History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.154

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¹⁷⁶³ The कुलार्णव (17 25) defines वीर as 'वीतरागमदक्लेशकोपमात्सर्यमोहतः । रजस्तमोविदूरत्वाद्धीर इत्यभिधीयते॥ *In spite of these requirements of high qualities the* रुद्रयामल (10 28. 31–36) provides that a वीर should honour the beautiful wife of another (or 'his own wife or another's') wearing charming ornaments whose body is suffused with erotic passion and who has become gay with wine 'अथ वीरो यजेत्कान्तां परकीयामथापि वा। ... मदनानन्दसाङ्गीमासवानन्दविग्रहाम्। &c. The महानिर्वाण० I. 57 refers to the three categories of साधकs viz. पशु, वीर and दिव्य, the last being defined as दिव्यश्च देवताप्रायः शुद्धान्तःकरणः सदा। द्वन्द्वातीतो वीतरागः सर्वभूतसमः क्षमी॥ (*ibid.* I 55) The Tantras contain conflicting views on these three bhāvas. The Kālīvilāsa-tantra says that men of divya type existed only in Satya-yuga and Tretāyuga, Vīra only in Tretā and Dvāpara and these two were non-existent in Kali and Paśu-bhāva remained in Kali (VI. 10 and 21).