History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.66

v7.c92.66

Vāmācāras should resort to. They are: 'I take this holy nectar, which is a medicine (antidote) for *samsāra*, which is a means of cutting off the snares by which the *paśu* (in man) is bound and which is declared by Bhairava' (this when taking the first i. e. wine); 'I take this mudrā which is 'ucchista' of the Lord (i. e. which has been first offered to God), which destroys the torments of the heart, which produces joy and which¹⁷⁰⁵ is enriched with other food materials' (this when taking mudrā); 'I take this divine young woman who has drunk wine, that always makes the heart full of bliss and that brings about my sādhanā' (when taking one of the women that are brought together).