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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.109

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 109

निरामिषभोजनविधिःThe rule of food without meat

Verse 109

फलानि ग्राम्यवन्यानि मूलानि विविधानि च । भूमिजातानि सर्वाणि भोज्यानि स्वेच्छया शिवे ॥ १०९ ॥

phalāni grāmyavanyāni mūlāni vividhāni ca | bhūmijātāni sarvāṇi bhōjyāni svēcchayā śivē || 109 ||

Translation

Fruits of village and forest, roots of many kinds, and everything that grows from the earth may be eaten as one wishes, Śivā.

Word by word

phalāni
fruits
grāmya
of village
vanyāni
and forest
mūlāni
roots
vividhāni
of many kinds
ca
and
bhūmi
from the earth
jātāni
that grows
sarvāṇi
everything
bhōjyāni
may be eaten
svēcchayā
as one wishes
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

Vegetable food has no restriction: cultivated and wild fruit, roots, all that grows from the ground. The heading at this verse calls it "the rule of food without meat".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 108.