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.
पञ्चभूतात्मकं प्रोक्तं चतुर्वासनयान्वितम्
It is said to be composed of the five elements, endowed with four kinds of desires.
आहारेण विना जन्तुर्नाहारो मदनात्स्मृतः
Without food, a creature cannot exist; food is said to be born of desire.
पुन्नारीरूपवत्कृत्वा मदननेनैव विश्वसृक्
Having assumed the form of man and woman, the Creator, through desire, brings forth the world.
तत्प्रवृत्त्या प्रवर्तन्ते तन्निवृत्त्याक्षयां गतिम्
By that activity, beings proceed; by its cessation, they attain the imperishable state.
तद्रहस्यं तदोपायं शृणु वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम्
Now listen, I will tell you that secret and its means.
इयं हि मूलप्रकृतिर्लक्ष्मीः सर्वजगत्प्रसूः
This Lakṣmī is indeed the primal nature, the mother of all the worlds.
एवं मन्त्रानुभावात्स्यान्मथनं क्रियते यदि
Thus, if union is performed by the power of mantra,
तावुभौ मन्त्रकर्माणौ न दोषो विद्यते तयोः
For those two, engaged in the rite with mantra, there is no fault.
स्वस्त्रीविषय एवेदं तयोरपि विधेर्बलात्
This pertains only to one's own wife, even for those two, by the force of injunction.
तयोरपि मनाक्चेन्न निषिद्धदिवसेष्वघम्
Even for those two, if only a little, there is no sin on forbidden days.
पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वानां प्रीतये मथ्यते ऽधुना
Now, for the satisfaction of the twenty-five principles, union is performed.
तावुभौ पुण्यकर्माणौ न दोषो विद्यते तयोः
For those two, engaged in meritorious acts, there is no fault.
सर्वेषामेव पापानां यौगपद्येन नाशनम्
There is simultaneous destruction of all sins.
अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जपेत्पञ्चदशाक्षरीम्
One should recite the fifteen-syllable mantra one thousand and eight times.
सर्वापद्भ्यो विमुच्येत सर्वाभीष्टं च विन्दति
He is freed from all calamities and attains all desired things.
संयोगजस्य पापस्य विशेषं वक्तुमर्हसि
You ought to speak in detail about the sin arising from association.
कर्ता प्रधानः सहकृन्निमित्तो ऽनुमतः क्रमात्
The doer is primary, the assistant, the instigator, and the approver, in order.
क्रमाद्दशांशतो ऽघं स्याच्छुद्धिः पूर्वोक्तमार्गतः
In order, the sin is a tenth part, and purification is as previously described.
लशुनं च कलिङ्गं च महाकोशातकीं तथा
Garlic, asafoetida, and the great myrobalan as well,
औदुंबरं च वार्ताकं कतकं बिल्वमल्लिका
The udumbara fig, eggplant, kataka, bael, and jasmine,