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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.151

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 151

उपवासनियमःThe rule of fasting

Verse 151

उपवासासमर्थश्चेद्रुजा वा जरसाऽपि वा । तदा प्रत्युपवासञ्च भोजयेद्द्वादश द्विजान् ॥ १५१ ॥

upavāsāsamarthaścēdrujā vā jarasā’pi vā | tadā pratyupavāsañca bhōjayēddvādaśa dvijān || 151 ||

Translation

If one cannot fast through illness or old age, then for each fast he should feed twelve twice-born.

Word by word

upavāsa
fasting
asamarthaḥ
(asamarthaḥ) unable
cēt
if
rujā
through illness
vā
or
jarasā
old age
api
also
tadā
then
prati
for each
upavāsam
(upavāsam) fast
ca
and
bhōjayēt
(bhojayet) should feed
dvādaśa
twelve
dvijān
twice-born

Meaning

Charity replaces the fast.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that a person unable to fast through illness and the like should feed twelve brāhmaṇas for each fast, with "upavāsa" and the rest. If a man is unable to fast through illness (ruj) or old age (jaras), then for each fast he should feed twelve twice-born, brāhmaṇas.