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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.108

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 108

सुरामाहात्म्यम्The greatness of wine

Verse 108

सम्यग्विधिविधानेन सुसमाहितचेतसा । पिबन्ति मदिरां मर्त्या अमर्त्या एव ते क्षितौ ॥ १०८ ॥

samyagvidhividhānēna susamāhitacētasā | pibanti madirāṁ martyā amartyā ēva tē kṣitau || 108 ||

Translation

Mortals who drink wine by the right procedure, with a well-collected mind, are immortals on earth.

Word by word

samyag
(samyak) right
vidhi
of the rule
vidhānēna
by the procedure
susamāhita
well-collected
cētasā
with a mind
pibanti
drink
madirāṁ
wine
martyāḥ
(martyāḥ) mortals
amartyāḥ
(amartyāḥ) immortals
ēva
indeed
tē
they
kṣitau
on earth

Meaning

The condition is everything: by the rule and with a concentrated mind. Then drinking is worship.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Having praised wine in three verses, he now establishes that one who drinks it by the rule is a god himself, with "samyak" and the rest. The mortals who, by the right procedure of the rule, with a mind well collected, very attentive, drink wine, they are immortals, gods, on earth.