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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.132

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 132

स्पर्शदोषाभावनिरूपणम्Where there is no fault of contact

Verse 132

करिपृष्ठे तथाऽनेकोद्वाह्यपाषाणदारुषु । अलक्षितेऽपि दुष्याणां भक्ष्यदोषो न विद्यते ॥ १३२ ॥

karipṛṣṭhē tathā’nēkōdvāhyapāṣāṇadāruṣu | alakṣitē’pi duṣyāṇāṁ bhakṣyadōṣō na vidyatē || 132 ||

Translation

On an elephant's back, and on stones and timbers carried by many, even where the impure are not noticed, there is no fault in eating.

Word by word

kari
of an elephant
pṛṣṭhē
on the back
tathā
and
anēka
by many
udvāhya
carried
pāṣāṇa
stones
dāruṣu
and timbers
alakṣitē
not noticed
api
even
duṣyāṇāṁ
of the impure
bhakṣya
in eating
dōṣaḥ
(doṣaḥ) fault
na
no
vidyatē
there is

Meaning

On a boat or similar conveyance one need not worry about unseen impurity.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He says that there is no fault in eating food and the like on a boat and the like, with "kari" and the rest. On an elephant's back, and likewise on many stones and timbers that are to be carried (a boat and the like), even where the impure, yavanas and the like, are not noticed: this is said for yavanas and the like, since even where it is not known that yavanas and the like are there even when the impure, filth such as excrement and urine, are not noticed, are present there and are not known, there is no fault in eating (on such vehicles). Now he says that one who kills animals whose meat is not to be eaten, or diseased ones, even for a deity, is a sinner, with "paśūn" and the rest. O beloved, animals whose meat is not to be eaten, and diseased ones, one should not kill even for a deity: it is certain that he should not offer them. What fault is there in killing them? To that he says "hatvā": having killed them, a person becomes a sinner.