अथ वा विहितेनायं हन्यते हन्ति वा परम् | विधिरालिप्यते तेन न स पापेन कर्मणा || ६-८३-२३
adR^iShTapratikaareNa avyaktenaasataa sataa | kathaM shakyaM paraM praaptuM dharmeNaarivikarshana || 6-83-24
Translation
"Or if a man is killed by a recourse to a ritual prescribed in the scriptures or kills another (by recourse to such a ritual), that destiny alone, which is engendered by that ritual, is tainted by that sinful act and not the agent."
Word by word
athavaa
Or
ayam
if a man
hanyate
is killed
vihitena
by a recourse to a ritual prescribed in the scriptures
hantivaa
or kills
aparam
another (by recourse to such a ritual)
saH vidhiH
that destiny (alone)
karmaNaa
which is engendered by the aforesaid ritual
lipyate
is tainted
paapena karmaNaa
by that sinful act
na kartaH
and not the agent.
Chapter context
Seetha has been Killed by Indrajit
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