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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.44

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 44

ज्ञानतः पायुगमने दण्डःThe punishment of unnatural intercourse

Verse 44

गच्छतां कामतः पुंसः स्त्रियाः पायुं दुरात्मनाम् । वध एव विधातव्यो भूभृता शम्भुशासनात् ॥ ४४ ॥

gacchatāṁ kāmataḥ puṁsaḥ striyāḥ pāyuṁ durātmanām | vadha ēva vidhātavyō bhūbhṛtā śambhuśāsanāt || 44 ||

Translation

For wicked men who out of lust go to the anus of a man or a woman, the king is to impose death, by Śambhu's command.

Word by word

gacchatāṁ
who go
kāmataḥ
(kāmataḥ) out of lust
puṁsaḥ
(puṁsaḥ) of a man
striyāḥ
(striyāḥ) of a woman
pāyuṁ
to the anus
durātmanām
(durātmanām) for wicked men
vadhaḥ
(vadhaḥ) death
ēva
indeed
vidhātavyaḥ
(vidhātavyaḥ) is to be imposed
bhūbhṛtā
by the king
śambhu
Śambhu's
śāsanāt
by command

Meaning

The text's penalty, as stated. These are the penalties of the Tantra's own ideal kingdom, given as the text states them; they describe its teaching, not any present law.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation for men and women who go to the anus, with "gacchatām". For evil men who out of desire go to the anus (pāyu) of a man or a woman, death alone is to be imposed by the king, by the command of Śambhu.