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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.122

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 122

ब्राह्मभार्यायाः सुरापाननिषेधःThe brāhma wife is not to drink wine

Verse 122

ब्राह्मीं भार्यां सुरां मत्ताः पाययन्तो द्विजातयः । शुध्येयुर्भार्यया सार्धं पञ्चाहं कणभोजनात् ॥ १२२ ॥

brāhmīṁ bhāryāṁ surāṁ mattāḥ pāyayantō dvijātayaḥ | śudhyēyurbhāryayā sārdhaṁ pañcāhaṁ kaṇabhōjanāt || 122 ||

Translation

Twice-born men who, drunk, make their brāhma wife drink wine are purified with her by five days of eating grains.

Word by word

brāhmīṁ
brāhma
bhāryāṁ
wife
surāṁ
wine
mattāḥ
(mattāḥ) drunk
pāyayantaḥ
(pāyayantaḥ) who make drink
dvijātayaḥ
(dvijātayaḥ) twice-born men
śudhyēyuḥ
(śudhyeyuḥ) are purified
bhāryayā
with the wife
sārdhaṁ
together
pañcāhaṁ
five days
kaṇa
grains
bhōjanāt
(bhojanāt) by eating

Meaning

The wife married by the Vedic rite is not to be given wine.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how are twice-born men purified who make their brāhma wife drink wine? To that he says "brāhmīm" and the rest. Twice-born men who, drunk, make their wife married by the Vedic rite drink wine are purified together with the wife by eating grains for five days.