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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.164

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 164

दुष्टवापीकूपादिसंस्कारःPurifying defiled wells and tanks

Verse 164

मित्रद्रोहकरं मर्त्यं स्वयं पापरतं बुधम् । पश्यन् सूर्यं स्मरन् विष्णुं सचेलः स्नानमाचरेत् ॥ १६४ ॥

mitradrōhakaraṁ martyaṁ svayaṁ pāparataṁ budham | paśyan sūryaṁ smaran viṣṇuṁ sacēlaḥ snānamācarēt || 164 ||

Translation

a man who betrays a friend, and a learned man devoted to sin, one should look at the sun, remember Viṣṇu, and bathe in his clothes.

Word by word

mitra
a friend
drōha
betrayal
karaṁ
who does
martyaṁ
a man
svayaṁ
himself
pāpa
to sin
rataṁ
devoted
budham
(budham) a learned man
paśyan
looking at
sūryaṁ
the sun
smaran
(smaran) remembering
viṣṇuṁ
Viṣṇu
sacēlaḥ
(sacelaḥ) in his clothes
snānam
(snānam) bath
ācarēt
should take

Meaning

A bath in one's clothes cleanses the contact.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 163.