ओँ एकमेव परं ब्रह्म स्थूलसूक्ष्ममयं ध्रुवम् । कचोद्भवां ब्रह्महत्यां तेन ते नाशयाम्यहम् ॥ १९४ ॥
ōm̐ ēkamēva paraṁ brahma sthūlasūkṣmamayaṁ dhruvam | kacōdbhavāṁ brahmahatyāṁ tēna tē nāśayāmyaham || 194 ||
Translation
"Oṁ, the One, the Supreme Brahman, made of the gross and the subtle, eternal: by it I destroy the sin of slaying a brāhmaṇa that arose from Kaca."
Word by word
- ōm̐
- oṁ
- ēkamēva
- the One alone
- paraṁ
- supreme
- brahma
- Brahman
- sthūlasūkṣmamayaṁ
- made of the gross and subtle
- dhruvam
- eternal
- kacōdbhavāṁ
- arising from Kaca
- brahmahatyāṁ
- the sin of slaying a brāhmaṇa
- tēna
- by it
- tē
- your
- nāśayāmyaham
- I destroy
Meaning
The legend behind the curse: Kaca, slain while drunk, led the sage Śukra to curse wine; the mantras lift that curse from the offering.