ब्रह्महा पितृहा गोघ्नो मातृहाचार्यहाघवान् । श्वाद: पुल्कसको वापि शुद्ध्येरन् यस्य कीर्तनात् ॥ ८ ॥ तमश्वमेधेन महामखेन श्रद्धान्वितोऽस्माभिरनुष्ठितेन । हत्वापि सब्रह्मचराचरं त्वं न लिप्यसे किं खलनिग्रहेण ॥ ९ ॥
brahma-ha pitr-ha go-ghno matr-hacarya-haghavan svadah pulkasako vapi suddhyeran yasya kirtanat tam asvamedhena maha-makhena sraddhanvito ’smabhir anusthitena hatvapi sabrahma-caracaram tvam na lipyase kim khala-nigrahena
- brahma-ha
- a person who has killed a brahmana
- pitr-ha
- a person who has killed his father
- go-ghnah
- a person who has killed a cow
- matr-ha
- a person who has killed his mother
- acarya-ha
- a person who has killed his spiritual master
- agha-van
- such a sinful person
- sva-adah
- a dog-eater
- pulkasakah
- a candala, one who is less than a sudra
- va
- or
- api
- even
- suddhyeran
- may be purified
- yasya
- of whom (Lord Narayana)
- kirtanat
- from chanting the holy name
- tam
- Him
- asvamedhena
- by the asvamedha sacrifice
- maha-makhena
- the topmost of all sacrifices
- sraddha-anvitah
- endowed with faith
- asmabhih
- by us
- anusthitena
- conducted or managed
- hatva
- killing
- api
- even
- sa-brahma-cara-acaram
- all the living entities, including the brahmanas
- tvam
- you
- na
- not
- lipyase
- are contaminated
- kim
- what then
- khala-nigrahena
- by killing one disturbing demon
One who has killed a brahmana, one who has killed a cow or one who has killed his father, mother or spiritual master can be immediately freed from all sinful reactions simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Narayana. Other sinful persons, such as dog-eaters and candalas, who are less than sudras, can also be freed in this way. But you are a devotee, and we shall help you by performing the great horse sacrifice. If you please Lord Narayana in that way, why should you be afraid? You will be freed even if you kill the entire universe, including the brahmanas, not to speak of killing a disturbing demon like Vrtrasura.