तस्मात्पुरैवाश्विह पापनिष्कृतौ यतेत मृत्योरविपद्यतात्मना । दोषस्य दृष्ट्वा गुरुलाघवं यथा भिषक् चिकित्सेत रुजां निदानवित् ॥ ८ ॥
tasmat puraivasv iha papa-niskrtau yateta mrtyor avipadyatatmana dosasya drstva guru-laghavam yatha bhisak cikitseta rujam nidanavit
- tasmat
- therefore
- pura
- before
- eva
- indeed
- asu
- very quickly
- iha
- in this life
- papa-niskrtau
- to become free from the reaction of sinful activities
- yateta
- one should endeavor
- mrtyoh
- death
- avipadyata
- not troubled by disease and old age
- atmana
- with a body
- dosasya
- of the sinful activities
- drstva
- estimating
- guru-laghavam
- the heaviness or lightness
- yatha
- just like
- bhisak
- a physician
- cikitseta
- would treat
- rujam
- of disease
- nidana-vit
- one who is expert in diagnosis
Therefore, before one’s next death comes, as long as one’s body is strong enough, one should quickly adopt the process of atonement according to sastra; otherwise one’s time will be lost, and the reactions of his sins will increase. As an expert physician diagnoses and treats a disease according to its gravity, one should undergo atonement according to the severity of one’s sins.