मांसभेदकथनम्, बलिपशुनिरूपणम्The kinds of meat; the animal of the bali
Verse 7
बलिदानविधौ देवि विहितः पुरुषः पशुः । स्त्रीपशुर्न च हन्तव्यस्तत्र शाम्भवशासनात् ॥ ७ ॥
balidānavidhau dēvi vihitaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ | strīpaśurna ca hantavyastatra śāmbhavaśāsanāt || 7 ||
Translation
In the rite of offering bali, O Goddess, a male animal is prescribed; by the command of Śambhu a female animal is not to be killed there.
Word by word
- bali
- bali, offering
- dāna
- giving
- vidhau
- in the rite
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- vihitaḥ
- prescribed
- puruṣaḥ
- male
- paśuḥ
- animal
- strī
- female
- paśur
- (paśuḥ) animal
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- hantavyas
- (hantavyaḥ) to be killed
- tatra
- there
- śāmbhava
- of Śambhu
- śāsanāt
- by the command
Meaning
Bali is an offering, here of an animal; the rite itself is given in verses 104 to 117. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Puruṣaḥ: one marked by maleness, a male. Tatra: there, in the rite of offering bali.