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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.37

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 37

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 37

सवर्णदारान् यो गच्छेत् अनुलोमपरस्त्रियम् । दमस्तस्य धनादानं मासैकं कणभोजनम् ॥ ३७ ॥

savarṇadārān yō gacchēt anulōmaparastriyam | damastasya dhanādānaṁ māsaikaṁ kaṇabhōjanam || 37 ||

Translation

One who goes to the wife of a man of his own class, or to another's wife of lower class, is punished with a fine and a month of eating grains.

Word by word

savarṇa
of his own class
dārān
the wife
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
gacchēt
goes to
anulōma
of lower class
para
another's
striyam
(striyam) wife
damaḥ
(damaḥ) the punishment
tasya
his
dhana
of wealth
ādānaṁ
taking
māsa
a month
ēkaṁ
one
kaṇa
grains
bhōjanam
(bhojanam) eating

Meaning

Adultery within or below one's class: fine and penance. Kaṇa is broken grain, a penitential diet.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is one purified who goes to the wives of men of his own class, or to the wives of men of another class? To that he says "savarṇa" and the rest. The man who goes to the wives of men of his own class, and the man who goes to another man's wife in the natural order (anuloma), as a brāhmaṇa to a kṣatriya woman, a kṣatriya to a vaiśya woman: his punishment is to be known as the taking of his wealth and eating grains (kaṇabhojana) for a month.