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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.43

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 43

वारनारीपश्वादिगमने दण्डःThe punishment for going to prostitutes and animals

Verse 43

गच्छतां वारनारीषु गवादिपशुयोनिषु । शुद्धिर्भवति देवेशि त्रिरात्रं कणभोजनात् ॥ ४३ ॥

gacchatāṁ vāranārīṣu gavādipaśuyōniṣu | śuddhirbhavati dēvēśi trirātraṁ kaṇabhōjanāt || 43 ||

Translation

Those who go to prostitutes, or to cows and other animals, O Deveśī, are purified by three nights of eating grains.

Word by word

gacchatāṁ
for those who go
vāranārīṣu
to prostitutes
gō
cows
ādi
and other
paśu
animals
yōniṣu
to
śuddhiḥ
(śuddhiḥ) purification
bhavati
comes
dēvēśi
O Deveśī
trirātraṁ
three nights
kaṇa
grains
bhōjanāt
(bhojanāt) by eating

Meaning

A private fault, expiated by penance.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation of those who go to prostitutes and to animals, with "gacchatām" and the rest. O Deveśī, for people who go to prostitutes (vāranārī) and to the cow and other animals, purification comes by eating grains for three nights.