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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.42

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 42

व्यभिचारे दण्डःThe punishment of unlawful union

Verse 42

ब्राह्मी भार्याऽथवा शैवी कामतो वाप्यकामतः । सर्वथा हि परित्याज्या स्याच्चेत् परगता सकृत् ॥ ४२ ॥

brāhmī bhāryā’thavā śaivī kāmatō vāpyakāmataḥ | sarvathā hi parityājyā syāccēt paragatā sakṛt || 42 ||

Translation

A wife of the brāhma or the Śaiva rite, if she has once gone to another, willingly or unwillingly, is to be left altogether.

Word by word

brāhmī
of the brāhma rite
bhāryā
a wife
athavā
or
śaivī
of the Śaiva rite
kāmataḥ
(kāmataḥ) willingly
vā
or
api
also
akāmataḥ
(akāmataḥ) unwillingly
sarvathā
altogether
hi
indeed
parityājyā
is to be left
syāt
is
cēt
if
para
to another
gatā
has gone
sakṛt
once

Meaning

The text's strict rule of marital purity.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that only abandonment is fitting for a brāhma or Śaiva wife who goes to another man willingly or unwillingly, with "brāhmī" and the rest. A wife married by the Vedic rite (brāhmī) or married by Śiva's rite (śaivī), if she has gone to another man even once, is to be abandoned in every way.