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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.51

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 51

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 51

निद्रालस्यं देहयत्नं केशविन्यासमेव च । आसक्तिमशने वस्त्रे नातिरिक्तं समाचरेत् ॥ ५१ ॥

nidrālasyaṁ dēhayatnaṁ kēśavinyāsamēva ca | āsaktimaśanē vastrē nātiriktaṁ samācarēt || 51 ||

Translation

Sleep, sloth, care of the body, dressing the hair, attachment to food and clothes: he should not indulge in these to excess.

Word by word

nidrā
sleep
ālasyaṁ
sloth
dēha
of the body
yatnaṁ
care
kēśa
the hair
vinyāsam
(vinyāsam) dressing
ēva
also
ca
and
āsaktim
(āsaktim) attachment
aśanē
to food
vastrē
and clothes
na
not
atiriktaṁ
to excess
samācarēt
he should indulge

Meaning

Moderation in personal life. None of these is forbidden; what is ruled out is "atirikta", excess, as the commentary glosses it, and "āsakti", attachment, especially to food and dress.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Āsaktim: attachment. Atiriktam: in excess.