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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.182

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 182

शैव विवाहःThe Śaiva marriage

Verse 182

दूरदेशात् समानीतं पक्वं वाऽपक्वमेव वा । वीरेण पशुना वापि चक्रमध्यगतं शुचि ॥ १८२ ॥

dūradēśāt samānītaṁ pakvaṁ vā’pakvamēva vā | vīrēṇa paśunā vāpi cakramadhyagataṁ śuci || 182 ||

Translation

Brought from a far country, cooked or uncooked, by a vīra or by a paśu: once within the circle it is pure.

Word by word

dūra
a far
dēśāt
from country
samānītaṁ
brought
pakvaṁ
cooked
vā
or
apakvam
(apakvam) uncooked
ēva
indeed
vīrēṇa
by a vīra
paśunā
by a paśu
api
or
cakra
the circle
madhya
within
gataṁ
once
śuci
it is pure

Meaning

Whatever enters the circle is purified by entering it, whether brought by a "vīra" (an initiate of the heroic disposition) or by a "paśu" (one still bound, uninitiated).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 181.