विनश्येत्तेन तेनैव कृतैस्तत्परिहारकैः
By that very act, what was done is destroyed, along with its remedies.
अन्नं दोषकरं किं तु तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
But tell me in detail about food that causes fault.
क्रमान्न्यूनतरं पापं तदर्द्धार्द्धार्द्धतस्तथा
The sin is gradually less, being half, then a quarter, and so on.
स्त्रीणामपि तृतीयादि पेयं स्याद्ब्राह्मणीं विना
For women too, from the third portion onward, it may be drunk, except for a Brahmin woman.
अभर्तृसन्निधौ नारी मद्यं पिबति लोलुपा
A woman greedy for wine drinks it in the absence of her husband.
उन्मादिनीति साख्याता तां त्यजेदन्त्यजामिव
She is declared insane; one should shun her as an outcaste.
स्त्रीणां मद्यं तदर्द्धं स्यात्पादं स्याद्भर्तृसङ्गमे
For women, the portion of wine is half; a quarter when with the husband.
जपेच्चायुतगायत्रीं जातवेदसमेव वा
One should recite ten thousand Gayatri mantras, or the same number of Jatavedas.
क्षत्रियो ऽपि त्रिवर्णानां द्विजादर्धोर्ऽधतः क्रमात्
Even a Kshatriya, among the three twice-born classes, should do half or a quarter in order.
अन्तर्जले सहस्रं वा जपेच्छुद्धिमवाप्नुयात्
Reciting a thousand times in water, one attains purification.
भैरवो भैरवी काली महाशास्त्री च मातरः
Bhairava, Bhairavi, Kali, and Mahashastri are the Mothers.
ब्राह्मणस्तु विना तेन यजेद्वेदाङ्गपारगः
But a Brahmin, learned in the Vedas, should perform sacrifice without that.
तासां प्रवाहा गच्छन्ति निर्लेपास्ते परां गतिम्
Their streams flow on, untouched, attaining the supreme state.
प्रायश्चित्तमिदं प्रोक्तं पराशक्तेः पदस्मृतिः
This expiation is declared: remembrance of the supreme Shakti's abode.
रौरवे नरके ऽब्दं तु निवसेद्ब्रिन्दुसंख्यया
In the Raurava hell, one dwells for a year, according to the number of drops.
प्रायश्चितं न चैवास्य शिलाग्निपतनादृते
There is no expiation for him except falling upon stone or into fire.
अनुग्रहाच्च महतामनुतापाच्च कर्मणः
Through the favor of the great and by remorse for the deed.
शुद्ध्येच्च ब्राह्मणो दोषाद्द्विगुणाद्बुद्धिपूर्वतः
And for purification, a Brahmin, due to fault and with double effort, acts with discernment.
एतन्मे मुनिशार्दूल विस्तराद्वक्तुमर्हसि
O foremost among sages, you ought to explain this to me in detail.
मातुलस्य प्रिया चेति गत्वेमा नास्ति निष्कृतिः
If one goes to the beloved of the maternal uncle, there is no expiation for this.
गुरुस्त्रीसंगमे तद्वद्गुरवो बहवः स्मृताः
Likewise, in union with the wife of the teacher, many teachers are remembered.
एकेन वक्ष्यते येन स महागुरुरुच्यते
He who is mentioned by one alone is called the great teacher.
आचार्यः स तु विज्ञेयस्तदेकैकास्तु देशिकाः
He is to be understood as the preceptor; the others are each instructors.
द्वादशाब्दं चरेत्कृच्छ३मेकैकं तु षडब्दतः
One should perform the penance for twelve years; for each, six years.
ब्राह्मणस्तु सजातीयां प्रमदां यदि गच्छति
If a Brahmin goes to a woman of his own caste,
कुलटां तु सजातीयां त्रिरात्रेण विशुध्यति
He is purified from union with a wanton woman of his own caste in three nights.
चक्रीकिरातकैवर्तकर्मकारादियोषितः
A woman of the wheel-maker, hunter, ferryman, artisan, and others.
अनन्त्यजां ब्राह्मणो गत्वा प्रमादादब्दतः शुचिः
If a Brahmin, through negligence, goes to a woman of endless birth, he becomes pure after six years.
दासी चतुर्विधा प्रोक्ता द्वे चाद्ये क्षत्रियासमे
A slave woman is said to be of four kinds; the first two are equal to a Kshatriya.
आत्मदासीं द्विजो मोहादुक्तार्थे दोषमाप्नुयात्
If a twice-born, out of delusion, goes to his own slave woman, he incurs the fault as stated.