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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.205

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 205

शाक्ताभिषिक्तस्य चक्रेश्वरतानिषेधःOne with only the Śākta consecration may not lead a circle

Verse 205

वीरघाती वृथापायी वीराणां स्त्रीगमस्तथा । स्तेयी महापातकिनस्तत्संसर्गी च पञ्चमः ॥ २०५ ॥

vīraghātī vṛthāpāyī vīrāṇāṁ strīgamastathā | stēyī mahāpātakinastatsaṁsargī ca pañcamaḥ || 205 ||

Translation

He who kills a vīra, he who drinks in vain, he who goes to a vīra's wife, and he who steals: these are great sinners, and one who associates with them is the fifth.

Word by word

vīra
a vīra
ghātī
who kills
vṛthā
in vain
pāyī
who drinks
vīrāṇāṁ
of vīras
strī
to the wife
gamaḥ
(gamaḥ) who goes
tathā
and
stēyī
who steals
mahāpātakinaḥ
(mahāpātakinaḥ) great sinners
tat
with them
saṁsargī
who associates
ca
and
pañcamaḥ
(pañcamaḥ) the fifth

Meaning

The five mahāpātakins of the kula way. "Drinking in vain" (vṛthāpāna) is drinking wine not consecrated in worship.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he gives the five great sinners in one verse, "vīraghātī" and the rest.