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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.40

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 40

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 40

दुरात्मा यस्तु रमते प्रतिलोमपरस्त्रिया । दण्डस्तस्य धनादानं त्रिमासं कणभोजनम् ॥ ४० ॥

durātmā yastu ramatē pratilōmaparastriyā | daṇḍastasya dhanādānaṁ trimāsaṁ kaṇabhōjanam || 40 ||

Translation

The wicked man who enjoys another's wife of higher class is punished with a fine and three months of eating grains.

Word by word

durātmā
the wicked man
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
tu
and
ramatē
enjoys
pratilōma
of higher class
para
another's
striyā
wife
daṇḍaḥ
(daṇḍaḥ) the punishment
tasya
his
dhana
of wealth
ādānaṁ
taking
trimāsaṁ
three months
kaṇa
grains
bhōjanam
(bhojanam) eating

Meaning

Pratiloma: a woman of higher class than the man.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of men who go to women of a higher class than their own, and of such women if consenting, with "durātmā" and the rest. The evil man, of wicked mind and nature, who enjoys another's wife in the reverse order (pratiloma), as a śūdra with a vaiśya woman: for that man the punishment is the taking of his wealth and eating grains for three months.