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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.163

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 163

दुष्टवापीकूपादिसंस्कारःPurifying defiled wells and tanks

Verse 163

याचकं धनिनं दृष्ट्वा वीरं युद्धपराङ्मुखम् । दूषकं कुलधर्माणां मद्यपाञ्च कुलस्त्रियम् ॥ १६३ ॥

yācakaṁ dhaninaṁ dṛṣṭvā vīraṁ yuddhaparāṅmukham | dūṣakaṁ kuladharmāṇāṁ madyapāñca kulastriyam || 163 ||

Translation

Seeing a rich man who begs, a vīra who turns from battle, a corrupter of the kula dharmas, a kula woman who drinks wine,

Word by word

yācakaṁ
who begs
dhaninaṁ
a rich man
dṛṣṭvā
seeing
vīraṁ
a vīra
yuddha
from battle
parāṅmukham
(parāṅmukham) who turns
dūṣakaṁ
a corrupter
kula
kula
dharmāṇāṁ
dharmas
madyapāṁ
who drinks wine
ca
and
striyam
(striyam) woman

Meaning

Sights that call for purification, verses 163-164.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells in two verses, "yācakam" and the rest, the expiation of a man who sees a rich man who begs and the like. Having seen a beggar who is rich, likewise a vīra, a hero, who turns his back on battle, a man who corrupts the kula dharmas, a woman of the kula who drinks wine, a man who betrays a friend, and a learned man (budha, paṇḍita) himself devoted to sin, a man, looking at the sun and remembering Viṣṇu, should bathe with his clothes on (sacela).