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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.32

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 32

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 32

मातापितृस्वसुस्तल्पं स्नुषां श्वश्रूं गुरुस्त्रियम् । पितामहस्य वनितां तथा मातामहस्य च ॥ ३२ ॥

mātāpitṛsvasustalpaṁ snuṣāṁ śvaśrūṁ gurustriyam | pitāmahasya vanitāṁ tathā mātāmahasya ca || 32 ||

Translation

The bed of the mother's or father's sister, the daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law, the guru's wife, the wife of the grandfather and of the maternal grandfather,

Word by word

mātā
of the mother's
pitṛ
or father's
svasuḥ
(svasuḥ) sister
talpaṁ
the bed
snuṣāṁ
the daughter-in-law
śvaśrūṁ
the mother-in-law
guru
of the guru
striyam
(striyam) the wife
pitāmahasya
of the grandfather
vanitāṁ
the wife
tathā
and
mātāmahasya
of the maternal grandfather
ca
and

Meaning

The list of forbidden women runs through verse 33.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of men who go to their mother's sister and the rest, and of those women too if consenting, in three and a half verses ending "pāpād asmād vimuktaye". For those sinners who out of desire go to the bed (talpa) of the mother's or father's sister; the daughter-in-law (snuṣā, the son's wife); the mother-in-law (śvaśrū, the wife of the father-in-law); the guru's wife; the wife of the grandfather and of the maternal grandfather; the daughter of the parents' brother (the maternal uncle's or paternal uncle's daughter) and his wife; the brother's wife and his daughter; the sister's daughter (bhāgineyī); the master's wife and his daughter; and an unmarried girl (kumārikā): for those sinners the punishment laid down is the cutting off of the liṅga, cutting off the organ. For those women too, if consenting, for release from this sin, the punishment laid down is cutting off the nose and driving them out of the house.