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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.75

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 75

अन्तर्बाह्यशौचाशौचनिरूपणम्Inner and outer purity and impurity

Verse 75

निद्रान्ते मैथुनस्यान्ते त्यागान्ते मलमूत्रयोः । भोजनान्ते मले स्पृष्टे बहिःशौचं विधीयते ॥ ७५ ॥

nidrāntē maithunasyāntē tyāgāntē malamūtrayōḥ | bhōjanāntē malē spṛṣṭē bahiḥśaucaṁ vidhīyatē || 75 ||

Translation

At the end of sleep, at the end of intercourse, after passing stool and urine, after eating, and when touching anything unclean, outer purity is prescribed.

Word by word

nidrā
of sleep
antē
(ante) at the end
maithunasya
of intercourse
tyāga
after passing
mala
stool
mūtrayōḥ
and urine
bhōjana
eating
malē
anything unclean
spṛṣṭē
when touching
bahiḥ
outer
śaucaṁ
purity
vidhīyatē
is prescribed

Meaning

The occasions for washing: on waking, after sex, after the calls of nature, after meals, and after contact with dirt. These are the ordinary rules of Indian hygiene, kept by the Tantra in brief.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 73.