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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.47

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 47

कामतः परस्त्रियः परपुरुषस्य दर्शने दण्डःLooking with desire at another's wife or husband

Verse 47

कामात् परस्त्रियं पश्यन् रहः सम्भाषयन् स्पृशन् । परिष्वज्योपवासेन विशुध्येद् द्विगुणक्रमात् ॥ ४७ ॥

kāmāt parastriyaṁ paśyan rahaḥ sambhāṣayan spṛśan | pariṣvajyōpavāsēna viśudhyēd dviguṇakramāt || 47 ||

Translation

One who out of desire looks at another's wife, speaks with her in private, touches her or embraces her, is purified by fasting, doubling each time.

Word by word

kāmāt
(kāmāt) out of desire
para
another's
striyaṁ
wife
paśyan
looking at
rahaḥ
(rahaḥ) in private
sambhāṣayan
speaking with
spṛśan
touching
pariṣvajya
embracing
upavāsēna
by fasting
viśudhyēd
(viśudhyet) is purified
dviguṇa
doubling
kramāt
(kramāt) by order

Meaning

The ṭīkā: one fast for looking, two for private speech, four for touching, eight for embracing. Even desire in the eyes calls for penance.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation for one who out of desire looks at another's wife and the like, with "kāmāt" and the rest. A man who out of desire looks at another's wife, speaks with her in private, in a lonely place, touches her, or embraces her, is purified by fasting in doubling order: for looking out of desire at another's wife, by one fast; for speaking, by two fasts; for touching, by four fasts; for embracing, by eight.