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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.154

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 154

परनिन्दायां तथा आत्मश्लाघायां प्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for reviling others and praising oneself

Verse 154

सामान्यनियमान् पुंसां स्त्रीषु षण्डेषु योजयेत् । योषितां तु विशेषोऽयं पतिरेको महागुरुः ॥ १५४ ॥

sāmānyaniyamān puṁsāṁ strīṣu ṣaṇḍēṣu yōjayēt | yōṣitāṁ tu viśēṣō’yaṁ patirēkō mahāguruḥ || 154 ||

Translation

The general rules for men should be applied to women and to eunuchs; for women there is this difference: the husband alone is the great guru.

Word by word

sāmānya
general
niyamān
rules
puṁsāṁ
for men
strīṣu
to women
ṣaṇḍēṣu
to eunuchs
yōjayēt
should apply
yōṣitāṁ
for women
tu
but
viśēṣaḥ
(viśeṣaḥ) difference
ayaṁ
this
patiḥ
(patiḥ) the husband
ēkaḥ
(ekaḥ) alone
mahāguruḥ
(mahāguruḥ) the great guru

Meaning

The same law for all, with this one exception.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that the general rules for men are to be applied also to women and to eunuchs, with "sāmānya" and the rest. The general rules for men are to be applied to women and to ṣaṇḍhas, eunuchs. But for women there is this particular: the husband alone is the great guru.