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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.91

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 91

Verse 91

यदि स्यान्नीचजातीयमन्नं ब्रह्मणि भावितम् । तदन्नं ब्राह्मणैर्ग्राह्यमपि वेदान्तपारगैः ॥ ९१ ॥

yadi syānnīcajātīyamannaṁ brahmaṇi bhāvitam | tadannaṁ brāhmaṇairgrāhyamapi vēdāntapāragaiḥ || 91 ||

Translation

If food from one of low birth has been dedicated to Brahman, it may be taken even by brāhmaṇas who have mastered the Vedānta.

Word by word

yadi
if
syānnīcajātīyamannaṁ
there is food of one of low birth
brahmaṇi
in Brahman
bhāvitam
dedicated
tadannaṁ
that food
brāhmaṇairgrāhyamapi
is to be taken even by brāhmaṇas
vēdāntapāragaiḥ
who have mastered the Vedānta

Meaning

Bhāvita is glossed as "thought of as, offered to, Brahman".