चरितार्धं तु न जपेज्जपञ्छिद्रमवाप्नुयात्। प्रदक्षिणानमस्कारान् कृत्वा मूर्ध्नि कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ३३ ॥
caritārdhaṁ tu na japējjapañchidramavāpnuyāt | pradakṣiṇānamaskārān kṛtvā mūrdhni kṛtāñjaliḥ || 33 ||
Translation
One should not recite half a part; reciting so, one incurs a fault. Having made circumambulations and prostrations, with joined palms raised to the head,
Word by word
- caritārdham
- half a part
- tu
- but
- na japēt
- should not recite
- japan
- reciting
- chidram
- a fault
- avāpnuyāt
- incurs
- pradakṣiṇānamaskārān
- circumambulations and prostrations
- kṛtvā
- having made
- mūrdhni
- at the head
- kṛtāñjaliḥ
- with joined palms
Meaning
A part of the story, once begun, is to be completed: the instructions given before the Saptaśatī say the same of a chapter.