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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.99

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
4
Verses
385
Minutes
192
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 4 · Verse 99

Verse 99

तयोरपत्यं कानीनः सर्वधर्म्मवहिष्कृतः । दैवे पैत्रे कुलाचारे नाधिकारोऽस्य जायते ॥ ९९ ॥

tayōrapatyaṁ kānīnaḥ sarvadharmmavahiṣkṛtaḥ | daivē paitrē kulācārē nādhikārō’sya jāyatē || 99 ||

Translation

Their child is held as born out of wedlock, excluded from every dharma; he has no right in the rites of gods, of ancestors or of kulācāra.

Word by word

tayōrapatyaṁ
their child
kānīnaḥ
born out of wedlock
sarvadharmmavahiṣkṛtaḥ
excluded from every dharma
daivē
in the rites of gods
paitrē
of ancestors
kulācārē
of kulācāra
nādhikārō’sya
no right for him
jāyatē
arises

Meaning

"Their" is glossed as of the woman and man married by another path.