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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.149

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 149

शूद्रकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the śūdra

Verse 149

क्षमां कृतापराधश्चेत् प्रार्थयेद्यत्नतः प्रभोः । प्रागल्भ्यं प्रौढवादञ्च साम्याचारं विवर्जयेत् ॥ १४९ ॥

kṣamāṁ kṛtāparādhaścēt prārthayēdyatnataḥ prabhōḥ | prāgalbhyaṁ prauḍhavādañca sāmyācāraṁ vivarjayēt || 149 ||

Translation

If he has done wrong, he should earnestly ask his master's pardon; and he should avoid boldness, arrogant speech and behaving as an equal.

Word by word

kṣamāṁ
pardon
kṛta
he has done
aparādhaś
(aparādhaḥ) wrong
cēt
if
prārthayēd
(prārthayet) he should ask
yatnataḥ
earnestly
prabhōḥ
of his master
prāgalbhyaṁ
boldness
prauḍha
arrogant
vādañ
(vādam) speech
ca
and
sāmya
as an equal
ācāraṁ
behaving
vivarjayēt
he should avoid

Meaning

Humility and amends. "Prāgalbhya", the commentary says, is boldness or forwardness.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Prāgalbhyam: boldness, forwardness.