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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.34

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 34

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 34

गच्छतां पापिनां लिङ्गच्छेदो दण्डो विधीयते । आसामपि सकामानां दमो नासानिकृन्तनम् । गृहान्निर्यापणं चैव पापादस्माद्विमुक्तये ॥ ३४ ॥

gacchatāṁ pāpināṁ liṅgacchēdō daṇḍō vidhīyatē | āsāmapi sakāmānāṁ damō nāsānikṛntanam | gṛhānniryāpaṇaṁ caiva pāpādasmādvimuktayē || 34 ||

Translation

for sinners who go to these, castration is the punishment laid down; for these women too, if they consent, the punishment is cutting off the nose and expulsion from the house, for release from this sin.

Word by word

gacchatāṁ
who go
pāpināṁ
for sinners
liṅga
of the organ
cchēdaḥ
(chedaḥ) cutting off
daṇḍaḥ
(daṇḍaḥ) the punishment
vidhīyatē
is laid down
āsām
(āsām) for these
api
too
sakāmānāṁ
consenting
damaḥ
(damaḥ) the punishment
nāsā
the nose
nikṛntanam
(nikṛntanam) cutting off
gṛhāt
(gṛhāt) from the house
niryāpaṇaṁ
expulsion
caiva
(ca eva) and
pāpāt
(pāpāt) from sin
asmāt
(asmāt) this
vimuktayē
for release

Meaning

Mutilation for the man, disfigurement and expulsion for the consenting woman. These are the penalties of the Tantra's own ideal kingdom, given as the text states them; they describe its teaching, not any present law.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 32.