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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.120

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 120

अतिपानसक्तकौलः पशुःA Kaula who drinks to excess is a paśu

Verse 120

शताभिषिक्तः कौलश्चेत् अतिपानात् कुलेश्वरि । पशुरेव स मन्तव्यः कुलधर्मबहिष्कृतः ॥ १२० ॥

śatābhiṣiktaḥ kaulaścēt atipānāt kulēśvari | paśurēva sa mantavyaḥ kuladharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ || 120 ||

Translation

Even a Kaula consecrated a hundred times, O Kuleśvarī, if he drinks to excess, is to be regarded as a paśu, cast out of the kula dharma.

Word by word

śata
a hundred times
abhiṣiktaḥ
(abhiṣiktaḥ) consecrated
kaulaḥ
(kaulaḥ) a Kaula
cēt
even
atipānāt
(atipānāt) by drinking to excess
kulēśvari
O Kuleśvarī
paśuḥ
(paśuḥ) a paśu
ēva
indeed
saḥ
(saḥ) he
mantavyaḥ
(mantavyaḥ) is to be regarded
kula
kula
dharma
dharma
bahiṣkṛtaḥ
(bahiṣkṛtaḥ) cast out of

Meaning

No consecration protects the drunkard: excess makes him a paśu, a bound soul, again.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells that even a Kaula consecrated a hundred times, by drinking to excess, is cast out of the kula dharma and so becomes a paśu, with "śata" and the rest. "Ced" (if) means "even". O Kuleśvarī, even a Kaula consecrated a hundred times, by drinking to excess, is to be regarded as a paśu, since he is cast out of the kula dharma.