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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.147

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 147

शूद्रकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the śūdra

Verse 147

न पापमनसा पश्येदपि तद्गृहकिङ्करीः । विविक्तशय्यां हास्यञ्च ताभिः सह विवर्जयेत् ॥ १४७ ॥

na pāpamanasā paśyēdapi tadgṛhakiṅkarīḥ | viviktaśayyāṁ hāsyañca tābhiḥ saha vivarjayēt || 147 ||

Translation

He should not look with a sinful mind even at the maidservants of his master's house; and he should avoid secluded lying and laughter with them.

Word by word

na
not
pāpa
with a sinful
manasā
mind
paśyēd
(paśyet) he should look
api
even
tad
(tat) his master's
gṛha
of the house
kiṅkarīḥ
at the maidservants
vivikta
secluded
śayyāṁ
lying
hāsyañ
(hāsyam) laughter
ca
and
tābhiḥ
them
saha
with
vivarjayēt
he should avoid

Meaning

The commentary draws the inference: if not even at the maidservants, then still less at the master's wife, daughter and the rest. "Vivikta-śayyā" is lying down in a secluded place; "tābhiḥ", with them, the maidservants. It reads verses 147 and 148 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Na pāpa…" and the rest. With a sinful mind he should not look even at the maidservants of his master's house; what need is there to speak of the master's wife, daughter and the rest? Viviktaśayyām: lying down in a secluded place. Tābhiḥ: with the maidservants of the master's house. (This explanation covers verses 147 and 148.)