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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.192

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Ullāsas
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Published
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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 192

चक्रस्थसाधककर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of those in the circle

Verse 192

स्नेहाद्भयादानुरक्त्या पशूंश्चक्रे प्रवेशयन् । कुलधर्मात् परिभ्रष्टो वीरोऽपि नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ १९२ ॥

snēhādbhayādānuraktyā paśūṁścakrē pravēśayan | kuladharmāt paribhraṣṭō vīrō’pi narakaṁ vrajēt || 192 ||

Translation

He who brings paśus into the circle out of affection, or from an attachment born of fear, falls from the kula dharma: even a vīra goes to hell.

Word by word

snēhād
(snehāt) out of affection
bhayād
(bhayāt) of fear
ānuraktyā
from an attachment born
paśūṁś
(paśūn) paśus
cakrē
into the circle
pravēśayan
who brings
kula
the kula
dharmāt
from dharma
paribhraṣṭō
(paribhraṣṭaḥ) falls
vīrō
(vīraḥ) a vīra
api
even
narakaṁ
to hell
vrajēt
goes

Meaning

The commentary explains "bhayād ānuraktyā" as an attachment whose cause is fear. Admitting the uninitiated out of friendship or fear betrays the circle. The commentary reads verses 192 to 195 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Bhayād ānuraktyā: by an attachment whose cause is fear. (This explanation covers verses 192 to 195.)