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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.126

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 126

अवैधमांसादिसेवने प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for eating forbidden meat and the like

Verse 126

नराकृतिपशोर्मांसं मांसं मांसादनस्य च । अत्त्वा शुध्येन्नरः पापादुपवासैस्त्रिभिः प्रिये ॥ १२६ ॥

narākṛtipaśōrmāṁsaṁ māṁsaṁ māṁsādanasya ca | attvā śudhyēnnaraḥ pāpādupavāsaistribhiḥ priyē || 126 ||

Translation

Having eaten the flesh of an animal of human shape, or the flesh of a flesh-eater, a man is purified from sin by three fasts, beloved.

Word by word

narākṛti
of human shape
paśōḥ
(paśoḥ) of an animal
māṁsaṁ
flesh
māṁsa
flesh
ādanasya
of an eater
ca
and
attvā
having eaten
śudhyēt
(śudhyet) is purified
naraḥ
(naraḥ) a man
pāpāt
(pāpāt) from sin
upavāsaiḥ
(upavāsaiḥ) by fasts
tribhiḥ
(tribhiḥ) three
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

Monkeys and the like; tigers and the like, the ṭīkā says.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is a man purified who has eaten the flesh of an animal of human shape and of a flesh-eater? To that he says "nara" and the rest. O beloved, having eaten the flesh of an animal of human shape, the monkey and the like, and of a flesh-eater, the tiger and the like, a man is purified from sin by three fasts.