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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.136

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 136

गवादिहननप्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for killing a cow and other animals

Verse 136

उपवासैर्नयेत् मासं मासमेकं कणाशनैः । मासं भैक्षान्नमश्नीयात् कृच्छ्रव्रतमिदं शिवे ॥ १३६ ॥

upavāsairnayēt māsaṁ māsamēkaṁ kaṇāśanaiḥ | māsaṁ bhaikṣānnamaśnīyāt kṛcchravratamidaṁ śivē || 136 ||

Translation

He should pass a month in fasts, a month eating grains, and a month eating alms-food: this, O Śivā, is the kṛcchra vow.

Word by word

upavāsaiḥ
(upavāsaiḥ) in fasts
nayēt
should pass
māsaṁ
a month
māsam
(māsam) a month
ēkaṁ
one
kaṇāśanaiḥ
eating grains
bhaikṣa
alms
annam
(annam) food
aśnīyāt
should eat
kṛcchra
kṛcchra
vratam
(vratam) vow
idaṁ
this
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

Three months of penance.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But what is this kṛcchra vow? So he defines it with "upavāsaiḥ" and the rest. O Śivā, he should pass one month with fasts, pass one month eating grains, and for one month eat alms-food, food obtained by begging: this is to be known as the kṛcchra vow.