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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.162

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 162

दुष्टवापीकूपादिसंस्कारःPurifying defiled wells and tanks

Verse 162

स्नानमेषु जलैरेषां कुर्वन् कर्म वृथा भवेत् । दिनमेकं निराहारः शुध्येत् पञ्चामृताशनात् ॥ १६२ ॥

snānamēṣu jalairēṣāṁ kurvan karma vṛthā bhavēt | dinamēkaṁ nirāhāraḥ śudhyēt pañcāmṛtāśanāt || 162 ||

Translation

Bathing in them, or doing a rite with their water, the rite is in vain; he is purified by a day without food and by taking the five nectars.

Word by word

snānam
(snānam) bathing
ēṣu
in them
jalaiḥ
(jalaiḥ) with water
ēṣāṁ
their
kurvan
doing
karma
a rite
vṛthā
in vain
bhavēt
is
dinam
(dinam) a day
ēkaṁ
one
nirāhāraḥ
(nirāhāraḥ) without food
śudhyēt
(śudhyet) is purified
pañcāmṛta
the five nectars
aśanāt
(aśanāt) by taking

Meaning

Pañcāmṛta, as at 9.129.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that a rite done with the water of unpurified step-wells and the like is fruitless, with the expiation of the man who bathes in them, with "snānam" and the rest. A man who bathes in these unpurified step-wells and the like, and does another rite with their water, is purified by being without food for one day and eating the five nectars; the rite done is in vain.