Shloka 3
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
मातृसङ्गे तु यदघं तदेव स्वसृसङ्गमे / गुरुस्त्रीसंगमे तद्वद्गुरवो बहवः स्मृताः
Transliteration
mātṛsaṅge tu yadaghaṃ tadeva svasṛsaṅgame / gurustrīsaṃgame tadvadguravo bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
The sin incurred in union with one’s mother is the same as that incurred in union with one’s sister. Likewise it is so in union with the wife of one’s guru; and the scriptures remember many kinds of “guru”.
Word by Word
mātṛ-saṅgein (the act of) union with mother
mātṛ-saṅge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ + saṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th), Singular; ‘in association/sexual contact with mother’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adversative/emphatic particle
yatwhatever
yat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; relative pronoun qualifying aghaṃ
aghaṃsin
aghaṃ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject in equative sense)
TypeNoun
Rootagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
tatthat
tat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; correlative pronoun
evaexactly
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
svasṛ-saṅgamein union with sister
svasṛ-saṅgame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsvasṛ + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th), Singular; ‘in union with sister’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
guru-strī-saṅgamein union with the guru’s wife
guru-strī-saṅgame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootguru + strī + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th), Singular; ‘in union with the teacher’s wife’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
tadvatlikewise
tadvat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverbial ‘likewise/in the same way’
guravaḥgurus/teachers
guravaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
bahavaḥmany
bahavaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; adjective qualifying guravaḥ
smṛtāḥare regarded (as)
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; used predicatively ‘are considered’