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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.148

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 148

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

Verse 148

गच्छंस्तु स्वेच्छया देशे निषिद्धकुलवर्त्मनि । कुलधर्मात्पतेद्भूयः शुध्येत् पूर्णाभिषेकतः ॥ १४८ ॥

gacchaṁstu svēcchayā dēśē niṣiddhakulavartmani | kuladharmātpatēdbhūyaḥ śudhyēt pūrṇābhiṣēkataḥ || 148 ||

Translation

One who goes of his own will to a country where the kula path is forbidden falls from the kula dharma; he is purified again by the full consecration.

Word by word

gacchaṁs
(gacchan) going
tu
and
svēcchayā
of his own will
dēśē
to a country
niṣiddha
forbidden
kula
kula
vartmani
where the path is
dharmāt
(dharmāt) from the dharma
patēt
falls
bhūyaḥ
(bhūyaḥ) again
śudhyēt
is purified
pūrṇābhiṣēkataḥ
by the full consecration

Meaning

Readmission is by the pūrṇābhiṣeka of chapter 10.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that a man who out of greed for wealth goes to a country where Kaula conduct is forbidden falls from the kula dharma and is purified again by the pūrṇābhiṣeka, with "gacchan" and the rest. One who goes of his own will to a country where the kula path is forbidden a man falls from the kula dharma; he is purified again by the pūrṇābhiṣeka. Now, since fasting is expected in the verses told and to come, he defines fasting with "tapanodayam" and the rest. Not eating for eight yāmas (watches, prahara) beginning from the rising of the sun (tapana): that is to be known as a fast (upavāsa); it is what is done in expiation.