श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra
Verse 20
अदीक्षिता यदा नारी कर्णे मायां समुच्चरेत् । शक्तयोऽन्याः पूजनीयाः नाऽर्ह्यास्ताडनकर्म्मणि ॥ २० ॥
adīkṣitā yadā nārī karṇē māyāṁ samuccarēt | śaktayō’nyāḥ pūjanīyāḥ nā’rhyāstāḍanakarmmaṇi || 20 ||
Translation
If the woman is not initiated, he should utter māyā into her ear. Other Śaktis are to be worshipped, but are not fit for the act of union.
Word by word
- adīkṣitā
- uninitiated
- yadā
- when
- nārī
- woman
- karṇē
- into the ear
- māyāṁ
- māyā (hrīṁ)
- samuccarēt
- should utter
- śaktayō
- (śaktayaḥ) Śaktis
- anyāḥ
- other
- pūjanīyāḥ
- to be worshipped
- na
- not
- arhyās
- (arhyāḥ) fit
- tāḍana
- union
- karmmaṇi
- in the act
Meaning
Māyā is hrīṁ. Tāḍana-karma, "the act of union", the commentary glosses as maithuna; other women present are honoured only. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Māyām: the seed hrīṁ. Anyāḥ: the other women seated there, other than one's own. Tāḍana-karmaṇi: in the act of maithuna.