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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.90

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 90

चौर्यविशेषे दण्डविशेषःPunishments for kinds of theft

Verse 90

विश्वासघातके पुंसि कृतघ्ने सुरवन्दिते । यज्ञैर्व्रतैस्तपोदानैः प्रायश्चित्तैर्न निष्कृतिः ॥ ९० ॥

viśvāsaghātakē puṁsi kṛtaghnē suravanditē | yajñairvrataistapōdānaiḥ prāyaścittairna niṣkṛtiḥ || 90 ||

Translation

For a man who betrays trust and one who is ungrateful, O you whom the gods praise, there is no expiation by sacrifices, vows, austerity, gifts or penances.

Word by word

viśvāsa
trust
ghātakē
for one who betrays
puṁsi
a man
kṛtaghnē
the ungrateful
suravanditē
O you whom the gods praise
yajñaiḥ
(yajñaiḥ) by sacrifices
vrataiḥ
(vrataiḥ) vows
tapaḥ
(tapaḥ) austerity
dānaiḥ
(dānaiḥ) gifts
prāyaścittaiḥ
(prāyaścittaiḥ) penances
na
no
niṣkṛtiḥ
(niṣkṛtiḥ) expiation

Meaning

Some faults are beyond any rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells that there is no expiation for the betrayer of trust and the ungrateful, even if they perform many sacrifices, vows and the like, with "viśvāsa" and the rest. O you whom the gods praise, for a man who betrays trust and one who is ungrateful (kṛtaghna), who destroys those who helped him, there is no expiation (niṣkṛti), no release, by sacrifices like the horse sacrifice, by vows, by austerities like the kṛcchra and the cāndrāyaṇa, by gifts, or by expiations that destroy sin.