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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.271

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 271

ब्रह्मज्ञस्य सन्यासः, अवधूताचारकथनम्Renunciation for the knower of Brahman; the conduct of the avadhūta

Verse 271

अनिकेतः क्षमावृत्तो निःशङ्कः सङ्गवर्जितः । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः संन्यासी विहरेत् क्षितौ ॥ २७१ ॥

anikētaḥ kṣamāvṛttō niḥśaṅkaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ | nirmamō nirahaṅkāraḥ saṁnyāsī viharēt kṣitau || 271 ||

Translation

Homeless, patient in conduct, free of fear, without attachment, free of "mine" and of "I", the renunciant should wander the earth.

Word by word

anikētaḥ
homeless
kṣamā
patient
vṛttō
(vṛttaḥ) in conduct
niḥśaṅkaḥ
free of fear
saṅga
attachment
varjitaḥ
without
nirmamō
(nirmamaḥ) free of "mine"
nirahaṅkāraḥ
free of "I"
saṁnyāsī
the renunciant
viharēt
should wander
kṣitau
the earth

Meaning

The commentary glosses: "aniketa", without a fixed dwelling; "kṣamā-vṛtta", one whose conduct is forbearance; "niḥśaṅka", free of anxiety; "saṅga-varjita", attached to nothing at all.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Aniketa…" and the rest. Aniketaḥ: without a fixed dwelling. Kṣamāvṛttaḥ: one whose conduct is forbearance itself. Niḥśaṅkaḥ: free of anxiety. Saṅgavarjitaḥ: attached to nothing at all.