - of a cow, of cattle
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of go
go - cow, bull, cattle
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
शुद्ध्येत् (śuddhyet) - one should be purified, he would become clean
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-lin) of śudh
Root: śudh (class 4)
अष्टोपवासतः (aṣṭopavāsataḥ) - by means of eight fasts, through eight days of fasting
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of aṣṭopavāsa
aṣṭopavāsa - eight fasts
A tatpurusha or karmadhāraya compound of aṣṭa (eight) and upavāsa (fasting).
Compound type : tatpurusha (aṣṭa+upavāsa)
- aṣṭa – eight
adjective (masculine) - upavāsa – fasting, fast
noun (masculine)
upa + vāsa
Prefix: upa
Root: vas (class 2)
Note: Used in the ablative sense of cause or instrument.
बाहुजाद्याः (bāhujādyāḥ) - the classes originating from the arms and others (kṣatriyas, etc.)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhujādya
bāhujādya - beginning with those born from the arms (kṣatriyas and other lower social classes)
A bahuvrihi or tatpurusha based compound: bāhuja (born from the arm) + ādya (beginning with).
Compound type : bahuvrihi (bāhuja+ādya)
- bāhuja – born from the arm
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
bāhu + ja
Root: jan (class 4) - ādya – first, beginning with, et cetera
adjective (masculine)
विशुद्ध्येयुः (viśuddhyeyuḥ) - they should be completely purified
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-lin) of viśudh
vi + śudh
Prefix: vi
Root: śudh (class 4)
पादनूनक्रमात् (pādanūnakramāt) - in a successively quarter-less order, by decreasing each by a quarter
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of pādanūnakrama
pādanūnakrama - order of being less by a quarter
A tatpurusha compound of pādanūna (less by a quarter) and krama (order/sequence).
Compound type : tatpurusha (pādanūna+krama)
- pādanūna – less by a quarter
adjective (masculine)
pāda + nūna - krama – step, sequence, order
noun (masculine)
Root: kram (class 1)
प्रिये (priye) - O beloved one
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā
priyā - beloved woman, wife