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.