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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.41

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 41

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 41

सकामायाः स्त्रियाश्चापि दण्डस्तद्वद्विधीयते । वलात्कारगता भार्या त्याज्या पाल्या भवेत् शिवे ॥ ४१ ॥

sakāmāyāḥ striyāścāpi daṇḍastadvadvidhīyatē | valātkāragatā bhāryā tyājyā pālyā bhavēt śivē || 41 ||

Translation

For the woman who consents the same punishment is laid down. A wife taken by force is to be left, but supported, O Śivā.

Word by word

sakāmāyāḥ
(sakāmāyāḥ) who consents
striyāḥ
(striyāḥ) for the woman
cāpi
(ca api) also
daṇḍaḥ
(daṇḍaḥ) the punishment
tadvat
(tadvat) the same
vidhīyatē
is laid down
valātkāra
by force
gatā
taken
bhāryā
a wife
tyājyā
is to be left
pālyā
supported
bhavēt
is
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

A wife who is raped is not to be cast out without support: she no longer lives as his wife, but the husband must maintain her.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

For the woman, if consenting, the same punishment is laid down as before. Now he says that a wife taken by force by another man is to be left (as a wife), but supported by the husband, with "balāt" and the rest. O Śivā, the wife who has been taken by another man by force (balātkāra) is to be left, and is to be supported with food and the rest.