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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.138

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 138

गवादिहननप्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for killing a cow and other animals

Verse 138

अपालनवधाद्गोश्च शुध्येदष्टोपवासतः । बाहुजाद्या विशुध्येयुः पादन्यूनक्रमात् प्रिये ॥ १३८ ॥

apālanavadhādgōśca śudhyēdaṣṭōpavāsataḥ | bāhujādyā viśudhyēyuḥ pādanyūnakramāt priyē || 138 ||

Translation

For a cow's death from want of care one is purified by eight fasts; kṣatriyas and the rest, beloved, by a quarter less in turn.

Word by word

apālana
want of care
vadhāt
(vadhāt) from death
gōḥ
(goḥ) of a cow
ca
and
śudhyēt
(śudhyet) is purified
aṣṭa
eight
upavāsataḥ
(upavāsataḥ) by fasts
bāhuja
kṣatriyas
ādyāḥ
(ādyāḥ) and the rest
viśudhyēyuḥ
are purified
pāda
a quarter
nyūna
less
kramāt
(kramāt) in turn
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

Brāhmaṇa eight fasts, kṣatriya six, vaiśya four, śūdra two.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Apālana". For killing a cow through not protecting it, not guarding it, one is purified by eight fasts. O beloved, those born of the arm (bāhuja), kṣatriyas and the rest, are purified in order with a quarter less: kṣatriyas and the rest are to perform the vow less by a quarter in order: that is the sense.