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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.48

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 48

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

Verse 48

कुर्वत्येवं सकामा या परपुंसा कुलाङ्गना । उक्तोपवासविधिना स्वात्मानं परिशोधयेत् ॥ ४८ ॥

kurvatyēvaṁ sakāmā yā parapuṁsā kulāṅganā | uktōpavāsavidhinā svātmānaṁ pariśōdhayēt || 48 ||

Translation

A woman of the kula who willingly does the same with another man should purify herself by the fasts told.

Word by word

kurvatī
doing
ēvaṁ
the same
sakāmā
willingly
yā
who
para
another
puṁsā
with a man
kulāṅganā
a woman of the kula
ukta
told
upavāsa
of fasting
vidhinā
by the rule
sva
own
ātmānaṁ
herself
pariśōdhayēt
should purify

Meaning

The same penance applies to women.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that the same expiation applies to a woman who willingly speaks and the like with another man, with "kurvatī" and the rest. The kula woman (kulāṅganā), the woman who guards the family, who willingly does such things, speaking and the rest, with another man, should purify herself by the procedure of fasting told before.