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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.112

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 112

पूर्णाभिषेकःThe pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 112

नाऽभिषेकं विना कौलः केवलं मद्यसेवनात् । पूर्णाभिषेकात् कौलः स्यात् चक्राधीशः कुलार्चकः ॥ ११२ ॥

nā’bhiṣēkaṁ vinā kaulaḥ kēvalaṁ madyasēvanāt | pūrṇābhiṣēkāt kaulaḥ syāt cakrādhīśaḥ kulārcakaḥ || 112 ||

Translation

Without the consecration one is not a Kaula merely by drinking wine; by the full consecration one becomes a Kaula, lord of the circle, worshipper of the kula.

Word by word

na
not
abhiṣēkaṁ
the consecration
vinā
without
kaulaḥ
(kaulaḥ) a Kaula
kēvalaṁ
merely
madya
wine
sēvanāt
by drinking
pūrṇābhiṣēkāt
by the full consecration
syāt
one becomes
cakra
of the circle
adhīśaḥ
(adhīśaḥ) lord
kula
of the kula
arcakaḥ
(arcakaḥ) worshipper

Meaning

A pointed warning: the outward use of wine makes no one a Kaula; only initiation and consecration do.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 111.