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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.15

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 15

स्वपरानिष्टभेदेन पापस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of sin: harm to oneself and to others

Verse 15

स्वानिष्टमात्रजननात् परानिष्टोपपादनात् । तदेव पापं द्विविधं जानीहि कुलनायिके ॥ १५ ॥

svāniṣṭamātrajananāt parāniṣṭōpapādanāt | tadēva pāpaṁ dvividhaṁ jānīhi kulanāyikē || 15 ||

Translation

Know that sin as twofold, Kulanāyikā: that which harms only oneself, and that which brings harm to others.

Word by word

sva
oneself
aniṣṭa
harm
mātra
only
jananāt
(jananāt) from producing
para
to others
upapādanāt
(upapādanāt) from bringing
tat
(tat) that
ēva
same
pāpaṁ
sin
dvividhaṁ
twofold
jānīhi
know
kulanāyikē
O Kulanāyikā

Meaning

The whole chapter rests on this distinction.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he sets out the twofold nature of that sin, with its cause, in "svāniṣṭa" and the rest. O Kulanāyikā, Kuleśvarī, know that this same sin is twofold: from producing harm to oneself only, that is, what one does not wish for oneself; and from bringing about harm to others, producing what others do not wish.