हित्वा मोहं महाद्रोहरोपणं मतिघातिनम् । अत्यंतमंधीकरणमंधतामिस्रदर्शकम्
hitvā mohaṃ mahādroharopaṇaṃ matighātinam | atyaṃtamaṃdhīkaraṇamaṃdhatāmisradarśakam
Gib die Verblendung auf: Sie pflanzt großen Verrat, erschlägt die Unterscheidungskraft, verdunkelt den Geist bis ins Äußerste und lässt nur die Finsternis blinder Unwissenheit schauen.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Moha destroys discrimination and leads to harmful actions; spiritual life requires clarity and freedom from delusion.
The immediate verse is ethical-philosophical; within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa it functions as preparation for receiving Kāśī’s liberating teaching.
No external rite is stated; the prescription is inner renunciation of delusion through discernment.