यत् पापं स्त्रीवधे प्रोक्तं यत्पापं भ्रूणघातने । तस्मात् कोटिगुणं पापं ब्रह्मोपासकनिन्दनात् ॥ १५२ ॥
yat pāpaṁ strīvadhē prōktaṁ yatpāpaṁ bhrūṇaghātanē | tasmāt kōṭiguṇaṁ pāpaṁ brahmōpāsakanindanāt || 152 ||
Translation
Ten million times the sin declared for killing a woman, or for killing an unborn child, is the sin of reviling a worshipper of Brahman.
Word by word
- yat
- which
- pāpaṁ
- sin
- strīvadhē
- in killing a woman
- prōktaṁ
- is declared
- yatpāpaṁ
- which sin
- bhrūṇaghātanē
- in killing an unborn child
- tasmāt
- than that
- kōṭiguṇaṁ
- ten million times
- brahmōpāsakanindanāt
- from reviling a worshipper of Brahman
Meaning
Bhrūṇa-ghātana is glossed as destroying a foetus.