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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.102

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 102

अङ्गीकारपालनम्Keeping a sworn undertaking

Verse 102

अपापजनिकार्याणां त्यागे वा ग्रहणेऽपि वा । तत् कार्यं सर्वथा मर्त्यैः स्वीकृतं शपथेन यत् ॥ १०२ ॥

apāpajanikāryāṇāṁ tyāgē vā grahaṇē’pi vā | tat kāryaṁ sarvathā martyaiḥ svīkṛtaṁ śapathēna yat || 102 ||

Translation

Whatever a man has accepted on oath, in giving up or taking up acts that produce no sin, he must do in every way.

Word by word

apāpa
no sin
jani
producing
kāryāṇāṁ
of acts
tyāgē
in giving up
vā
or
grahaṇē
in taking up
api
also
tat
that
kāryaṁ
must be done
sarvathā
in every way
martyaiḥ
(martyaiḥ) by men
svīkṛtaṁ
accepted
śapathēna
on oath
yat
(yat) whatever

Meaning

An oath binds, within what is lawful.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that acts that produce no sin, accepted under oath, must certainly be done, with "apāpa" and the rest. Whatever has been accepted under oath by men, whether giving up or taking up acts from which no sin arises, that is to be done in every way, is not to be transgressed: that is the sense. By "or taking up" it is suggested that what is accepted only in giving up acts that produce sin must necessarily be done.