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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.167

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 167

नीचवृत्तिद्विजप्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for a twice-born who follows a low livelihood

Verse 167

गृहेऽनुद्घाटितद्वारेऽनाहूतः प्रविशन्नरः । वारितार्थप्रवक्ताऽपि पञ्चाहमशनं त्यजेत् ॥ १६७ ॥

gṛhē’nudghāṭitadvārē’nāhūtaḥ praviśannaraḥ | vāritārthapravaktā’pi pañcāhamaśanaṁ tyajēt || 167 ||

Translation

A man who enters uninvited a house whose door is shut, and one who tells what he was told not to, should give up food for five days.

Word by word

gṛhē
a house
anudghāṭita
not opened
dvārē
whose door
anāhūtaḥ
(anāhūtaḥ) uninvited
praviśan
(praviśan) entering
naraḥ
(naraḥ) a man
vārita
forbidden
artha
matter
pravaktā
who tells
api
also
pañcāham
(pañcāham) five days
aśanaṁ
food
tyajēt
should give up

Meaning

Privacy and confidence are protected.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of one who enters, uninvited, a house whose door is shut, and of one who tells a forbidden matter, with "gṛhe" and the rest. A man who enters uninvited a house whose door has not been opened, a closed house, and also a man who tells something forbidden, should give up food for five days.