Mahabharat

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भरूण हत्या कृतं चापि पापं जह्याद असंशयम इतिहासम इमं शरुत्वा पुरुषॊ ऽपि सुदारुणः ।। १-५६-१८ ।।

sanskrit

'Sins, such as killing the embryo in the womb, are destroyed assuredly by this. A person, however cruel and sinful, by hearing this history, escapes from all his sins like the Sun from Rahu (after the eclipse is over).' ।। 1-56-18 ।।

english translation

bharUNa hatyA kRtaM cApi pApaM jahyAda asaMzayama itihAsama imaM zarutvA puruSò 'pi sudAruNaH || 1-56-18 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/adi-parva/56/18

भरूण हत्या कृतं चापि पापं जह्याद असंशयम इतिहासम इमं शरुत्वा पुरुषॊ ऽपि सुदारुणः ।। १-५६-१८ ।।

sanskrit

'Sins, such as killing the embryo in the womb, are destroyed assuredly by this. A person, however cruel and sinful, by hearing this history, escapes from all his sins like the Sun from Rahu (after the eclipse is over).' ।। 1-56-18 ।।

english translation

bharUNa hatyA kRtaM cApi pApaM jahyAda asaMzayama itihAsama imaM zarutvA puruSò 'pi sudAruNaH || 1-56-18 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript