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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.103

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 103

अङ्गीकारपालनम्Keeping a sworn undertaking

Verse 103

स्वीकारोल्लङ्घनाच्छुध्येत् पक्षमेकमभोजनैः । भ्रमेणापि तमुल्लङ्घ्य द्वादशाहं कणाशनैः ॥ १०३ ॥

svīkārōllaṅghanācchudhyēt pakṣamēkamabhōjanaiḥ | bhramēṇāpi tamullaṅghya dvādaśāhaṁ kaṇāśanaiḥ || 103 ||

Translation

By breaking the undertaking he is purified by not eating for a fortnight; breaking it even by mistake, by eating grains for twelve days.

Word by word

svīkāra
the undertaking
ullaṅghanāt
(ullaṅghanāt) by breaking
śudhyēt
is purified
pakṣam
(pakṣam) a fortnight
ēkam
(ekam) one
abhōjanaiḥ
by not eating
bhramēṇa
by mistake
api
even
tam
(tam) it
ullaṅghya
breaking
dvādaśāhaṁ
twelve days
kaṇāśanaiḥ
by eating grains

Meaning

Broken oaths are expiated.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is a man purified who has transgressed an oath-bound undertaking of acts that produce no sin? To that he says "svīkāra" and the rest. By transgressing the undertaking a man is purified by not eating for one fortnight; transgressing it even by mistake, by eating grains for twelve days he is purified.