उद्वाहिताऽपि या नारी जानीयात् सा तु गर्हिता । उद्वोढाऽपि भवेत् पापी संसर्गात् कुलनायिके । वेश्यागमनजं पापं तस्य पुंसो दिने दिने ॥ ९७ ॥
udvāhitā’pi yā nārī jānīyāt sā tu garhitā | udvōḍhā’pi bhavēt pāpī saṁsargāt kulanāyikē | vēśyāgamanajaṁ pāpaṁ tasya puṁsō dinē dinē || 97 ||
Translation
A woman married by another path, know, is blamed; and her husband too becomes a sinner through that union, O leader of the Kaulas, with the sin of going to a prostitute, day after day.
Word by word
- udvāhitā’pi
- though married
- yā
- who
- nārī
- a woman
- jānīyāt
- one should know
- sā
- she
- tu
- indeed
- garhitā
- is blamed
- udvōḍhā’pi
- the husband too
- bhavēt
- becomes
- pāpī
- a sinner
- saṁsargāt
- through the union
- kulanāyikē
- O leader of the Kaulas
- vēśyāgamanajaṁ
- arising from going to a prostitute
- pāpaṁ
- sin
- tasya
- his
- puṁsō
- of the man
- dinē
- day after day
Meaning
The commentary notes a variant: "know her to be blamed".
