Sacred Texts
Mahānirvāṇa Tantra cover

॥ श्री ॥tantraFor reading

Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.152

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Verses
2517
Minutes
1258
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 11 · Verse 152

परनिन्दायां तथा आत्मश्लाघायां प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for reviling others and praising oneself

Verse 152

परनिन्दां निजोत्कर्षं व्यसनायुक्तभाषणम् । अयुक्तं कर्म कुर्वाणो मनस्तापैर्विशुध्यति ॥ १५२ ॥

paranindāṁ nijōtkarṣaṁ vyasanāyuktabhāṣaṇam | ayuktaṁ karma kurvāṇō manastāpairviśudhyati || 152 ||

Translation

One who reviles others, praises himself, speaks unfittingly of vices, or does an unfitting act is purified by remorse.

Word by word

para
others
nindāṁ
reviling
nija
oneself
utkarṣaṁ
praising
vyasana
of vices
ayukta
unfittingly
bhāṣaṇam
(bhāṣaṇam) speaking
ayuktaṁ
unfitting
karma
act
kurvāṇaḥ
(kurvāṇaḥ) doing
manastāpaiḥ
(manastāpaiḥ) by remorse
viśudhyati
is purified

Meaning

Inner faults, inner remedy.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of one who reviles others, boasts of himself and the like, with "paranindā" and the rest. One who reviles others, praises himself (nijotkarṣa, his own excellence), speaks unfitting things about vices (talk joined with slander and the like), and does an unfitting act, an improper deed, is purified by remorse.