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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.121

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 121

अतिपानसक्तकौलः पशुःA Kaula who drinks to excess is a paśu

Verse 121

पिबन्नतिशयं मद्यं शोधितं वाऽप्यशोधितम् । त्याज्यो भवति कौलानां दण्डनीयोऽपि भूभृतः ॥ १२१ ॥

pibannatiśayaṁ madyaṁ śōdhitaṁ vā’pyaśōdhitam | tyājyō bhavati kaulānāṁ daṇḍanīyō’pi bhūbhṛtaḥ || 121 ||

Translation

One who drinks wine to excess, purified or not, is to be abandoned by the Kaulas and punished by the king.

Word by word

piban
(piban) drinking
atiśayaṁ
to excess
madyaṁ
wine
śōdhitaṁ
purified
vā
or
api
and
aśōdhitam
(aśodhitam) not
tyājyaḥ
(tyājyaḥ) to be abandoned
bhavati
is
kaulānāṁ
by the Kaulas
daṇḍanīyaḥ
(daṇḍanīyaḥ) to be punished
bhūbhṛtaḥ
(bhūbhṛtaḥ) by the king

Meaning

Consecration does not excuse excess.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that a man who drinks too much wine, purified or unpurified, is to be punished by the king and abandoned by the Kaulas, with "pibann" and the rest. The man who drinks wine excessively, much, whether purified or unpurified, is to be abandoned by the Kaulas and is to be punished by the king.