शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage
Verse 280
परिणीता शैवधर्मे चक्रनिर्धारणेन या । अपत्यार्थी ऋतुं दृष्ट्वा चक्रातीते तु तां त्यजेत् ॥ २८० ॥
pariṇītā śaivadharmē cakranirdhāraṇēna yā | apatyārthī ṛtuṁ dṛṣṭvā cakrātītē tu tāṁ tyajēt || 280 ||
Translation
A woman married in Śaiva dharma by the decision of the circle: if he desires offspring, he may leave her once the circle is over, having seen her season.
Word by word
- pariṇītā
- married
- śaiva
- Śaiva
- dharmē
- in dharma
- cakra
- the circle
- nirdhāraṇēna
- by the decision
- yā
- who
- apatya
- offspring
- arthī
- desiring
- ṛtuṁ
- the season
- dṛṣṭvā
- having seen
- atītē
- when over
- tu
- but
- tāṁ
- her
- tyajēt
- may leave
Meaning
This concerns the first kind of Śaiva marriage, the one made "by the rule of the circle". The commentary: when the circle is over, the vīra who married for the sake of a child may leave her after her second season, that is, when the purpose of the union has not been achieved. The text gives this as its own rule; it is not advice.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Pariṇītā" and the rest. The woman who has been married (pariṇītā, udvāhitā) in the Śaiva dharma by the decision of the circle, by the rule of the circle: when the circle is over, the vīra who desires offspring, having seen her second season (dvitīyam ṛtum), may leave her.