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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.153

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 153

परनिन्दायां तथा आत्मश्लाघायां प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for reviling others and praising oneself

Verse 153

अन्यानि यानि पापानि ज्ञानाज्ञानकृतान्यपि । नश्यन्ति जपनाद्देव्याः सावित्र्याः कौलभोजनात् ॥ १५३ ॥

anyāni yāni pāpāni jñānājñānakṛtānyapi | naśyanti japanāddēvyāḥ sāvitryāḥ kaulabhōjanāt || 153 ||

Translation

Other sins, done knowingly or unknowingly, are destroyed by reciting the goddess Sāvitrī and by feeding Kaulas.

Word by word

anyāni
other
yāni
which
pāpāni
sins
jñāna
knowingly
ajñāna
or unknowingly
kṛtāni
done
api
also
naśyanti
are destroyed
japanāt
(japanāt) by reciting
dēvyāḥ
(devyāḥ) the goddess
sāvitryāḥ
(sāvitryāḥ) Sāvitrī
kaula
Kaulas
bhōjanāt
(bhojanāt) by feeding

Meaning

The general remedy.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that the remaining sins, done knowingly or unknowingly, are destroyed by japa of the Gāyatrī and by feeding Kaulas, with "anyāni" and the rest. Whatever other sins, done knowingly or unknowingly, are destroyed by japa of the goddess Sāvitrī, the Gāyatrī whose deity is Savitṛ, and by feeding Kaulas.