व्रतोद्वाहौ प्रकुर्वाणो योऽन्यमार्गेण मानवः । स याति नरकं घोरं यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ॥ ९५ ॥
vratōdvāhau prakurvāṇō yō’nyamārgēṇa mānavaḥ | sa yāti narakaṁ ghōraṁ yāvaccandradivākarau || 95 ||
Translation
The man who performs the sacred-thread rite or a marriage by another path goes to a terrible hell for as long as moon and sun endure.
Word by word
- vratōdvāhau
- the thread rite and marriage
- prakurvāṇō
- performing
- yō’nyamārgēṇa
- who by another path
- mānavaḥ
- a man
- sa
- he
- yāti
- goes
- narakaṁ
- to hell
- ghōraṁ
- terrible
- yāvaccandradivākarau
- as long as moon and sun
Meaning
Vrata is glossed as the upanayana, the investiture with the sacred thread.