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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.35

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 35

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 35

सपिण्डदारतनयाः स्त्रियं विश्वासिनामपि । सर्वस्वहरणं केशवपनं गच्छतो दमः ॥ ३५ ॥

sapiṇḍadāratanayāḥ striyaṁ viśvāsināmapi | sarvasvaharaṇaṁ kēśavapanaṁ gacchatō damaḥ || 35 ||

Translation

For one who goes to the wives and daughters of sapiṇḍas, or to the woman of one who trusts him, the punishment is the seizure of all his property and the shaving of his head.

Word by word

sapiṇḍa
of sapiṇḍas
dāra
wives
tanayāḥ
(tanayāḥ) and daughters
striyaṁ
the woman
viśvāsinām
(viśvāsinām) of one who trusts
api
also
sarvasva
of all property
haraṇaṁ
seizure
kēśa
of the head
vapanaṁ
shaving
gacchataḥ
(gacchataḥ) for one who goes
damaḥ
(damaḥ) the punishment

Meaning

Sapiṇḍas are near blood relations.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of a man who goes to the wives and daughters of sapiṇḍas and to the women of those who trust him, with "sapiṇḍa" and the rest. For a man who goes to the wives and daughters of sapiṇḍas, and to the woman of one who trusts him, the punishment is the taking of all his property and the shaving of his head (keśavapana).