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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.116

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 116

ब्राह्मणकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the brāhmaṇa

Verse 116

मिथ्यालापमसूयाञ्च व्यसनाप्रियभाषणम् । नीचैः प्रसक्तिं दम्भञ्च सर्वथा ब्राह्मणस्त्यजेत् ॥ ११६ ॥

mithyālāpamasūyāñca vyasanāpriyabhāṣaṇam | nīcaiḥ prasaktiṁ dambhañca sarvathā brāhmaṇastyajēt || 116 ||

Translation

Lying talk, finding fault, vice, unkind speech, intimacy with the base, and pride: the brāhmaṇa should give these up entirely.

Word by word

mithyā
lying
ālāpam
(ālāpam) talk
asūyāñ
(asūyām) finding fault
ca
and
vyasana
vice
apriya
unkind
bhāṣaṇam
speech
nīcaiḥ
with the base
prasaktiṁ
intimacy
dambhañ
(dambham) pride
sarvathā
entirely
brāhmaṇas
(brāhmaṇaḥ) the brāhmaṇa
tyajēt
should give up

Meaning

The commentary glosses three words: "asūyā", imputing faults to another even when he has virtues; "vyasana", gambling and similar pursuits; "dambha", the swelling of the mind that comes from thinking oneself highly honoured, the pride most likely in a man whose class is honoured.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Mithyā…" and the rest. Asūyām: imputing faults to another even when he has virtues. Vyasanam: gambling and similar pursuits. Dambham: the swelling of the mind that comes from thinking oneself highly honoured.