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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.128

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 128

अवैधमांसादिसेवने प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for eating forbidden meat and the like

Verse 128

उच्छिष्टं यदि भुञ्जीत ज्ञानादेषां कुलेश्वरि । शुध्येन्मासोपवासेनाऽज्ञानात् पक्षोपवासतः ॥ १२८ ॥

ucchiṣṭaṁ yadi bhuñjīta jñānādēṣāṁ kulēśvari | śudhyēnmāsōpavāsēnā’jñānāt pakṣōpavāsataḥ || 128 ||

Translation

If one knowingly eats their leavings, O Kuleśvarī, he is purified by fasting a month; unknowingly, by fasting a fortnight.

Word by word

ucchiṣṭaṁ
leavings
yadi
if
bhuñjīta
eats
jñānāt
(jñānāt) knowingly
ēṣāṁ
their
kulēśvari
O Kuleśvarī
śudhyēt
(śudhyet) is purified
māsa
a month
upavāsēna
by fasting
ajñānāt
(ajñānāt) unknowingly
pakṣa
a fortnight
upavāsataḥ
(upavāsataḥ) by fasting

Meaning

Intention halves the penance.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is one purified who knowingly or unknowingly eats the leavings of mlecchas and the like, food and the rest? To that he says "ucchiṣṭam" and the rest. O Kuleśvarī, if one knowingly eats their leavings, the leftover food and the like of mlecchas and the rest, then a man is purified by fasting a month; if unknowingly, by fasting a fortnight.