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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.125

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 125

अवैधमांसादिसेवने प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for eating forbidden meat and the like

Verse 125

भुञ्जानो मानवं मांसं गोमांसं ज्ञानतः शिवे । उपोष्य पक्षं शुद्धः स्यात् प्रायश्चित्तमिदं स्मृतम् ॥ १२५ ॥

bhuñjānō mānavaṁ māṁsaṁ gōmāṁsaṁ jñānataḥ śivē | upōṣya pakṣaṁ śuddhaḥ syāt prāyaścittamidaṁ smṛtam || 125 ||

Translation

One who knowingly eats human flesh or beef, O Śivā, is purified by fasting a fortnight: this is the expiation declared.

Word by word

bhuñjānaḥ
(bhuñjānaḥ) one who eats
mānavaṁ
human
māṁsaṁ
flesh
gō
cow
jñānataḥ
(jñānataḥ) knowingly
śivē
O Śivā
upōṣya
fasting
pakṣaṁ
a fortnight
śuddhaḥ
(śuddhaḥ) pure
syāt
is
prāyaścittam
(prāyaścittam) expiation
idaṁ
this
smṛtam
(smṛtam) declared

Meaning

The gravest dietary fault.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is a man purified who knowingly eats human flesh and beef? To that he says "bhuñjānaḥ" and the rest. O Śivā, a man who knowingly eats human flesh and beef is purified by fasting one fortnight. This is the expiation declared for eating those two.