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.
द्विगुणेन परां नारीं चतुर्भिः क्षत्रियाङ्गनाम्
For another woman, double; for a Kshatriya woman, fourfold.
द्वात्रिंशता संकरजां वेश्यां शूद्रामिवाचरेत्
He should perform penance for thirty-two years for a prostitute born of mixed castes, as for a Shudra woman.
स्नात्वान्यवस्त्रसंयुक्तमुक्तार्थेनैव शुध्यति
After bathing, wearing new clothes, and with the prescribed act, he is purified.
तथैवान्याङ्गनां गत्वा तदुक्तार्थं समाचरेत्
Likewise, having gone to another woman, he should perform the prescribed act.
त्रिरात्रोपोषणाच्छुद्धिस्तामेवोद्वाहयेत्तदा
By fasting for three nights, she becomes purified; then she may be given in marriage.
पित्रोरनुज्ञया पाददिनार्धेन विशुध्यति
With the permission of her parents, she is purified in half a day.
वृषलः स तु विज्ञेयः सर्वकर्मबहिष्कृतः
He should be understood as an outcaste, excluded from all rites.
विधवा जायते नेयं पूर्वगन्तारमाप्नुयात्
A widow is born; she must not approach her former husband.
त्यागकर्माणि कुर्वीत श्रौतस्मार्तादिकानि च
She should perform acts of renunciation, both Vedic and Smārta and others.
भोगेच्छोः साधनं सा तु न येग्याखिलकर्मसु
That is a means for the desire for enjoyment, but not for all sacrificial acts.