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Panchatantra

Free Library: Sanskrit + transliteration + English + Hindi + Gujarati meanings. EN 2703/2703; HI 2703/2703; GU 2703/2703; chapters 6. Meanings are machine-assisted study drafts, not a scholarly edition.

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Mitra-bheda1.p00322–1.p00326
Mitra-bheda1.p00322

Sanskrit · 1.p00322

यच् च मां संसार-सागरोत्तरणोपायं पृच्छसि । तच् छ्रूयताम्-

English · Meaning

And the means for crossing the ocean of saṃsāra that you ask me about—let that be heard.

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Mitra-bheda1.178

Sanskrit · 1.178

शूद्रो वा यदि वान्यो ऽपि चण्डालो ऽपि जटाधरः । दीक्षितः शिव-मन्त्रेण स भस्माङ्गी शिवो भवेत् ॥

English · Meaning

Whether a śūdra, or another person, or even a caṇḍāla, even one with matted locks, if initiated with the Śiva-mantra, becomes ash-covered and would become Śiva.

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Mitra-bheda1.179

Sanskrit · 1.179

षड्-अक्षरेण मन्त्रेण पुष्पम् एकम् अपि स्वयम् । लिङ्गस्य मूर्ध्नि यो दद्यान् न स भूयो ऽभिजायते ॥

English · Meaning

Whoever himself offers even a single flower on the top of the liṅga with the six-syllabled mantra is not born again.

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Mitra-bheda1.p00325

Sanskrit · 1.p00325

तच् छ्रुत्वाषाढ-भूतिस् तत्-पादौ गृहीत्वा स-प्रश्रयम् इदम् आह-भगवन्, तर्हि दीक्षया मेऽनुग्रहं कुरु ।

English · Meaning

Having heard that, Āṣāḍhabhūti grasped his feet and, with humility, said this: “Blessed sir, then grant me your favor through initiation.”

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Mitra-bheda1.p00326

Sanskrit · 1.p00326

देवशर्मा आह-वत्स अनुग्रहं ते करिष्यामि । परन्तु रात्रौ त्वया मठ-मध्ये न प्रवेष्टव्यम् । यत्-कारणं निःसङ्गता यतीनां प्रशस्यते तव च ममापि च । उक्तं च-

English · Meaning

Devaśarman said: “My child, I shall grant you the favor. But at night you must not enter the monastery. The reason is that detachment is praised for ascetics, and for both you and me as well. It has also been said—”

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Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release

CC BY-SA 4.0 · Free Library: Sanskrit + transliteration + English + Hindi + Gujarati meanings. EN 2703/2703; HI 2703/2703; GU 2703/2703; chapters 6. Meanings are machine-assisted study drafts, not a scholarly edition.

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