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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.116

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 116

मदमत्तानां दण्डःThe punishment of the drunken

Verse 116

नेन्द्रियाणि वशे यस्य मदविह्वलचेतसः । देवतागुरुमर्यादोल्लङ्घिनो भयरूपिणः ॥ ११६ ॥

nēndriyāṇi vaśē yasya madavihvalacētasaḥ | dēvatāgurumaryādōllaṅghinō bhayarūpiṇaḥ || 116 ||

Translation

One whose senses are not under control, whose mind reels with drink, who transgresses the bounds of gods and gurus, terrifying,

Word by word

na
not
indriyāṇi
senses
vaśē
under control
yasya
whose
mada
with drink
vihvala
reeling
cētasaḥ
(cetasaḥ) whose mind
dēvatā
of gods
guru
and gurus
maryādā
the bounds
ullaṅghinaḥ
(ullaṅghinaḥ) who transgresses
bhaya
terror
rūpiṇaḥ
(rūpiṇaḥ) whose form is

Meaning

The violent drunkard, verses 116-117.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells in two verses, "nendriyāṇi" and the rest, the punishment of one who, maddened by wine, transgresses the bounds of the gods and gurus and is not master of his senses. The man whose senses are not under control, whose mind is overcome by intoxication (madavihvala), who transgresses the bounds of the gods and gurus (those who performed his sacraments), who is fear itself, fit for every harm, a sinner, the refuge of sins, a slayer of Śiva, that is, a violator of Śiva's command or a killer of his own good: the king should burn that man's tongue, take his wealth and beat him.