अथवा or else, विहितेन destroyed, अयम् this, हन्यते by killing, अपरम् another, हन्तिवा or kills another, तेन by that, पापेनकर्मणा sinful action, सःविधिः destiny, लिप्यते is deprived, सः he, the agent, न not

"Or else if a man is destroyed by killing another, destiny which is engendered by the sinful action suffers and not the doer of sinful action."