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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.110

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 110

अवैधसुरापाने दोषःThe fault of drinking against the rule

Verse 110

इयञ्चेत् वारुणी देवी निपीता विधिवर्जिता । नृणां विनाशयेत् सर्वं बुद्धिमायुर्यशो धनम् ॥ ११० ॥

iyañcēt vāruṇī dēvī nipītā vidhivarjitā | nṛṇāṁ vināśayēt sarvaṁ buddhimāyuryaśō dhanam || 110 ||

Translation

But if this goddess Vāruṇī is drunk without the rule, she destroys everything of men: understanding, life, fame and wealth.

Word by word

iyam
(iyam) this
cēt
if
vāruṇī
Vāruṇī
dēvī
goddess
nipītā
drunk
vidhi
the rule
varjitā
without
nṛṇāṁ
of men
vināśayēt
destroys
sarvaṁ
everything
buddhim
(buddhim) understanding
āyuḥ
(āyuḥ) life
yaśaḥ
(yaśaḥ) fame
dhanam
(dhanam) and wealth

Meaning

The same substance, outside the rule, is ruin.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that drinking wine apart from the rule destroys understanding, life and every good, with "iyam" and the rest. If this Vāruṇī, the goddess wine, is drunk apart from the rule, then it destroys all of men: understanding, life, fame and wealth.