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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.207

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 207

कुलद्रव्यादिनिन्दायां दोषःThe fault of reviling the kula and its substances

Verse 207

नृत्यन्ति रुद्रडाकिन्यो नृत्यन्ति रुद्रभैरवाः । मांसास्थिचर्वणानन्दाः सुराकौलद्विषां नृणाम् ॥ २०७ ॥

nṛtyanti rudraḍākinyō nṛtyanti rudrabhairavāḥ | māṁsāsthicarvaṇānandāḥ surākauladviṣāṁ nṛṇām || 207 ||

Translation

The Rudra-ḍākinīs dance, the Rudra-bhairavas dance, rejoicing to chew the flesh and bones of men who hate wine and the Kaulas.

Word by word

nṛtyanti
dance
rudra
Rudra
ḍākinyaḥ
(ḍākinyaḥ) ḍākinīs
bhairavāḥ
(bhairavāḥ) bhairavas
māṁsa
flesh
asthi
and bones
carvaṇa
chewing
ānandāḥ
(ānandāḥ) rejoicing
surā
wine
kaula
and the Kaulas
dviṣāṁ
who hate
nṛṇām
of men

Meaning

A fierce image in the Tantric manner: the wrathful attendants of Śiva and Kālī delight over those who despise the way.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 205.