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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.281

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 281

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

Verse 281

विप्रान्नं श्वपचान्नं वा यस्मात्तस्मात् समागतम् । देशं कालं तथा पात्रमश्नीयादविचारयन् ॥ २८१ ॥

viprānnaṁ śvapacānnaṁ vā yasmāttasmāt samāgatam | dēśaṁ kālaṁ tathā pātramaśnīyādavicārayan || 281 ||

Translation

The food of a brāhmaṇa or of a śvapaca, come from wherever it may, he should eat without considering place, time or vessel.

Word by word

vipra
of a brāhmaṇa
annaṁ
food
śvapaca
of a śvapaca
vā
or
yasmāt
from wherever
tasmāt
from there
samāgatam
come
dēśaṁ
place
kālaṁ
time
tathā
or
pātram
(pātram) vessel
aśnīyād
(aśnīyāt) he should eat
avicārayan
without considering

Meaning

The renunciant, beyond all class, eats whatever is given, from a brāhmaṇa or from the lowest outcaste, without the rules of purity that govern ordinary life.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 279.