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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.101

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 101

शपथस्वरूपम्, शपथं कृत्वा मिथ्याभाषणे पापम्What an oath is; the sin of perjury

Verse 101

देवीनिर्माल्यमथवा कथनं शपथो भवेत् । तत्राऽनृतं वदन् मर्त्यः कल्पान्तं नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ १०१ ॥

dēvīnirmālyamathavā kathanaṁ śapathō bhavēt | tatrā’nṛtaṁ vadan martyaḥ kalpāntaṁ narakaṁ vrajēt || 101 ||

Translation

or the Goddess's nirmālya, and so speaking: that is an oath. A man who speaks falsely in it goes to hell until the end of the kalpa.

Word by word

dēvī
of the Goddess
nirmālyam
(nirmālyam) the nirmālya
athavā
or
kathanaṁ
speaking
śapathaḥ
(śapathaḥ) an oath
bhavēt
is
tatra
in it
anṛtaṁ
falsely
vadan
(vadan) speaking
martyaḥ
(martyaḥ) a man
kalpa
the kalpa
antaṁ
to the end of
narakaṁ
to hell
vrajēt
goes

Meaning

Perjury on these sacred things is the gravest lie.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 100.