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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.14

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 14

देवीस्तुतिःHymn to the Goddess

Verse 14

अनुष्ठानं निषिद्धस्य त्यागो विहितकर्मणः । नृणां जनयतः पापं क्लेशशोकामयप्रदम् ॥ १४ ॥

anuṣṭhānaṁ niṣiddhasya tyāgō vihitakarmaṇaḥ | nṛṇāṁ janayataḥ pāpaṁ klēśaśōkāmayapradam || 14 ||

Translation

Doing what is forbidden and neglecting what is enjoined produce in men sin, which brings pain, grief and disease.

Word by word

anuṣṭhānaṁ
doing
niṣiddhasya
what is forbidden
tyāgaḥ
(tyāgaḥ) neglecting
vihita
enjoined
karmaṇaḥ
(karmaṇaḥ) what is
nṛṇāṁ
in men
janayataḥ
(janayataḥ) produce
pāpaṁ
sin
klēśa
pain
śōka
grief
āmaya
and disease
pradam
(pradam) which brings

Meaning

The definition of sin (pāpa): both acts of commission and acts of omission.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

First he says that sin arises from doing what is forbidden and not doing what is enjoined, with "anuṣṭhānam" and the rest. The doing of a forbidden act and the abandoning, not doing, of an enjoined act produce for men sin that brings pain (kleśa), sorrow and disease (āmaya).