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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.168

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 168

नीचवृत्तिद्विजप्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for a twice-born who follows a low livelihood

Verse 168

आगच्छतो गुरून् दृष्ट्वा नोत्तिष्ठेद्यो मदान्वितः । तथैव कुलशास्त्राणि शुध्येदेकोपवासतः ॥ १६८ ॥

āgacchatō gurūn dṛṣṭvā nōttiṣṭhēdyō madānvitaḥ | tathaiva kulaśāstrāṇi śudhyēdēkōpavāsataḥ || 168 ||

Translation

One who, intoxicated, does not rise on seeing gurus coming, and likewise the kula scriptures, is purified by one fast.

Word by word

āgacchataḥ
(āgacchataḥ) coming
gurūn
gurus
dṛṣṭvā
seeing
na
not
uttiṣṭhēt
(uttiṣṭhet) rises
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
mada
with intoxication
anvitaḥ
(anvitaḥ) filled
tathaiva
likewise
kula
kula
śāstrāṇi
the scriptures
śudhyēt
is purified
ēka
one
upavāsataḥ
(upavāsataḥ) by a fast

Meaning

The ṭīkā: "intoxicated" excuses one who cannot rise through illness.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of a man who does not rise on seeing the father and the rest and the kula śāstras coming, with "āgacchataḥ" and the rest. One who, being intoxicated (madānvita), does not rise on seeing gurus, father and the rest, coming, and likewise kula śāstras coming, is purified by one fast. "Intoxicated" suggests that one who does not rise because of illness and the like, from inability, is not at fault.