क्षात्रधर्मस्थितो जन्तून् न्यवधीर्मृगयादिभि: । समाहितस्तत्तपसा जह्यघं मदुपाश्रित: ॥ ६२ ॥
kṣātra-dharma-sthito jantūn nyavadhīr mṛgayādibhiḥ samāhitas tat tapasā jahy aghaṁ mad-upāśritaḥ
- kṣātra
- of the ruling class
- dharma
- in the religious principles
- sthitaḥ
- situated
- jantūn
- living beings
- nyavadhīḥ
- you killed
- mṛgayā
- in the course of hunting
- ādibhiḥ
- and other activities
- samāhitaḥ
- fully concentrated
- tat
- that
- tapasā
- by penances
- jahi
- you should eradicate
- agham
- sinful reaction
- mat
- in Me
- upāśritaḥ
- taking shelter
Because you followed the principles of a kṣatriya, you killed living beings while hunting and performing other duties. You must vanquish the sins thus incurred by carefully executing penances while remaining surrendered to Me.