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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.191

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 191

चक्रस्थसाधककर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of those in the circle

Verse 191

क्रूरान् खलान् पशून् पापान् नास्तिकान् कुलदूषकान् । निन्दकान् कुलशास्त्राणां चक्राद्दूरतरं त्यजेत् ॥ १९१ ॥

krūrān khalān paśūn pāpān nāstikān kuladūṣakān | nindakān kulaśāstrāṇāṁ cakrāddūrataraṁ tyajēt || 191 ||

Translation

The cruel, the wicked, paśus, sinners, unbelievers, those who corrupt the kula and those who revile the kula scriptures he should keep far from the circle.

Word by word

krūrān
the cruel
khalān
the wicked
paśūn
paśus
pāpān
sinners
nāstikān
unbelievers
kula
the kula
dūṣakān
those who corrupt
nindakān
those who revile
śāstrāṇāṁ
scriptures
cakrād
(cakrāt) from the circle
dūrataraṁ
far
tyajēt
he should keep

Meaning

Who may not be admitted: "paśus", the uninitiated, and those hostile to the way. The circle is open to every class, but not to every disposition.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 187.