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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.116

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 116

Verse 116

अभुक्तो वाऽपि भुक्तो वा स्नातो वाऽस्नात एव वा । साधयेत् परमं मन्त्रं स्वेच्छाचारेण साधकः ॥ ११६ ॥

abhuktō vā’pi bhuktō vā snātō vā’snāta ēva vā | sādhayēt paramaṁ mantraṁ svēcchācārēṇa sādhakaḥ || 116 ||

Translation

Fasting or fed, bathed or unbathed, the practitioner may practise the supreme mantra as he wishes.

Word by word

abhuktō
not having eaten
vā’pi
or
bhuktō
having eaten
vā
or
snātō
bathed
vā’snāta
or unbathed
ēva
indeed
sādhayēt
may practise
paramaṁ
the supreme
mantraṁ
mantra
svēcchācārēṇa
as he wishes
sādhakaḥ
the practitioner