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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.36

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 36

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 36

स्त्रीभिरेताभिरज्ञानाद् भवेत् परिणयो यदि । ब्राह्मेण वापि शैवेन ज्ञात्वा तास्तत्क्षणं त्यजेत् ॥ ३६ ॥

strībhirētābhirajñānād bhavēt pariṇayō yadi | brāhmēṇa vāpi śaivēna jñātvā tāstatkṣaṇaṁ tyajēt || 36 ||

Translation

If in ignorance a marriage takes place with any of these women, by the brāhma or the Śaiva rite, on learning it he should leave them at once.

Word by word

strībhiḥ
with women
ētābhiḥ
(etābhiḥ) these
ajñānāt
(ajñānāt) in ignorance
bhavēt
takes place
pariṇayaḥ
(pariṇayaḥ) a marriage
yadi
if
brāhmēṇa
by the brāhma
vā
or
api
also
śaivēna
by the Śaiva
jñātvā
on learning
tāḥ
(tāḥ) them
tatkṣaṇaṁ
at once
tyajēt
should leave

Meaning

A marriage within the forbidden degrees is void once discovered.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells what is to be done when, in ignorance, a marriage has taken place, by the Vedic or the Śaiva rite, with those daughters of sapiṇḍas and the rest, with "strībhiḥ" and the rest. If, in ignorance, a marriage (pariṇaya) takes place with these women, the daughters of sapiṇḍas and the rest, by the brāhma rite, the Vedic procedure, or by the Śaiva, Śiva's procedure, then, on knowing it, he should abandon those women at that very moment.