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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.61

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 61

Verse 61

हिंसामात्सर्यरहिता दम्भद्वेषविवर्ज्जिताः । कुलधर्म्मेषु निष्ठा ये न हि तान् बाधते कलिः ॥ ६१ ॥

hiṁsāmātsaryarahitā dambhadvēṣavivarjjitāḥ | kuladharmmēṣu niṣṭhā yē na hi tān bādhatē kaliḥ || 61 ||

Translation

Those free of violence and envy, without hypocrisy or hatred, steadfast in the kula dharma: the Kali age does not afflict them.

Word by word

hiṁsāmātsaryarahitā
free of violence and envy
dambhadvēṣavivarjjitāḥ
without hypocrisy and hatred
kuladharmmēṣu
in the kula dharma
niṣṭhā
steadfast
yē
who
na
not
hi
indeed
tān
them
bādhatē
afflicts
kaliḥ
the Kali age

Meaning

Hiṁsā is defined as any act that leads to separating a being from its life; mātsarya as hatred of another's good.