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The Essence of the Tantra20.47

20.47

यदा प्राप्यापि विज्ञानं दूषितं परमेशशासनं तदा प्रायश्चित्ती

Transliteration (IAST)

yadā prāpyāpi vijñānaṃ dūṣitaṃ parameśaśāsanaṃ tadā prāyaścittī

— when ; — even after attaining ; — gnosis, discriminative knowledge ; — corrupted, defiled ; — the teaching (discipline) of the Supreme Lord ; — then ; — one liable to expiation

When, even after attaining the gnosis, the teaching of the Supreme Lord is corrupted, then one becomes liable to expiation.