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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.218

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 218

चक्रानुष्ठेयानिWhat is to be done in the circle

Verse 218

ये कुर्वन्ति नरा मूढा दिव्यचक्रे प्रमादतः । कुलभेदं वर्णभेदं ते गच्छन्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥ २१८ ॥

yē kurvanti narā mūḍhā divyacakrē pramādataḥ | kulabhēdaṁ varṇabhēdaṁ tē gacchantyadhamāṁ gatim || 218 ||

Translation

Deluded men who, through heedlessness, make distinctions of kula or of class in the divine circle go to the lowest state.

Word by word

yē
who
kurvanti
make
narā
(narāḥ) men
mūḍhā
(mūḍhāḥ) deluded
divya
divine
cakrē
in the circle
pramādataḥ
through heedlessness
kula
of kula
bhēdaṁ
distinctions
varṇa
of class
tē
they
gacchanti
(gacchanti) go
adhamāṁ
to the lowest
gatim
state

Meaning

"Kula-bheda", distinctions of family or lineage, and "varṇa-bheda", of class: both are forbidden in the circle.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 217.