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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.130

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 130

चक्रार्पितनिषिद्धान्नभक्षणे दोषाभावःNo fault in forbidden food offered in the circle

Verse 130

पशुश्वपचम्लेच्छानामन्नं चक्रार्पितं यदि । वीरहस्तार्पितं वापि तदश्नन्नैव पापभाक् ॥ १३० ॥

paśuśvapacamlēcchānāmannaṁ cakrārpitaṁ yadi | vīrahastārpitaṁ vāpi tadaśnannaiva pāpabhāk || 130 ||

Translation

If the food of paśus, śvapacas and mlecchas is offered in the circle, or given by a vīra's hand, one eating it incurs no sin.

Word by word

paśu
of paśus
śvapaca
śvapacas
mlēcchānām
(mlecchānām) and mlecchas
annaṁ
the food
cakra
in the circle
arpitaṁ
given
yadi
if
vīra
of a vīra
hasta
by the hand
vā
or
api
also
tat
(tat) it
aśnan
(aśnan) eating
na
no
ēva
indeed
pāpa
sin
bhāk
incurs

Meaning

In the kula circle the rules of caste fall away: food offered there is sanctified.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that one who eats the food of paśus, śvapacas and mlecchas offered in the circle, or offered by a vīra's hand, is not a sinner, with "paśu" and the rest. If the food of paśus, śvapacas and mlecchas has been offered in the circle, given in the circle, or offered by a vīra's hand, then a man eating that food is not a sharer in sin.