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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.115

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 115

अतिपाननिरूपणम्What excessive drinking is

Verse 115

अतएव सुरामानादतिपानं न लक्ष्यते । स्खलद्वाक्पाणिपादृग्भिरतिपानं विचारयेत् ॥ ११५ ॥

ataēva surāmānādatipānaṁ na lakṣyatē | skhaladvākpāṇipādṛgbhiratipānaṁ vicārayēt || 115 ||

Translation

Therefore excess is not marked by the measure of wine; it should be judged by faltering speech, hands, feet and eyes.

Word by word

ataēva
therefore
surā
of wine
mānāt
(mānāt) by the measure
atipānaṁ
excess
na
not
lakṣyatē
is marked
skhalat
(skhalat) faltering
vāk
speech
pāṇi
hands
pāda
feet
dṛgbhiḥ
(dṛgbhiḥ) and eyes
vicārayēt
should be judged

Meaning

A functional test of drunkenness.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 114.