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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.78

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 78

अशौचव्यवस्थाThe rules of impurity

Verse 78

अशुचिर्नाधिकारी स्याद्दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि । ऋते कुलार्चनादाद्ये तथा प्रारब्धकर्मणः ॥ ७८ ॥

aśucirnādhikārī syāddaivē pitryē ca karmaṇi | ṛtē kulārcanādādyē tathā prārabdhakarmaṇaḥ || 78 ||

Translation

One who is impure is not fit for the rites of gods or ancestors, O Ādyā, except the worship of the kula and a rite already begun.

Word by word

aśuciḥ
(aśuciḥ) one who is impure
na
not
adhikārī
fit
syāt
(syāt) is
daivē
for gods
pitryē
or ancestors
ca
and
karmaṇi
in the rite
ṛtē
except
kula
of the kula
arcanāt
the worship
ādyē
O Ādyā
tathā
and
prārabdha
already begun
karmaṇaḥ
(karmaṇaḥ) a rite

Meaning

Kula worship is never interrupted, even by impurity.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Aśuciḥ" and the rest. O Ādyā, except for the worship of the kula and for a rite already begun, an impure person has no right to any other rite, for the gods or for the ancestors.