The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Brahmānucintanaṃ

Verse 21

ध्यानयोगेन मासैकाद्ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति ।संवत्सरं सदाऽभ्यासात्सिद्ध्यष्टकमवाप्नुयात् ॥ २० ॥

In plain words

One month of meditation held as a discipline, and even the killing of a brāhmaṇa is swept away. A year of it, practised without a break, and the eight siddhis are his.

Close to the Sanskrit

By the yoga of meditation, from a single month, he drives away the killing of a brāhmaṇa; for a year, from constant practice, he would obtain the group of eight siddhis.