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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 1.63

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 1 · Verse 63

Verse 63

केचिद्विवादयिष्यन्ति गुरुभिः स्वजनैरपि । केचिन्मौना मृतप्राया अपरे बहुजल्पकाः ॥ ६३ ॥

kēcidvivādayiṣyanti gurubhiḥ svajanairapi | kēcinmaunā mṛtaprāyā aparē bahujalpakāḥ || 63 ||

Translation

Some will quarrel with their elders and their own kin; some will sit silent, as if dead; others will babble on and on.

Word by word

kēcidvivādayiṣyanti
some will quarrel
gurubhiḥ
with elders
svajanairapi
and with their own kin
kēcinmaunā
some silent
mṛtaprāyā
as if dead
aparē
others
bahujalpakāḥ
babbling much

Meaning

The breakdown reaches the family itself.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Kecit…: gurubhiḥ, with the father and the others. Maunāḥ: not saying anything at all. (This explanation covers verses 63 to 66.)