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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.50

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 50

स्वगुह्याङ्गप्रदर्शने दण्डःShowing one's own nakedness

Verse 50

दर्शयन्नग्नमात्मानं कुर्वन्नग्नं तथा परम् । त्रिरात्रमशनं त्यक्त्वा शुद्धो भवति मानवः ॥ ५० ॥

darśayannagnamātmānaṁ kurvannagnaṁ tathā param | trirātramaśanaṁ tyaktvā śuddhō bhavati mānavaḥ || 50 ||

Translation

One who shows himself naked, or makes another naked, is purified by giving up food for three nights.

Word by word

darśayan
(darśayan) showing
nagnam
(nagnam) naked
ātmānaṁ
himself
kurvan
(kurvan) making
nagnaṁ
naked
tathā
or
param
(param) another
trirātram
(trirātram) for three nights
aśanaṁ
food
tyaktvā
giving up
śuddhaḥ
(śuddhaḥ) pure
bhavati
becomes
mānavaḥ
(mānavaḥ) one

Meaning

Immodesty of the body is a private fault, cleared by a three-night fast.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is one purified who shows himself naked and makes another so? To that he says "darśayan" and the rest. A man who shows himself naked, and likewise makes another naked, is purified by giving up food for three nights. "Ātman means body, mind, Brahman, one's own nature, steadiness, intellect and effort," says the lexicon.