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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.146

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 146

व्रतभङ्गे महागुरुनिन्दायाञ्च प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for a broken vow and for reviling the great gurus

Verse 146

एवमन्यान् गुरून् कौलान् विप्रान् गर्हन्नपि प्रिये । सार्धद्वयोपवासेन मुक्तो भवति पातकात् ॥ १४६ ॥

ēvamanyān gurūn kaulān viprān garhannapi priyē | sārdhadvayōpavāsēna muktō bhavati pātakāt || 146 ||

Translation

Likewise one who reviles other gurus, Kaulas or vipras, beloved, is freed from sin by two and a half fasts.

Word by word

ēvam
(evam) likewise
anyān
other
gurūn
gurus
kaulān
Kaulas
viprān
vipras
garhan
(garhan) reviling
api
also
priyē
O beloved
sārdhadvaya
two and a half
upavāsēna
by fasts
muktaḥ
(muktaḥ) freed
bhavati
is
pātakāt
(pātakāt) from sin

Meaning

Lesser respect, lesser penance.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of those who revile other gurus, Kaulas and brāhmaṇas, with "evam" and the rest. O beloved, a man who in the same way reviles, blames, or speaks harshly to other gurus, other than the mother and the rest, Kaulas and brāhmaṇas, is freed from sin by two and a half fasts.