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The Great Liberation Tantra1.45

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लोकप्रतारणार्थाय जपपूजापरायणाः । पाषण्डाः पण्डितम्मन्याः श्रद्धाभक्तिविवर्जिताः ॥४५॥
lokapratāraṇārthāya japapūjāparāyaṇāḥ | pāṣaṇḍāḥ paṇḍitammanyāḥ śraddhābhaktivivarjitāḥ ||45||
— for the sake of deceiving people ; — intent on muttered prayer and worship (for show) ; — heretics, frauds ; — who think themselves learned ; — devoid of faith and devotion

intent on muttered prayer and worship only to deceive people—frauds who think themselves learned, devoid of faith and devotion.