Shloka 68

Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation

Devanagari script

परिवित्ति: परिवेत्ता या चैव परिविद्यते । पाणिग्रहास्त्वधर्मेण सर्वे ते पतिता: स्मृता:,ज्येष्ठ भाईका विवाह होनेसे पहले ही यदि छोटा भाई अधर्मपूर्वक विवाह कर ले तो ज्येष्ठको “परिवित्ति” कहते हैं; छोटे भाईको “परिवेत्ता' हैं और उसकी पत्नीको जिसका परिवेदन (ग्रहण) किया जाता है, परिवेदनीया कहते हैं-ये सब-के-सब पतित माने गये हैं

Transliteration

parivittiḥ parivettā yā caiva parividyate | pāṇigrahās tv adharmeṇa sarve te patitāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

Translation

परिवित्तिः परिवेत्ता या चैव परिविद्यते। पाणिग्रहास्त्वधर्मेण सर्वे ते पतिताः स्मृताः॥

Word by Word

परिवित्तिःthe elder brother (whose younger brother marries first)

परिवेत्ताthe younger brother who marries first

याwho (she who)

चand

एवindeed/just

परिविद्यतेis called/known (as)

पाणिग्रहाःmarriages (hand-taking rites)

तुbut/indeed

अधर्मेणby unrighteousness/contrary to dharma

सर्वेall

तेthey

पतिताःfallen (from dharma)/degraded

स्मृताःare considered/are said (to be)

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