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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.13

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 13

शुद्धिस्वरूपकथनम्, शुद्धिं विना सुधापाननिषेधःWhat śuddhi is; no drinking without śuddhi

Verse 13

शुद्धिं विना मद्यपानं केवलं विषभक्षणम् । चिररोगी भवेन्मन्त्री स्वल्पायुर्म्रियतेऽचिरात् ॥ १३ ॥

śuddhiṁ vinā madyapānaṁ kēvalaṁ viṣabhakṣaṇam | cirarōgī bhavēnmantrī svalpāyurmriyatē’cirāt || 13 ||

Translation

Drinking wine without śuddhi is mere poison-eating: the mantrī becomes chronically ill and dies soon, short-lived.

Word by word

śuddhiṁ
śuddhi
vinā
without
madya
wine
pānaṁ
drinking
kēvalaṁ
mere
viṣa
poison
bhakṣaṇam
eating
cira
long
rōgī
ill
bhavēn
(bhavet) becomes
mantrī
the practitioner
svalpa
short
āyur
(āyuḥ) life
mriyatē
dies
acirāt
soon

Meaning

The Tantra warns against wine taken on its own: it is permitted only as part of the rite, with food.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Śuddhim: the meat and the rest. Acirāt: after a very short time.