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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.111

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 111

अवैधसुरापाने दोषःThe fault of drinking against the rule

Verse 111

अत्यन्तपानान्मद्यस्य चतुर्वर्गप्रसाधनी । बुद्धिर्विनश्यति प्रायो लोकानां मत्तचेतसाम् ॥ १११ ॥

atyantapānānmadyasya caturvargaprasādhanī | buddhirvinaśyati prāyō lōkānāṁ mattacētasām || 111 ||

Translation

From excessive drinking of wine the understanding of drunken people, which wins the four aims of life, is mostly destroyed.

Word by word

atyanta
excessive
pānāt
(pānāt) from drinking
madyasya
of wine
caturvarga
the four aims
prasādhanī
which wins
buddhiḥ
(buddhiḥ) understanding
vinaśyati
is destroyed
prāyaḥ
(prāyaḥ) mostly
lōkānāṁ
of people
matta
drunken
cētasām
(cetasām) whose minds

Meaning

The four aims are dharma, wealth, desire and liberation.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Since excessive drinking of wine destroys the understanding, and the drunken cause harm to themselves and others, he says in three verses, "atyanta" and the rest, ending "śodhayet", that men who are too much attached to it are to be punished by the king and the lord of the circle. From excessive drinking of wine, the understanding of drunken people, which accomplishes the four aims of life, dharma, wealth, desire and liberation, is mostly destroyed.