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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.124

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 124

असंस्कृतपञ्चतत्त्वसेवने दण्डःTaking the tattvas unconsecrated

Verse 124

असंस्कृते मीनमुद्रे खादन्नुपवसेदहः । अवैधं पञ्चमं कुर्वन् राज्ञो दण्डेन शुध्यति ॥ १२४ ॥

asaṁskṛtē mīnamudrē khādannupavasēdahaḥ | avaidhaṁ pañcamaṁ kurvan rājñō daṇḍēna śudhyati || 124 ||

Translation

Eating unconsecrated fish and mudrā, he should fast a day; doing the fifth contrary to the rule, he is purified by the king's punishment.

Word by word

asaṁskṛtē
unconsecrated
mīna
fish
mudrē
and mudrā
khādan
(khādan) eating
upavasēt
(upavaset) should fast
ahaḥ
(ahaḥ) a day
avaidhaṁ
contrary to the rule
pañcamaṁ
the fifth
kurvan
doing
rājñaḥ
(rājñaḥ) the king's
daṇḍēna
by punishment
śudhyati
is purified

Meaning

Mudrā here is parched grain. The fifth tattva, maithuna, outside its rule, is a public offence. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of one who eats unpurified fish and mudrā and of one who does the fifth contrary to rule, with "asaṁskṛte" and the rest. A man who eats fish and mudrā (parched grain) unconsecrated, unpurified, should fast a day, one day. A man who does the fifth (the maithuna) contrary to rule, without the rule, is purified by the king's punishment.